They do smell. Don't trust anyone that says they don't. They def do. Add some springtails in to help clean out the dead and the poop. Just a heads up that there's many known cases of allergies happening the more you're exposed to the smell and the smell of roach poop. I didn't have an issue before but ended up almost getting an asthma attack from it. Definitely won't keep them in my house due to the smell.
how long does it take to grow one of these things to a decent köksal baba size? I'm planning on reestablishing the ottoman empire I'm going to need a fair few of them bye
Im only watching because I have to feed my future Tarantulas something at least. Honestly almost turns me down from the hobby. Roaches are disgusting but I think I'll get over it hopefully.
ha, when I went to jail it was infested with those. we would put a metal foot locker in the corner of the room and catch about 500 in an hour with bread. then fish them out one by one with a staple and string. hanapaa. jailhouse fishing. kept us entertained for hours. plus have the mail a reason to fumigate us with cancerous carcinogens. jail is hell!
Great looking colony you have there. I have ordered 1000 & they will be here day after tomorrow. Will breed them for 2 generations and then start to feed them off to my reptiles & donate a few hundred k to rescue centers. I breed Crickets, Mealworms, Dubia's, Red Wigglers & Superworms as well, but these Turkistan roaches have been on my list for a while. Now just to get my reptile numbers up to around 100+ from the 46 I have currently. Started all this beginning August & must admit the Mealworms are the most work but the Supers the biggest fatality rate.
I actually raised wax worms as well with great success but not in the large numbers I was hoping. I'm now doing hornworms with lots of pupa in my enclosure but I'm not documenting this project. Wish you the best!.. I will be doing a few more cool projects pretty soon, thanks for watching!
How do you keep them from infesting your home those boxes don't look secure enough by the way I have a lot of those read runners around my neighborhood I don't need to Farm those nasty things
+V-Line Exotics oh yes they are the exterminator confirmed that we have red racers he told me somebody must've deported them here a few years ago he said they thrive in Hot environments which makes sense that there from Africa
+Songbird ...you mean imported. They were imported, around 1978 by US military. The red runners were in their equipment accidentally when they landed in the US.
V-Line Exotics. imported from where on the planet exactly by the military? Is it from Mexico? If that's where they came from, then they simply walked across the border on their own!;-(!
I just purchased 200+ roaches & 20+ egg sacks about a month ago.. Can't wait till they breed up to the amount you have! How long did it take for them to breed that much from just 50 heads??
There's anywhere from 30 - 40 nymphs in each egg purse. In about 6 months you'll have hundreds of thousands. Just make sure that they have water crystals and food every day, and you'll produce tons... good luck!
There's anywhere from 30 - 40 nymphs in each egg purse. In about 6 months you'll have hundreds of thousands. Just make sure that they have water crystals and food every day, and you'll produce tons... good luck!
But if they come from Turkistan, it gets cold there in the winter so they would survive great in peoples houses if they escaped? Dubia roaches would not breed at below 80f
Ex Girlfriend: *on phone* You can't just kick me out without me getting my stuff! V-Line Exotics: *sigh* Yea whatever, get yo stuff and bounce before I get home. Ex Girlfriend: Okay okaaay! You ain't gotta rush me, dang! *Spiteful* Ex Girlfriend: *thinking* I'mma just be real petty and release one container of those roaches all over his house. Mhm.... maybe 2. I be vindictive like that 🤷 *havoc ensues*
I had many escape! I'm a licensed NYC Exterminator, that being said. I can truly tell you the best way of taking care of the problem is by simply laying out Banana Glue boards. They love the banana sent, you'll be surprised on how many got loose on you... I sure was lol. Two adults excape while cleaning the enclosure, I placed the 2 glue boards out and the next day I caught well over a hundred nymphs plus a few large ones.
Takes a few weeks if I could remember. I just continue with other projects until they hatch. I have so many containers that eggs are collected weekly so once the first box starts to hatch out, the other boxes continues week by week. It does take a while so just be patient, the eggs will start to dimple before they hatch so don't throw them out thinking that their bad.
