Blatta lateralis for AFTs?

T-ReXx · #1 12-10-2009, 07:36 PM

I'm just curious to see if anyone has any experience feeding Turkistan Roaches(Blatta lateralis) to African Fat tailed geckos. I'm getting a group of adult fatties next week that have been fed steadily on crickets and I'd like to switch them over to roaches. I do have a dubia colony, but my dubia are pretty much used as a staple for my tokays and they eat enough of them that I'm not 100% comfortable putting more strain on the colony with AFTs as well. My lateralis colony is exploding and I have plenty of them, so I'd like to use them as a staple for the AFT group(really REALLY don't want to start dealing with crickets again if I can help it) or if I'm stuck setting up another dubia colony for them. So, anyone had some experience feeding lats to fat tails? Good, bad, or mediocre results? Any inputs appreciated.

Thanks,

-T.Rex

aquapimp · #2 12-10-2009, 08:10 PM

My guess is a seamless transition....

**Riverside Reptiles** · #3 12-10-2009, 10:14 PM

Throw 'em in there. They'll either eat 'em or they won't. I tend to agree with Tom though...shouldn't be an issue.