Randomjoe

The nymphs make a good feeders but i doubt adults would be the best of feeders for anything outside of monitors, tegus, or other large strong jawed animals. I've feed nymphs up to 1.5 - 2 inch to my T's before with no problems. Not sure how long 20qt will work mine started out in a 20 qt and are in an 80 qt now. What are you planing on using them to feed?

I use gasket bins to keep them in but the grease would be to keep them in during maintenance and feeding. It's like they know when my hands are full and then they bolt for the top lol.

Which is better vasoline, silicone grease, or teflon grease? And can they all be applied to an enclosure with the roaches already inside?

They just don't eat as much as you would think unless you have lots of them. You could remove all there current food and put new food in, in a day or two if you want.

I would remove the water bowl at least for now and let them get it from the fruit. You can always put it back in if you want after things dry up a bit.

Cat food is ok to feed too.

Lower temps will make the grow slower and breed slow or not at all. Maybe try 75 f for your temp.

I never mist my hissers i just give them fresh fruit and veggies every other day for there water.

They should survive and be healthy with far more than four in a 12x12x12.

Four should be fine in that size enclosure. I've never quarantined any of mine before. Just adding them in with the others should be fine.

Well it was a will it work for the listed 1's or someone have a better idea for a roach colony in it. I would think a colony of Periplaneta would quickly out grow the container.

Hopefully this pretzel container with a screw on top will too. I figure it's about 1.8 gal capacity.

I have a plastic container about 7.5 inches dia and 9.5 inches tall looking for recommendations of what to keep in it. I was thinking about Arenivaga tonkawa or Arenivaga genitalis and was wondering how they would do, or is there possibly any better choices for this size container?

So far most of what I feed my isopods is maple and pecan leaves I collected in the fall.

Fruit flies might be a good choice too. They should breed quick enough and you could make new cultures every 2 - 3 weeks and be good to go for the long term. Plenty of how to vids on youtube for making cultures too.

Could always start a few isopod cultures to feed them too.

What about pieces of bark? I watch a youtube vid on little kenyans and when the bark was picked up the underside had quit a few. You would be able to knock them off into another container to pick feeders from.

What about Parcoblatta?

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Try some dog/cat food or maybe even some oats they may be needing protein

Very nice looking

Little Kenyan, Goblin roach, maybe the Parcoblatta?

Fruit and nut tree leave would probably be ok.

Glad to hear you found a chick feed that'll work for you. I've read and heard plenty of people that use chick feed not only for their roaches but also for their crickets. Economically chick feed also makes better since if you have a farm supply store near you because I can pick up 30 - 40 lbs of it for the price of 16 lbs of cat food. That being said I have E. prosticus so I use the pond fish food because of the higher protein, and give lots of fruits so I haven't noticed much wing biting.

Dog and cat food are fine. You can also use fish food, chicken feed, oats, bran, and cereal.