How do you clean your colony, I’ve got a big bin like yours filled with roaches and a about two inches of poop and eggs on the bottom. The problem for me is the poop is filled with cleaner beetles and worms:/
I used to do taxidermy and I had dermisted beetles sneak in to my roach colony. Just is a sifter and take you tome separating the eggs and beetles. Hope that helps
Do you have to pull out the eggs cases? What kind of substrate? Do you put the roaches into it or just the egg cases? I really need to read up on how to do this on a smaller scale/
Hi! How do you clean the enclosure and dispose the eggshells and eggs that didn't hatch? I have a B. Lateralis colony before and I'm planning to have a colony again.
All my eggs usually hatch out, they'll dry up and shrink before hatching. It doesn't mean they're bad. So let's start up by having monthly hatching tubs. Every week you'll clean out your adult tubs by removing all your reds and cardboard out, at that point you'll remove all eggs and then place them in your small hatching tubs. You'll have 4 weeks of eggs per hatch tub. Keep on doing this and every month you'll have new batches of nymphs in their own age group. That's how I keep my babies separated from the adults... PS: just remember this important rule for success‼️ Always have food and water crystals in all containers, for the hatch tubs keep water crystals and dry food (crushed cat or dog kibble) to prevent mold. In your adult tubs have water crystals and any food of your liking (dry food, fruits/ veggies). If you DO NOT provide lots of food for the adults, they will eat the eggs‼️ They will eat the eggs from the ground and those that are still attached to the females... Hope this helps‼️😎👍🏼
I know I’m 3 years late but what do you use to feed them? I’m considering staring a colony to sell / feed to my tarantulas.. and how do they get their water?
Nah, no worries lol... I used chopped vegetables (cucumbers, carrots etc.), dried cat food, some fruits for feeding and water crystals for their water. They get a lot of water from the cucumbers btw, keep low humidity but warm.
What kind of frog(s) do you feed the red runners to? I'm thinking about trying them with all my frogs and hope they like them so I won't have to deal with crickets
Jamie Bonani good plan... I feed them; dry oatmeal, cat food & bread make sure to always keep a small amount of water crystals inside the enclosure as well.
I perform a consistent clean-out once a week so the insects remained healthy. During the clean-out, I remove eggs in a weekly manner which allows me to know accumulate all the eggs that are around the same age so they can hatch around the same time. Hope this helps!🙂👍🏼
Most people like to use egg crates for them to hide in about five in a plastic container that they cannot climb up the sides they like hiding in those as well putting five of them on their side and they crawl in those so they can hide
Place a hand full into the enclosure. They like to hode and your lizards will be able to find them and forage like they do in the wild. It will keep them busy and active, never bored.
My room is temperature controlled. I do not mist my eggs, I just keep a few water crystals in the setup so they can start drinking as soon as they hatch.
Andy Sarmiento I feed them dry cat food, dry oatmeal, and bread. in terms of separating them, I use my hands or just separate the egg crates that they're on already. Now if you mean in terms of size, I harvest all the eggs every few weeks or month and just have them hatch out in their own enclosure / containers. That's how I have different sizes in different containers.
Santos Colon they don't really have a smell, it's very light. I surely recommend them, especially if you have lots of insect eating reptiles or amphibians.
@@VLineExotics I know dubias will die if they escape in your house because I breed dubias and have several thousand. I've heard red runners also die if they escape if you live in an area with cold winters which I do. I was just wondering if they do die because I just started a colony of red runners yesterday. I live in Maryland and we have very cold winters sometimes and don't want an infestation.
