Feeder colony size for savannah monitor?

[Will3]

Not a gecko but anyways, im planning to get a Savannah monitor and im wondering how big roach colonies i need too not run out of food, ive got two 70litre bins with N. cinerea and S. lateralis (aka Blatta lateralis), and they breed like crazy, would those colonies be enogh?

 

[Ozymandias]

while the lobsters and Lats will work well for when it is smaller i would defiantly invest in a larger roach species. B discoidalis or E posticus (Orangehead Roach) would probably work well because thay are larger than dubias and breed just as fast as long as you give them heat.

 

[Will3]

I have G. portentosa aswell, but those havent started breeding yet...
B. dubia is not an option, just got rid of mine since i got allergic.

 

[Ozymandias]

you can use the hissers then, i still recommend you look into some the Eublaberus & Blaberus species still mainly because you probably wont be allergic to them and thay are non-climbers.

also do you know what it is about the dubias you are allergic to, i've never heard of any one being allergic to them.

 

[Airedale]

It could be dust from the frass. My nose starts to tingle and feel dry sometimes when I clean my dubia container. It's the same kind of tickly feeling I get if I go into a dusty attic or something like that.

 

[JSmithGirl]

while the lobsters and Lats will work well for when it is smaller i would defiantly invest in a larger roach species. B discoidalis or E posticus (Orangehead Roach) would probably work well because thay are larger than dubias and breed just as fast as long as you give them heat.

I completely agree. Lobsters should be good for a small baby but they got a large large appetite. By the way Savannah Monitors are one of the greatest monitors in my opinion! Along with Ackies!

 

[MauricesExoticPets]

Thats super secret stuff your asking, oh well here goes the whole ball of wax.

A) Learn how to sex your Lobster roaches.
B) Start a colony with 100.500
C) Every month move the adults to a new bin.
D) When your first bin is all adults, feed off your old breeders.
E) remember to reserve 100.500 of your fresh adults to continue the breeding process.

Determine from there if you have enough. You should end up with 12,500+ feeders per month or around 416 per day. That should be enough for a single savannah monitor.

The Turkistans are just a pain to deal with for feeding monitors, the lobster roaches are fine though.

Most of my monitors will eat frozen thawed roaches, so if you ever over populate, you can just freeze off a bunch and stash them in zip-loc bags.

Maurice Pudlo