Buying and keeping cockroaches: Tips for feeding insects

Buying and keeping cockroaches: Tips for feeding insects

cockroaches as pets and reptile animal feed
If you have reptiles such as snakes or geckos, there are mainly feed insects, for example cockroaches, on the menu. If you want to buy cockroaches to feed these to your pets, you can do this either online or in the pet trade.

Worth knowing about cockroaches as feed insects

Argentine forest cockroaches have a particularly high nutritional value, which makes them particularly suitable as feed insects for reptiles and lizards. Since the cockroach species is not very sensitive to temperature, it survives up to 12 months at around 17 to 25 degrees Celsius.

Be especially careful not to buy cockroaches that are harmful to human health. in addition to the Argentinian forest cockroaches also the so-called Schokoschaben as feeding animals.

As a food basis for the feed insects, weeds and dry fodder can serve - here the cockroaches are not selectable. And even before an uncontrolled spread, you do not have to be afraid when you buy cockroaches, because the Argentinean cockroach can not go up on walls.

Buy cockroaches and keep them at home

If you want to buy cockroaches, you can easily do this on the Internet: 100 pieces are available in the appropriate terrarium stores for about 20 euros. If you order the cockroaches on the Internet, it is advisable to pay attention to the quality and seriousness.

Of course you can also buy the food in almost any animal trade. Even if cockroaches are usually a bit more expensive, the advantage is in any case the personal advice on the spot.

In the case of good on-line shops, a corresponding thermal box can often be purchased at the same time. In this, keep the feed insects - but make sure that the breeding box is well ventilated. Place the box with some newspaper paper and replace it regularly with new ones - this prevents you from being attacked by mites.

In addition, regular cleaning also avoids an unpleasant smell. The pheromones, which the cockroaches can secrete, namely, after some time very strict smell.