@@VLineExotics good! Thanks for answering my question because I only have experience with dubia cockroaches. I have thousands of those but I wanted to breed something else for my tarantulas, scorpions and smaller frog species. Dubia cockroaches are great except they have a tendency to bury themselves making it difficult for some of my animals to find them. I will still always breed dubia cockroaches for my larger frogs and toads though. I only have about 20 red runners of both sexes right now because I just started yesterday but I hear they breed very fast. I use reptile heat emitters to keep my roaches in the 80s and they breed like crazy. I use emitters because cockroaches hate light.
I would stick with dubia only because they're more filling than reds. Reds are great when you have tons of herps or arachnids to feed just because they breed fast and in large numbers. Reds are also very fast and loves to hide so that helps keep their hunting/natural behavior on point... hope this helps
why my red runners have maggots in their substrate and crawling around are these maggots harmless or bad for my roaches i believe the maggots are larva of some species of flies...
WTF TV I don't use substrate for reasons such as that. if I was to use a substrate I would use dry oatmeal and use a small shallow bowl for the Water Crystals so the crystals do not touch the substrate causing mold or fly issues. I would recommend removing the substrate you have now and replacing it with something better like oatmeal or just leave it empty which makes it easier to clean.
Hey man I’ve been breeding for a about a month and I’m still trying to figure everything out with them I was just wondering if you knew how long it took for a nymph to become and an adult I’ve looked up everywhere but I haven’t been able to find it thanks in advance!
Wasn't paying any attention regarding their growth rate. But just know, all the roaches you see in the video is a result of just 50 adult roaches breeding in only a 5 month period. So pretty fast if consistent food and water is available with warm temperatures... Hope this helps 👍🏻
never mind....like i tell my daughter all the time " if you would just look, you will almost always find the answer to any question you have" i found my answer
Lobster and Banana roaches breed faster. But reds are easier to contain (no flight or climbing) Reds are fantastic feeders, and the nymphs are small enough for tiny dart frogs!
I would say banana roaches are the best next to turks. But the adults can fly. BUT they move slowly unlike turks and lobsters so... Yea, banana roaches are awesome for arboreal insectivores imo. Lobsters are too but I think banana roaches are easier to contain b/c they move slower. If you make a mistake with lobster roaches, your entire colony could escape in a split second.
I see dog or cat food in there.....is that ok? I know your not suppose to use dog or cat food for dubia roaches because it makes they have too high of uric acid which causes gout and liver failer in reptiles.
Crystal best is Fumigation, which is too expensive. Having a ULV Injection Treatment (Space Application) performed in your home is best. But be sure to Pest Proof your place first to prevent any pest from entering back after treatment.
lids are not needed. The tubs slides right in, therefore closing off the top of their enclosure. Plus they cannot climb up the tubs like other insects.
That do not look safe at all, from what I can see the red runners on the shelf the containers have no lid and there appear to be about half an inch or an inch gap between the top of the containers and the shelf roof. Seems like he run a big risk of some getting out and then he got a problem.
Turkey looks like an amazing holiday destination. The people in this video look so friendly. 😍
Yeah especially when they outweigh your number in your country😊🤣
They are from turkestan, not turkey😄
Yes that's why this country is a hell lmao 🤣🤣
HOL UP. i thought it was from γύρο
I dont understand? I dont get it
any turkish kebab shop basically
nah you didn't
So this guy is in charge of the Ottoman Empire.
KeK
Kek
This guy is rebuilding the Ottoman empire.
Istanbul
Actual footage of Mehmet preparing his armies for the siege of 1453
kek
Bathroom tissue cores are the great bombards?
CRY
Lmao
Richard The Lionhea
Is your house a Turkish embassy?
Karaboğa Emir
Oghuz turks colonizing Anatolia (colorized footage)
we are in balkans too*
Constantinople, 1453 AD (colorized)
Lol
Bro Istanbul looks so amazing, thanks for the pics!
Look at all those Turks 😳
Kek
Based
Wow! Turkey has an amazing culture!
