Nanchantress Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 I placed 1/8 teaspoonful of 6 various foods I thought roaches would find appealing in a tray. I taped the tray to the bottom of a Rubbermaid tub to prevent spillage. I added approximately 20 Madagascar hissing cockroach nymphs to the tub. After 36 hours, the FruitFestiv portion was completely gone. FruitFestiv capsules contain apple, noni, orange peel, peach, lemon peel, grape, cranberry, raspberry, cherry, acai, mango, elderberry, black currant, pomegranate, strawberry, papaya, banana, blackberry, plum, goji berry, blueberry, pineapple, prune, lactobacillus acidophilus, and an enzyme blend. I think I bought the capsules at Walmart in the vitamin section. I will post again with another picture after another 36 hours or so. Wonder what their second preference will be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipi Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Banana! BANANA! I change banana!! By the way, it's very interesting. I'm very curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cindy Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 What fun! I love how you did this! I try stuff too, but never with all of them on one "table" !! All of my hissers adore bee pollen. That gets chowed down as soon as I put a little in their tanks. I will have to look for that fruit festive! Looks like lots of yummies in that! Thank you for sharing your experiment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanchantress Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 Cindy, I'll put bee pollen as a choice in another experiment Is it granules or powder? What I'm planning to do is find their top 3 or so preferences and then make a custom roach chow mix. I might do a separate experiment with 6 different types of dog food and see if they have an obvious favorite. It's about 26 years too late for a high school science fair project though... hahaha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cindy Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Never to late!! I just had some capsules.. and opened them up, put in a tiny dish and it was the first thing they ran to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 These food experiments are always fun (for us and the roaches)! What do you usually feed them though? My roaches go more enthusiastically for foods that they don't get often, like grapes, oranges, and (in the past) fish food; if it becomes a regular part of their diet they become a bit more laid-back. So there was likely an ingredient or two in the FruitFestiv that was either a little new to them or that they lacked nutritionally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanchantress Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 Ralph, I always have dog food and fish food available in a dish. Then I give them fruit or vegies about twice a week. They don't really get too excited about anything, except maybe canned pumpkin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanchantress Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 Final Results: FruitFestiv the clear favorite, followed by VeggieFestiv and Spiru-Tein Banana drink mix. January 27th February 1st Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ticul Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 How fun and interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanchantress Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 Food preference experiment #2 is underway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cindy Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Such fun!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briene Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 I like the little platter you put everything in . I've never tried bee pollen or the fruit festive stuff. Next time I'm at walmart I'll pick some up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 My Dubia roaches LOVE banana-orange baby food, and once a month they eat beef baby food (without lemon juice) as a protein boost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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