Lobsters as feeder, help

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Aguilar

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I would like to use Lobster roaches as feeder for Leopard Gecko and some Rhacs, but I have noticed they some times make a bad smell stuff, could that prevent the geckos from eating them? Do you know what that is?
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badkelpie

badkelpie

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My sister had some for a while, and they stunk! Her beardie and my fire bellied toads thought they were candy. They loved them! My gecko wouldn't eat them. She'd eat dubias, and she accidentally ate a dusted lobster, since then, she sniffs her roaches before eating them. She won't eat superworms either.
 
thehotchik1000

thehotchik1000

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Mine have no issues with lobsters. I know what you're talking about with the smelly stuff. But I don't know what it is. Keeping them I don't smell them. But when I do feed out I have to chill them in the freezer to slow them down and for some of the animals cut a couple legs off of the roaches so they can't climb/ or run away quickly.


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MauricesExoticPets

MauricesExoticPets

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99% of my reptiles eat lobster roaches, the 1% that don't are vegetarian or are snakes.

Sometimes ill get a new critter that isn't real fond of them at first but they all get used to the fact that I feed a lot of lobster roaches and being hungry sucks.

Maurice Pudlo
 
Ozymandias

Ozymandias

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thehotchik1000 said:
Mine have no issues with lobsters. I know what you're talking about with the smelly stuff. But I don't know what it is. Keeping them I don't smell them. But when I do feed out I have to chill them in the freezer to slow them down and for some of the animals cut a couple legs off of the roaches so they can't climb/ or run away quickly.


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the smell is just a defensive mechanism alot of roaches have it.
 
Ozymandias

Ozymandias

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to be quite honest it isn't even that bad of a small compared to other roaches. the Rhyparobia sp. "Malaysia" (Gold Medal Roach) has probably the worst (or best depending on how you look at it) defense mechanism it and i quote "they will squeak. Next, they will emit a hideous defense odor that smells like old cigarettes. Finally, if that didn't stop you from touching them, they will flick poop at you."
 
Riverside Reptiles

Riverside Reptiles

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I have a small colony of lobsters. I really prefer dubia and lateralis though (each for different reasons). I'm just not down with the whole climbing thing. And yeah, I know that it can be prevented (to some degree). But I find that the other two fulfill my needs without having to deal w/ climbing roaches.
 
MauricesExoticPets

MauricesExoticPets

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For me it's the volume of roaches I can maintain in a particular space that makes the decision the most clear, you can pack a ton more climbers in a given bin size than you can non climbers.

The secondary reasoning is that lobsters are more size correct for the types of reptiles I tend to keep, adult dubia are never going to be my primary feeder because I would end up with way to many deaths due to old age if that were my only feeder as the only critters I keep that consume the adults are my bearded dragons and monitors, I prefer to feed a bit smaller than the maximum possible size a reptile can take down.

For some reason a large number of my Gekko population is not interested in the turkistans, it is what it is.

Maurice Pudlo
 
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