The Turkish minority of Turkiministan have been put in this interment camp by the government
mashallah greatest warriors of turkiye ☝🐺🇹🇷 ☪🔥
Live footage from a crowded street in Istanbul
Abe Farrendy 😂😂 as a turk I think its funny. No joke hahahhah
@@bilosan97 u say ur turk when u have greek letters in ur name...
no we Turks are the wolfs
@@jaif7327 you do realize a lot of turks have greek ancestry and vice versa right
Real footage of Turkish people in Istanbul
Hohol
if you look closely you'll see that the tubes are makeshift mosques.
not mosques but churches bro
@@astroarabian43 SEETHE mudslim.
There isn't enough shit in them...
Do you have any issues with smell? I find their poop stinks bad lol.. and I only have bout 300+
Ventilation is fine as well.
It doesn't really bother me so much. Make sure not to have it get too humid, it might increase the smell.
yooo exotics lair
They do smell. Don't trust anyone that says they don't. They def do. Add some springtails in to help clean out the dead and the poop. Just a heads up that there's many known cases of allergies happening the more you're exposed to the smell and the smell of roach poop. I didn't have an issue before but ended up almost getting an asthma attack from it. Definitely won't keep them in my house due to the smell.
@@nathant7437 he did not say that they don't smell, he just said it never bothers him, do you even read the comment?
@@nathant7437 buffalo beetle would work as much as springtails. I prefer buffalo beetle cos they need less moisture than springtail
I’ve always wanted to visit Istanbul.
so this is the leader of turkey
your mom is roach racist
Erdoğan 😳
as a turk i found this reeeeecist xd
What why? Funny though 🤣
how long does it take to grow one of these things to a decent köksal baba size? I'm planning on reestablishing the ottoman empire I'm going to need a fair few of them bye
Entire Turkish population in a nutshell.
More like Turkey after 15 July
Ian Velarde "they breed very fast"
Most Turks have a higher education than you.
Brad Ackers how
Lmao they fcked your ancestors
I don't know why I'm watching this. I have a huge fear of roaches.
I don't know why I'm watching this. I have a huge fear of cocks.
same here
Kathleen R But you don’t fear Turks right?
Im only watching because I have to feed my future Tarantulas something at least. Honestly almost turns me down from the hobby. Roaches are disgusting but I think I'll get over it hopefully.
OMG SAME
ha, when I went to jail it was infested with those. we would put a metal foot locker in the corner of the room and catch about 500 in an hour with bread. then fish them out one by one with a staple and string. hanapaa. jailhouse fishing. kept us entertained for hours. plus have the mail a reason to fumigate us with cancerous carcinogens. jail is hell!
Jason vieira they were either germans or americans, turks don’t do so well in the states.
Dude this shit is hilarious and great!! I would be doing the same shit!!!
Did you go to a jail in Turkey?
Wtf happened to Constantinopole?😭
Look at all those chickens
lmao
Capybara
*bruh*
Look at all those Turks 😳
@@whyareyougae8170 bruh look at all those kurds 😳
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
🇹🇷🪳💪🏽
thanx v-line! i got in to these roaches because of you and now my animals will never go hungry! :)
good stuff, have fun farming!
and so you move them above the ground without putting a box underneath when you observe them? Make me think of never coming to your house ...
dont they get out with no lid?
David Wood he said he is an exterminator with poison around his house
They are bad climbers
If you give them a chance as scratches on the walls, they will escape.
Mine don't climb at all anything that is even slightly slippery or smooth. Not even the little babies.
That bad at climbing and they can't fly lol
Great looking colony you have there. I have ordered 1000 & they will be here day after tomorrow. Will breed them for 2 generations and then start to feed them off to my reptiles & donate a few hundred k to rescue centers. I breed Crickets, Mealworms, Dubia's, Red Wigglers & Superworms as well, but these Turkistan roaches have been on my list for a while. Now just to get my reptile numbers up to around 100+ from the 46 I have currently. Started all this beginning August & must admit the Mealworms are the most work but the Supers the biggest fatality rate.
