Feeder Roach Chow

Feeder roach chow

Hey everyone! So with the situation happening right now its getting harder and harder to get feeders for our reptiles, and more expensive as well. In times like these I encourage everyone to attempt to make their own breeding stock, even just temporarily, of feeders. (Please note that a LOT of people are allergic to roach frass, including myself, so if you have a face mask or bandana you can cover your face with when you interact with them I recommend it.) I breed dubia roaches for Kitana and have for years, and this chow is cheap and easy to make. Its easiest if you have a blender, but you can crush it all by hand too! Step one! Save the dried veggies that the bearded dragon doesn’t eat, or buy some and bake/dry them. Mustard greens, collard greens, and turnip greens are the best for this as they keep the roaches gutloaded (Gutloaded means they carry extra nutrients in their guts that are good for the reptile). Here is the ingredient list that I use. All fruits and veggies mentioned are dried: Mustard greens Collard greens Turnip greens Orange peels(encourages breeding behavior) Fish food (optional, used for smell. you only need a small pinch) Flax seed (also optional) Quinoa(optional) Calcium powder Vitamin powder Egg shells(optional) Yellow squash The recipe itself can be changed on what you have available, as long as you don’t put too much protein in there and use dry leafy greens as your main ingredient, you are good to go!

Take your items, and VERY SLOWLY put them in the blender on the medium setting. It is going to make a mess and fling things around at first. Best thing to do is get them into smaller pieces so the blender or food processor can grind it more easily. If you put them in too fast they will stay above the blades. If you have a packer you can pack them down into the blender as well. I used the back end of a cheap spatula for that. You want the mixture to be 90% greens, and 10% the misc ingredients. (If you don’t have a blender, just put the ingredients into a plastic bowl and go ham with whatever you have available)

You want to make sure its as powdery as possible, so the roaches get all the nutrients and ingredients as they will leave whole pieces. Once everything is fully blended, I tend to put it all in a plastic bowl and mix it up and allow it to cool down, the blender will likely heat up a lot during the process and that heats the chow as well.  This is the texture you want it to be:

I prefer this method over making a wet food, as uneaten wet food can grow mold which can be dangerous. Plus the wet food has to be frozen to keep, this stuff will keep good for six months or more if need be just sitting on a shelf. I find this home made chow to work much better than the chow sold by big roach breeders, plus its incredibly easy to make and for those that own bearded dragons, we already own most, if not all, of the ingredients. Dubia roaches are a good choice because they can’t fly, they can’t climb sheer surfaces like plastic or glass, they have a good meat and protein content, and if they escape they tend to die off quickly (Except in Florida I believe).  Not only is this chow healthy for both the roaches and the beardie, the roaches go crazy for it!

I just put mine into ziplock bags and keep it on a shelf, it keeps for a long time like this!

For a smaller colony, this amount can feed them for six months or more! It encourages breeding, and is a gutload for them as well. A healthy roach colony means a healthy pet!

A pro for me is that I feel I am better able to help people because I am calm and collected. I can rationally asses the situation and help them with their problem. I can see a solution when them being emotional can’t.

Also! Guys please remember that you don’t need empathy to be kind. I am kind because it is the right thing to do. I will help you to feel less sad because it is the right thing to do, not because your sadness makes me sad too.

Benefits of having low empathy:

You can't guilt trip me

I remain calm when other people are in distress

I'm not constantly drained by the negativity of the world (instead I am drained by my own depression)

Disadvantages of having low empathy:

Was that a joke?

Was that sarcasm?

I don't always underatand why people feel the way they do

I don't get happy when other people are happy

People with low empathy are demonized even by mental health professionals :/

I imagine it would be. Empathy isn’t necessary to qualify you as a person who is worthy of decency. We’re not monsters. We’re people too.

Benefits of having low empathy:

You can't guilt trip me

I remain calm when other people are in distress

I'm not constantly drained by the negativity of the world (instead I am drained by my own depression)

Disadvantages of having low empathy:

Was that a joke?

Was that sarcasm?

I don't always underatand why people feel the way they do

I don't get happy when other people are happy

People with low empathy are demonized even by mental health professionals :/

Hey bb. I'm literally going out on a limb here but I'm trying to buy Dragon Age deception and blue wraith but they are both either wildly expensive (73 Canadian big ones on Amazon for deception and 45 usa with shipping from the bioware store like???) Is there something I'm missing? Did dark horse make these exclusive titles or something? I haven't been spoiled on the comics because I want to read them but I can't even buy a digital version. Do you know what's going on?

Hello! You can get all 3 issues of Dragon Age: Deception collected together in a hardcover from Dark Horse here for $14.99, or for $3.99 per issue (one, two, three). Similarly you can get all 3 issues of Dragon Age: Blue Wraith collected together in a hardcover from them here for $14.99, or for $3.99 per issue (one, two, three). I can only see the Blue Wraith hardcover on the BioWare Gear Store currently, for $18 (not sure if that’s American or Canadian dollars) not including shipping. Prices for things like the comics and books seem to usually be a bit higher in the Gear Store compared to other outlets for whatever reason, and people have also noted that the shipping costs from the Gear Store are quite expensive. I don’t think Dark Horse made them exclusive titles, and you should be able to buy digital copies of them from places, not sure what the problem is there. Dark Horse has Digital Dark Horse.

Alternatives: Deception is on Comixology for £7.19 and here on Kobo for $8.99, Blue Wraith is on Comixology for £8.89 and here on Kobo for $10.99. Prices on Comixology tend to be pretty good ime. You could also try keeping an eye out for sales like this one Comixology had in the past. I think they’re also on Penguin Random House. They’re both currently unavailable on Forbidden Planet from what I can see.

Hope something here helps, let me know if you’re still having trouble or if I’ve misunderstood you. :)

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