Chris Driggers
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My own take on a protein heavy diet for roaches
Chris Driggers replied to tabor's topic in Food and Feeding
I would stay away from the calcium supplements myself. I think I remember reading or hearing somewhere that arthopods don't need very much calcium, and if they get too much it will make their exoskeleton brittle, for a hisser a brittle exo could be fatal if they fall off the wall of their enclosure, I would think it would increase the chance of a rupture. Chris -
The reason I said Tityus sp. is the extra spike on the telson.
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I can't help much, I'm not very familiar with the genus, but I'm 99% positive its a Tityus sp. no clue what species though, maybe someone else can help with a more specific ID.
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From what I have read, yes. Any acorn bearing tree. I have several types of oak tree in my back yard, red oak, white oak, post oak, water oak and sawtooth oak. I am using these for my domino roaches.
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Fish are very high in protein, I would avoid using goldfish though unless they are frozen while they are still alive. When they die they secrete something, I can't remember what, but it's harmful to snakes, not sure about roaches but better safe than sorry I guess.
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I would like to see pics of your Domino Roach setups if you don't mind sharing a pic or two.
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I'll be posting here, arachnoboards, and venomlist, I don't have the time to raise, or even try to raise all the slings, but I want as many of them to be raised to adulthood to see if this trait will breed true in the offspring, so I want to spread them out among widow keepers with experience raising widow slings. On a side note, I am looking for a mature male Latrodectus menavodi and Latrodectus geometricus if anyone reading this has one or both available for breeding loan, or just wants give one away to a good cause. Or I could trade WC L. mactans of any size you desire, gravid females also available. Chris
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Welcome. 42 species, wow, thats a nice collection, which 42 species?
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Welcome to the forum, not a bad selection you have there. Had any thoughts about your next species?
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How old is your discoid colony? Could possibly be one that was mixed in as a tiny nymph when you got your discoids, or a number of things really. Hissers are sneaky lil critters.
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I am planning to breed her with a male from the same source I got her from so hopefully I can produce more of these. The males should be maturing within the next month. Chris
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I am on arachnoboards as well, people over there know me as ScorpDemon.
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What are your other pets besides roaches?
Chris Driggers replied to Keith's topic in Other Discussions
Well I have several, here's the list. Reptiles 1 Male Bearded Dragon 1 Male Solomon Island Ground Boa 1 Male Black Mexican Kingsnake 1 Female Pueblan Milksnake 1 Female Timber Rattlesnake 1 Female Southern Copperhead 2 Ball Pythons (breeding pair male is 100% het. piebald) 2 Redtail Boa Constrictors (breeding pair, male is double het. albino and anerythristic) 2 Stimson's Pythons (breeding pair) Amphibians 2 Pacman frogs (1 albino 1 red) Tarantulas 1 Poecilotheria metallica (Gooty Ornamental) 1 Grammostola aureostriata (Chaco Goldenknee) 1 Aphonopelma anax (Texas Tan) 1 Grammostola pulchra (Brazilian Black) 1 Acanthoscuria geniculata (Giant Whiteknee) 7 Avicularia avicularia (Common Pinktoe) I recently downsized my tarantula collection, 3 weeks ago I had over 60 of them Scorpions 1 Babycurus jacksoni 1 Smeringurus mesaensis (Dune Scorpion) 1 Parabuthus leiosoma (Black Tipped Fat Tail) 1 Leiurus quinquestriatus (Deathstalker) 3 Pandinus imperator (Emperor Scorpion) True Spiders 5 Latrodectus bishopi (Red Widow) females 1 Latrodectus geometricus (Brown Widow) female 1 Latrodectus menavodi (Madagascan Black widow) female 2 Latrodectus mactans (Southern Black Widow) Other 1 Medicinal Leech (Hirudo medicinalis) There was more a while back, but I downsized a bit, in the process of remodeling to make more space so I can get more goodies. Chris -
One of my female red widows (Latrodectus bishopi) has no pattern whatsoever on her abdomen, I don't have any pics of the normal ones, but you can google it. Here are some pics of the lady with the unique abdomen.
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The brands I have used are.. Soil Moist, cant remember who makes it though and Shultz Moisture Plus I used 2 containers of the Moisture Plus, then had to switch to the Moisture Plus and have used nearly 3 gallons of it with no problems at all. Chris
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The one in the first photo is some type of jumping spider, cool little spiders. the last photo, I found some like that a couple of years ago, I kept her for a while and she laid an eggsac on a branch in her enclosure, then camoflauged it with some greenish brown webbing that was thicker and tougher with a different texture than normal. Very cool spiders, all of them.
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Hey Brian, ScorpDemon from arachnoboards here. Welcome to the forum. Are you still keeping your copperhead? I still haven't taken mine outdoor for a photo session, time is running out for this year too.
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Nice looking setup you have there. I've only been creative and naturalistic with one enclosure, and it's not in use anymore. I really want to set up a couple of display tanks for my 2 favorite tarantulas, I just don't have the space right now. When I get ready to do that, I might have to borrow some of your ideas.
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I grew up around farms and ranch type settings myself, so I can relate to parents not understanding your fascinations with roaches, spiders, and other creepy crawly critters. Exotic pets in the state of Alabama usually consist of iguanas, and ball pythons, I went outside the norm when I started keeping scorpions, then branched out to tarantulas, roaches, cornsnakes, assorted boas and pythons, assasin bugs, widow spiders, and a couple of native venomous snakes. My mom won't enter my house for long at a time, but she is starting to understand why I love these awesome animals, but still thinks I'm crazy. Welcome to the addiction that is keeping invertebrates, enjoy the ride. Chris
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Your setup looks pretty cool, yet simple. Doesn't look too far off from other Tityus setups I've seen pics of, haven't seen any setups for this particular species, however. I have never kept any Tityus, however if I can ever find the time to go out and do some roach hunting, I should have a breeding pair of T. falconensis soon after.
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I've used them in tarantula and scorpion enclosures, and I gotta say I was 100% pleased with the janitorial staff.
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Welcome aboard. If you're into mantids, it shouldn't take much to get you into roaches. Much less demanding, some are much more beautiful. They are a very diverse invert much like mantids. Take a look around, I'm sure you can find a few species that interest you. Chris
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Nice, I've been considering getting a few pill millipedes. How hardy are Arthrosphaera brandti?
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Welcome. The woman might come around a bit when she sees some of the prettier roaches, mine did. Are you currently keeping any roaches or other inverts? If so, What do you have?
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I buy my water crystals at garden shops, walmart, anywhere with a gardening section. 16 oz. container was like 6 bucks at walmart the last time i bought any, I make up a gallon at a time, and just make more when i need them. I also mix some crystals in with the substrate for the other humidity loving inverts I keep.