I actually raised wax worms as well with great success but not in the large numbers I was hoping. I'm now doing hornworms with lots of pupa in my enclosure but I'm not documenting this project. Wish you the best!.. I will be doing a few more cool projects pretty soon, thanks for watching!
He went for vacation in Instanbul.
This is the largest RR colony I've ever seen. No way you're still keeping it going by chance?
" curious neighbor knocks on door"
hey bud, ive notice a roach or two under my sink, you dont by chance have the same issue do you?
BVD nah, I don't think so bud
@@VLineExotics Better than an intruder with a gun lol
How do you keep them from infesting your home those boxes don't look secure enough by the way I have a lot of those read runners around my neighborhood I don't need to Farm those nasty things
+V-Line Exotics oh yes they are the exterminator confirmed that we have red racers he told me somebody must've deported them here a few years ago he said they thrive in Hot environments which makes sense that there from Africa
Excuse me red runners
+Songbird ...you mean imported. They were imported, around 1978 by US military. The red runners were in their equipment accidentally when they landed in the US.
+V-Line Exotics the roaches can breed easily so make sure they don't get out. Nice farm!
V-Line Exotics. imported from where on the planet exactly by the military? Is it from Mexico? If that's where they came from, then they simply walked across the border on their own!;-(!
Are those to be eaten?
Can you make normal ones edible if?
Does the place smells bad?
🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷
Bruh learn to keep that camera still I feel like I am on a rollercoaster
Raising armies for the 2050 wars..... 😁
I just purchased 200+ roaches & 20+ egg sacks about a month ago..
Can't wait till they breed up to the amount you have!
How long did it take for them to breed that much from just 50 heads??
Also how many babies come from 1 egg sack?
There's anywhere from 30 - 40 nymphs in each egg purse. In about 6 months you'll have hundreds of thousands. Just make sure that they have water crystals and food every day, and you'll produce tons... good luck!
+V-Line Exotics 6 months?! Holy crap! and I'm being stingy to feed them to my Ts cuz I'm afraid they won't breed that quickly lol >_> THANKS!
There's anywhere from 30 - 40 nymphs in each egg purse. In about 6 months you'll have hundreds of thousands. Just make sure that they have water crystals and food every day, and you'll produce tons... good luck!
@@ExoticsLair hi me is big fan
But if they come from Turkistan, it gets cold there in the winter so they would survive great in peoples houses if they escaped? Dubia roaches would not breed at below 80f
how do you keep them from getting out of the holes in the side of the tub, any oil type thing i use dries up quickly.
From my experience they can't climb plastics.
SomeOne1199
maybe my tubs suck then, because i had to plug them up.
Maybe yours has scratches for their small claws to hook on lol
do they climb? i dont want an infestation in my house
They don't climb
do you always split the eggs and the different sizes
Only when I'm cleaning them out is when I'll take the time to separate the nymphs/eggs by age or size.
How many would you say I need to start off with?
+David Wood ...A hundred would be perfect.
Thanks for your help. Looks Luke they breed fast.
David Wood yeah they do
what if they escape your thing and then ur whole house is infested that scary
They won't survive! The best thing is that I'm an exterminator and I have residual pesticides applied throughout the perimeter of my house
Ex Girlfriend: *on phone* You can't just kick me out without me getting my stuff!
V-Line Exotics: *sigh* Yea whatever, get yo stuff and bounce before I get home.
Ex Girlfriend: Okay okaaay! You ain't gotta rush me, dang!
*Spiteful* Ex Girlfriend: *thinking* I'mma just be real petty and release one container of those roaches all over his house. Mhm.... maybe 2. I be vindictive like that 🤷
*havoc ensues*
hey v-line...did you ever have a problem with some escaping around your house? and if you did, how do you get rid of them?
I had many escape! I'm a licensed NYC Exterminator, that being said. I can truly tell you the best way of taking care of the problem is by simply laying out Banana Glue boards. They love the banana sent, you'll be surprised on how many got loose on you... I sure was lol.
