I want to try to keep only two kinds of feeder insect for my tarantulas. I don't have a lot, (12), but they cover at least three categories.
Oh, and I don't want crickets. They are hysterical, and their 'song' can be heard through just about anything.
1. Arboreals - feeding these zoophobas with a pair of tweezers works, but isn't a whole lot of fun. Glass-climbing roaches could work, but they, on the other hand, wouldn't work for the terrestrial T's (would escape from the tanks and get me kicked out from the place I live no doubt). Locusts would probably work, but..they are kind of hard to keep, not to mention actually breed.
2. Big terrestrial eater - this category is composed entirely of my adult L.parahybana. Small roaches(like S. tartarus - suitable for category 3) could work for her, I guess, but it is sort of dull to give her small things when she can eat practically anything. B.dubia would be good, but I have a feeling it would be good only for her, 'cause how would I ever get an arboreal to eat super-burrowing roaches?
3. Small, friendly, terrestrials. -I am thinking Shelfordella tartarus here, but I don't know if they would actually eat any roach.
Painted myself into a corner, haven't I?
Edit. Is there actually a type of roach that is neither an obligate burrower or a glass-climber?
Oh, and I don't want crickets. They are hysterical, and their 'song' can be heard through just about anything.
1. Arboreals - feeding these zoophobas with a pair of tweezers works, but isn't a whole lot of fun. Glass-climbing roaches could work, but they, on the other hand, wouldn't work for the terrestrial T's (would escape from the tanks and get me kicked out from the place I live no doubt). Locusts would probably work, but..they are kind of hard to keep, not to mention actually breed.
2. Big terrestrial eater - this category is composed entirely of my adult L.parahybana. Small roaches(like S. tartarus - suitable for category 3) could work for her, I guess, but it is sort of dull to give her small things when she can eat practically anything. B.dubia would be good, but I have a feeling it would be good only for her, 'cause how would I ever get an arboreal to eat super-burrowing roaches?
3. Small, friendly, terrestrials. -I am thinking Shelfordella tartarus here, but I don't know if they would actually eat any roach.
Painted myself into a corner, haven't I?
Edit. Is there actually a type of roach that is neither an obligate burrower or a glass-climber?
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