JohananV Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Hello Everyone, How are you doing? A friend of mine is wanting to start a colony of Periplaneta as a food source for her pet Monitor. I have been trapping roaches in my home, and am hoping to give them to her as a starter colony. I am slightly concerned, however, about toxicity resistance in th roaches I have captured. If one were to breed the roaches, and then use the resulting generation's offspring as feeders, would that be enough of a buffer to ensure that there are no toxins in the fedder roaches' systems? Thank you in advance, JV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolas Rousseaux Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Hi their resistance is actually a genetic "natural" selection, they are non-toxic, but resistant. So the first generation can be used too feed the monitor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohananV Posted May 5, 2013 Author Share Posted May 5, 2013 Thank you very much. That is very good to know. I will be sure to tell my friend that. I wil be giving her a colony of P. australasiae and P. americana. Thanks again for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 JohananV Please stick around the forum and show us some pics of your native roaches!! oh and yes your feeders sould be fine at second gen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohananV Posted May 9, 2013 Author Share Posted May 9, 2013 Haha. Will do. Thank you so much for all the information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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