Two adults excape while cleaning the enclosure, I placed the 2 glue boards out and the next day I caught well over a hundred nymphs plus a few large ones.
LOL i turned the ligts on last night and saw about 20 nimphs running around...ill try that banana glue thing, see how that goes
Let me know how it goes, you might have a lot more than what you think LOL
How long the ootheca hatch?
Takes a few weeks if I could remember.
I just continue with other projects until they hatch. I have so many containers that eggs are collected weekly so once the first box starts to hatch out, the other boxes continues week by week.
It does take a while so just be patient, the eggs will start to dimple before they hatch so don't throw them out thinking that their bad.
@@VLineExotics thanks!!
Aren't you scared that they would escape when the boxes are open??
It would be a nightmare if I had those and they invaded my apartment....
How do you clean your colony, I’ve got a big bin like yours filled with roaches and a about two inches of poop and eggs on the bottom. The problem for me is the poop is filled with cleaner beetles and worms:/
I used to do taxidermy and I had dermisted beetles sneak in to my roach colony. Just is a sifter and take you tome separating the eggs and beetles. Hope that helps
V-Line Exotics yes thank you, some worms are so small I guess I’ll just freeze the poop after sifting to kill the really tiny ones.
okay so cant u leave eggcasings just with the whole colony?? and do the eggcasings need humidity or no?
Do your frogs like red runners? i have red runners now but some frogs dont eat them
They usually do
Do you have to pull out the eggs cases? What kind of substrate? Do you put the roaches into it or just the egg cases? I really need to read up on how to do this on a smaller scale/
They eat my poop and then you eat them, are these intermediaries necessary? ? ?
Are y'all still in operation? If so where can I buy? Where do you ship and when?
*Accidentally drops tub containing roaches*
“Ah shit...”
"Now my house is officially a colony of the Ottoman Empire"
@@itz_thermite4738 HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH 😂😂😂
Hi! How do you clean the enclosure and dispose the eggshells and eggs that didn't hatch? I have a B. Lateralis colony before and I'm planning to have a colony again.
All my eggs usually hatch out, they'll dry up and shrink before hatching. It doesn't mean they're bad.
So let's start up by having monthly hatching tubs. Every week you'll clean out your adult tubs by removing all your reds and cardboard out, at that point you'll remove all eggs and then place them in your small hatching tubs. You'll have 4 weeks of eggs per hatch tub. Keep on doing this and every month you'll have new batches of nymphs in their own age group. That's how I keep my babies separated from the adults... PS: just remember this important rule for success‼️ Always have food and water crystals in all containers, for the hatch tubs keep water crystals and dry food (crushed cat or dog kibble) to prevent mold. In your adult tubs have water crystals and any food of your liking (dry food, fruits/ veggies). If you DO NOT provide lots of food for the adults, they will eat the eggs‼️ They will eat the eggs from the ground and those that are still attached to the females... Hope this helps‼️😎👍🏼
What’s up with all the comments about Eastern Europe?
1:25 war victims?
I know I’m 3 years late but what do you use to feed them? I’m considering staring a colony to sell / feed to my tarantulas.. and how do they get their water?
Nah, no worries lol...
I used chopped vegetables (cucumbers, carrots etc.), dried cat food, some fruits for feeding and water crystals for their water. They get a lot of water from the cucumbers btw, keep low humidity but warm.
V-Line Exotics thanks for the response!
What kind of frog(s) do you feed the red runners to? I'm thinking about trying them with all my frogs and hope they like them so I won't have to deal with crickets
Jamie Bonani good plan... I feed them; dry oatmeal, cat food & bread make sure to always keep a small amount of water crystals inside the enclosure as well.
One drop of those cardboard slates..... and it's roach infestation for the whole neighborhood!! Well done farmer!!
How do you sort and remove your egg casings?
I perform a consistent clean-out once a week so the insects remained healthy. During the clean-out, I remove eggs in a weekly manner which allows me to know accumulate all the eggs that are around the same age so they can hatch around the same time.
