Do you ever have an overpopulation of these guys at work? (I am assuming, perhaps incorrectly, that these pics are from work.) If so, what do you do with the extras? Ours breed like there is no tomorrow. I have heard there is controversy as to whether or not it is safe to feed these guys out. I am just curious as to your opinion on the subject.
Well, one keeper I work with said that she never fed them out at her last zoo, because they could carry disease or something. However, I would think that captive roaches wouldn't really carry disease. There wild counterparts might. *shrug* We collect babies in a bowl, freeze them, move them to the refrigerator, and feed them to the sugar gliders and lizards. I think they have been getting burnt out on them though. We finally got some more mealworms, and they went to town. I have also fed live, subadult roaches to the tarantulas.
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