Rageclick Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 I regularly feed my roaches fruits and vegetables once a week. Last week I tried feeding my roaches some left over pineapple. For some reason they did not consume the pineapple pieces and I noticed some dead roaches around my bins. Are there any food items that could be very harmful for roaches? I tried to google search but nothing came up because searches will just show diet suggestions for dubia roaches. My roaches are N.Cinerea(Lobster roaches) , G. Portentosa (Hissers) , E. Prosticus (Orange head roaches), B.Dubia, and B. Lateralis (Turkestan roaches). So anybody got a list of food items that will be harmful for my roaches? I live in a tropical area so fruits and vegetables are very readily available. Tips and advice will be very much appreciated. TIA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanBuck Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Roaches are pretty durable. It's mostly a trial and error sort of thing with them. I know they avoid mint and catnip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpython Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 I don't know of any foods that are safe for humans but not roaches... I might be wrong though. I regularly feed goldfish flakes, old fruit from the fridge, and cat kibble. I mist them every couple of days as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rageclick Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share Posted December 15, 2014 I really think pineapple is not safe for my roaches since i only notice dead roaches when i feed them pineapple and they dont seem to consume it right away. I tried this twice and dead roaches popping up. Now i just buy some Calabaza since it is cheap and breeders seem to find a lot of success in breeding roaches when they feed them Calabaza and moringa w/c are readily available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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