Hope this helps!🙂👍🏼
Most people like to use egg crates for them to hide in about five in a plastic container that they cannot climb up the sides they like hiding in those as well putting five of them on their side and they crawl in those so they can hide
Hey man, how many turkistan roach should i feed to my leopard gecko? usually i give him 5 crickets per 3 days. Now i want to try roach as feeder
Place a hand full into the enclosure. They like to hode and your lizards will be able to find them and forage like they do in the wild. It will keep them busy and active, never bored.
@@VLineExotics Okay, thanks for the answer mate will try it
Why do you farm them? Is there a benefit or are you bored?
Reptile and amphibian food
So do these guys grow quickly or cant climb like dubias?
do you sell yours online?
I use to, not anytime soon. I'm re-growing my colony
Do they not climb the side? Also how long dose it take to grow from baby to adult?
They grow fairly quickly. The do not climb and that colony started from only 50 adults in just 4 months.
This is so interesting yet so spine chilling... I was looking for music and this popped up LMAO
Nervy Nimrods If you listen to the roaches you might hear a little music lol
I put my volume on max and I hear the music of the roaches lmaooooo
How do you heat your roaches and do you spray your eggs?
My room is temperature controlled. I do not mist my eggs, I just keep a few water crystals in the setup so they can start drinking as soon as they hatch.
Bro what do you feed them? How can you like seperate all of them? Do you use anything?
Andy Sarmiento I feed them dry cat food, dry oatmeal, and bread. in terms of separating them, I use my hands or just separate the egg crates that they're on already. Now if you mean in terms of size, I harvest all the eggs every few weeks or month and just have them hatch out in their own enclosure / containers. That's how I have different sizes in different containers.
He feeds them Armenians
Whatkind of food do u use for them
Do they smell bad or are they like dubia roaches and don't smell as bad
Santos Colon they don't really have a smell, it's very light. I surely recommend them, especially if you have lots of insect eating reptiles or amphibians.
@@VLineExotics I know dubias will die if they escape in your house because I breed dubias and have several thousand. I've heard red runners also die if they escape if you live in an area with cold winters which I do. I was just wondering if they do die because I just started a colony of red runners yesterday. I live in Maryland and we have very cold winters sometimes and don't want an infestation.
@@joshuahull9982 they won't make it. I live in NY and they die off out here when they get lose.
@@VLineExotics good! Thanks for answering my question because I only have experience with dubia cockroaches. I have thousands of those but I wanted to breed something else for my tarantulas, scorpions and smaller frog species. Dubia cockroaches are great except they have a tendency to bury themselves making it difficult for some of my animals to find them. I will still always breed dubia cockroaches for my larger frogs and toads though. I only have about 20 red runners of both sexes right now because I just started yesterday but I hear they breed very fast. I use reptile heat emitters to keep my roaches in the 80s and they breed like crazy. I use emitters because cockroaches hate light.
@@VLineExotics I'm just glad they die if they escape unless you live somewhere warm all year.
This video was made 6 years ago no updates on the colony?
They were all sold, used and abused lol... if you want a specific video just let me know.😉👍🏻
@@VLineExotics So it's a side bussiness for you? Or are you not in the hobby anymore?
They all immigrated to Germany
How many roaches did you start with?
I started with 50... this video was made after 6 months of starting with those 50. I had them in the perfect breeding conditions.
Do you sell/ship Red runners?
Steve Doud I used to, I have to bring up my colonies population before I start to ship out again.
OK Thanks
Do they fly?
Full adult males can glide in warm temperatures but not technically fly
I can't get over just how many you have
Are red runners better then dubia? For Tarantulas?
I would stick with dubia only because they're more filling than reds. Reds are great when you have tons of herps or arachnids to feed just because they breed fast and in large numbers. Reds are also very fast and loves to hide so that helps keep their hunting/natural behavior on point... hope this helps
WHATS THAT ROUND THING SIR?
