Kevinswither Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 I am looking to keep a variety of roaches. Now what container would be good to keep single species roaches in? Any good beginner species? I was thinking of keeping g portenosa as a pet roach and breed it once in a while. Any methods of heating multiple cages? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roach collector Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Heating cable is good to heat many cages as you can lay it out across a desk/shelf and use it to heat the cages. Roaches can be kept in a variety of cages but food storage ones work the best along with gasket boxes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Plastic containers of various sizes seem to be the best for housing roaches, easy to add the amount of ventilation you want, and they are fairly cheap. Any of the hissers would make great beginner species, (except for Elliptorhina davidi), and many of them are decent for handling too. I use this to heat my cages, if you use it right you can heat multiple cages with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevinswither Posted January 13, 2017 Author Share Posted January 13, 2017 Any setup for the heating cable? Would they be on the outside of said cage or on the bottom? It is a wire shelving unit that the enclosures will be on. I am a visual person so pictures would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pannaking22 Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 I personally would put the cable on the side so that the roaches can choose how warm they want to be. Putting the cable below means that if they're trying to escape the heat, they'll overheat and potentially die because their instinct is to go lower when they get too hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpet Roaches Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Blaberus giganteus is a very neat one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevinswither Posted January 17, 2017 Author Share Posted January 17, 2017 Blaberus giganteus seems interesting. Along with rhino roaches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfarms Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 We have Blaberus fusca which are nice. Just got them breeding a few months ago and now have a couple hundred small nymphs all over. We just listed them on Ebay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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