Paulie Bleeker Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 has anyone tried these as feeders? do they reproduce quick/easily enough to make sense to use as a feeder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmonsaladsandwich Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 If those dried ones used as medicine are farmed rather than harvested I imagine so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Well they take a year or two to mature, so they are probably not the best feeder. They're better suited for pets, not pet food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aphaenogaster Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 I suspect that they are wild-harvested, as with many components of traditional Eastern medicine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Kyle sells captive bred ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forcep Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 I suspect that they are wild-harvested, as with many components of traditional Eastern medicine. Eupolyphaga sinensis for medical use are mostly captive-bred. Mass breeding of this species is easy and cheap so there's no reason for wild collecting. Personally I'm not a follower of traditional Asian med; but just like other markets what they're looking for is profit. If captive breeding makes profits people will do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanislas Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 They (Chinese) indeed breed these roaches en mass. There are in fact a lot of patent description available that describe methods to breed them. The English translation isn't particularly good (rather abysmal), but it contains a well of information: breeding patent eggs hatching method And there are many more.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolas Rousseaux Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Hello, I guess it's possible, but they are not the best feeders... Slow growers, it will require a lot of space to breed them if you want to constantly have preys for your animals. They are good producers (I have a colony of 600-1000 of them), but the colony is big due to the fact I keep most of them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dactylus Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 On 4/11/2017 at 8:11 AM, stanislas said: They (Chinese) indeed breed these roaches en mass. There are in fact a lot of patent description available that describe methods to breed them. The English translation isn't particularly good (rather abysmal), but it contains a well of information: breeding patent eggs hatching method And there are many more.... Thanks for the links. Very interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.