How do I order from you. I just want to start small.
why my red runners have maggots in their substrate and crawling around are these maggots harmless or bad for my roaches i believe the maggots are larva of some species of flies...
WTF TV I don't use substrate for reasons such as that. if I was to use a substrate I would use dry oatmeal and use a small shallow bowl for the Water Crystals so the crystals do not touch the substrate causing mold or fly issues. I would recommend removing the substrate you have now and replacing it with something better like oatmeal or just leave it empty which makes it easier to clean.
v line exo thanks for advice btw im wtf tv its my other acc thanks alot dude
V-Line Exotics thanks man can u keep tarantulas ihave 9 tho please keep some they are pretty cool
Hey man I’ve been breeding for a about a month and I’m still trying to figure everything out with them I was just wondering if you knew how long it took for a nymph to become and an adult I’ve looked up everywhere but I haven’t been able to find it thanks in advance!
Wasn't paying any attention regarding their growth rate. But just know, all the roaches you see in the video is a result of just 50 adult roaches breeding in only a 5 month period. So pretty fast if consistent food and water is available with warm temperatures... Hope this helps 👍🏻
Do you still have them? I have alot of adults
How do you separate the eggs out?
Do they escape?
no lids on that stuff?
never mind....like i tell my daughter all the time " if you would just look, you will almost always find the answer to any question you have" i found my answer
This makes me not want to ever eat a burrito ever in my life when I saw the roaches in the burrito looking thing
Why are u having those. When we in new york are finding ways of getting rid of them
Disgusting bugs
Just by looking at them they make me itch
@@l.ponce1960 Why do you hate Turks so much? I thought NYC was multi cultural!
@@fungo6631 based
Do you sell and ship any?
by the way how many lats you have now?
a few hundred thousands
Lobster and Banana roaches breed faster. But reds are easier to contain (no flight or climbing) Reds are fantastic feeders, and the nymphs are small enough for tiny dart frogs!
Thanks, I'll look into that!
I would say banana roaches are the best next to turks. But the adults can fly. BUT they move slowly unlike turks and lobsters so... Yea, banana roaches are awesome for arboreal insectivores imo. Lobsters are too but I think banana roaches are easier to contain b/c they move slower. If you make a mistake with lobster roaches, your entire colony could escape in a split second.
I see dog or cat food in there.....is that ok? I know your not suppose to use dog or cat food for dubia roaches because it makes they have too high of uric acid which causes gout and liver failer in reptiles.
Is that true ? I use dry dog food...😯
Wtf I swear I saw other keepers of red runners saying they can climb and infest your house
Kriss Nulgath that's not true, plus I'm an exterminator. I don't really have to worry about an infestation lol
Crystal best is Fumigation, which is too expensive. Having a ULV Injection Treatment (Space Application) performed in your home is best. But be sure to Pest Proof your place first to prevent any pest from entering back after treatment.
Wow!! what a nice German town
why don't they have lids on the first set u pulled out???
lids are not needed. The tubs slides right in, therefore closing off the top of their enclosure. Plus they cannot climb up the tubs like other insects.
@@VLineExotics they make really good food for ducks and chickens to. ;-)
That do not look safe at all, from what I can see the red runners on the shelf the containers have no lid and there appear to be about half an inch or an inch gap between the top of the containers and the shelf roof. Seems like he run a big risk of some getting out and then he got a problem.
there's no gap whatsoever, as these bins are setup for snakes. Plus I'm a license NYC Exterminator, I have no problems with these Reds.
Red runners can't climb anything smooth lol I keep some myself
How do you separate the eggs from the roaches?
they love to climb the cardboard, so I collect as many as possible before collecting the eggs.
V-Line Exotics And why do you separate them?
you wouldn't be willing to sell me some would ya ? maybe just a handful of eggs.i would love to establish a colony to feed to my pets.
Sir do you cover your tub?
They're covered by the rack itself
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Parabens 👍👏👏🔥