THANK YOU!!! I took screenshots of your video, put on my big-girl panties and FINALLY got into my colony to figure out the guys from the gals. Realized I had way too many dudes and started a feeder colony with some juveniles. Seriously, you’re a good egg for sharing this info and helping us get our colonies started the right way. Appreciate you!
@@KCExotics this is why I'm debating having 2 colonies, to kind of switch back and forth from feeding off one and breeding another if that makes sense.
@@glindagoodwitch1 Oh yes, makes total sense. I actually keep 2 bins ( was 3 ) where i had babies, feeders, pulled from the breeder bin to grow. It took me hand picking nearly every adult lol. But it worked. I do an extraction every few months and add it to a separate bin. This way you can also feed them more items, like oranges and other citrus items to the breeders. If you have something like a leopard gecko, their body finds citrus to be a poison. So, you can feed the 2 bins differently. Citrus helps with breeding, and they also absolutely love it.
I JUST received 100 of them to start a colony from the Pet Expo here in Canada.. I got 100 for about $180. Usually goes for about $200 to $210 for 100 I'm told. They're a mix of subadults and nymphs. Do you find they get their water mostly from greens you feed them? I have a very shallow dish for water so they don't drown. It's maybe like 2 centimetres.
Wow they are expensive where you live. How many winged adults did you get? I guess the hobby hasn't fully taken off there yet. My advice, go hard into this and make that money before there is oversaturation in the market, like here in the US. Anyhow, I mostly feed wheat bran and greens. I use water jellies for their moisture source. Food can go ontop of the eggcrates on a plastic lid or bowl, or you can put it down on one of the ends of the bin not covered by cardboard. Collards, kale, lettuce, carrots, anything like that. Carrots should be shaved down, makes it easier for them to eat. Do not leave green food in for more than 2 days, to prevent mold and flies. If you need to know anything else, feel free to ask!
@KCExotics Awesome, thanks for the tips! I'll probably start selling when they're well established. That's a great idea! I have only about 10 subadults/adults. Not too many yet but I'm patient. The invert breeders were telling me unfortunately there's a lot of hybrid discoids out there that are slower to breed. I never realized how elaborate this could be.
@@emmeRVT I haven't heard of anything like that. I'd be wary about it. Discoids are discoids. They are in the wild where I live. Anyhow, expect 4-6months for maturity. Anything smaller than your thumbnail. You should find out how many females you have. I'd make count of that. It would be awful if they gave you 3 females and 7 males.
@@KCExotics Hmm you may be right. I did question them on these apparent subspecies they were "mixed" with. Luckily I got my starter colony from a guy who was more honest (I hope) about these guys,. He did say they would take a while to establish. I do have 100 of them just VERY few subadults. None of them actually have their wings yet. I bought some of the jellies thanks to you. My beardie has a wild array of greens and other types of veggies I offer - so I can switch up the greens I'm offering these guys. I am buying the Biodude's roach feed as well, just due to laziness in not really wanting to grind down my own. Thanks for all your help! I'll definitely be coming to you with anymore questions. They just became legal here in the past 2 years so it's pretty exciting.
Oh man. That is crazy. I wish there was a way I could sell you some. I still think it would prohibitively expensive due to shipping from us to Canada. It would take 2 years or a bit longer undoubtedly to establish a colony with that few of nymphs.
@@leam89I feel your pain bro. I don't do roaches but I'm now one of the obly two individuals to have Gryllus Assimilis also know as Silent field crickets or Jamaican field crickets. It's the only non native field cricket species thats legal here in Canada! Finally managed to get 10 adults but it cost me like over a 100$ lol
Dude I just bought from Luna roaches cuz I live in south Florida, initially I wanted to start a reptile breeding hobby, but recently learned that all reptile breeding will be entirely illegal in Florida very soon. So I have a zero bearded dragon that I love so much, and my roaches that I’ve had for about a month. I was thinking of actually starting a roach and feeder business, reach out to me man. I’d like to hear your thoughts and aspirations
I initially wanted to do leopard geckos. My channel, everything started with me getting a gecko and not wanting to buy food for him anymore. I intend on starting my own business with my feeders as well. Roaches are what I am most interested in, however the content isn't very popular so I stick with superworms, which have had the most success for me. At least until I get an impressive discoid roach colony. I hope that I inspire some people with them knowing I started with so little, once I get there. If you want to speak with me more directly, you can reach out to me on facebook under the same name, KC Exotics, it has my logo and I respond relatively quickly. Or, you can email me at TheGizards@gmail.com, however, I am a bit slower to react to that one as I do not get emails often. Ultimately, I hope this becomes an income for me at some point, and along the way I want to provide all of the information that I can that I struggled getting due to either a lack of it, or poor videos on the topics. Thank you for watching and hope to hear from you soon ^^.
THANK YOU!!! I took screenshots of your video, put on my big-girl panties and FINALLY got into my colony to figure out the guys from the gals. Realized I had way too many dudes and started a feeder colony with some juveniles. Seriously, you’re a good egg for sharing this info and helping us get our colonies started the right way. Appreciate you!
I am very proud of you!!! That is a huge step. Most people stay grossed out by them for a long while. But it wasn't all that bad was it ;)
I absolutely believe in you!!!! How is it going???
Lively. Not growing as fast as I want and I'm running out of space. My leopard gecko love them lol
@@KCExotics this is why I'm debating having 2 colonies, to kind of switch back and forth from feeding off one and breeding another if that makes sense.
@@glindagoodwitch1 Oh yes, makes total sense. I actually keep 2 bins ( was 3 ) where i had babies, feeders, pulled from the breeder bin to grow. It took me hand picking nearly every adult lol. But it worked. I do an extraction every few months and add it to a separate bin. This way you can also feed them more items, like oranges and other citrus items to the breeders. If you have something like a leopard gecko, their body finds citrus to be a poison. So, you can feed the 2 bins differently. Citrus helps with breeding, and they also absolutely love it.
I JUST received 100 of them to start a colony from the Pet Expo here in Canada.. I got 100 for about $180. Usually goes for about $200 to $210 for 100 I'm told. They're a mix of subadults and nymphs. Do you find they get their water mostly from greens you feed them? I have a very shallow dish for water so they don't drown. It's maybe like 2 centimetres.
Wow they are expensive where you live. How many winged adults did you get? I guess the hobby hasn't fully taken off there yet. My advice, go hard into this and make that money before there is oversaturation in the market, like here in the US.
Anyhow, I mostly feed wheat bran and greens. I use water jellies for their moisture source. Food can go ontop of the eggcrates on a plastic lid or bowl, or you can put it down on one of the ends of the bin not covered by cardboard. Collards, kale, lettuce, carrots, anything like that. Carrots should be shaved down, makes it easier for them to eat. Do not leave green food in for more than 2 days, to prevent mold and flies. If you need to know anything else, feel free to ask!
@KCExotics Awesome, thanks for the tips!
I'll probably start selling when they're well established. That's a great idea!
I have only about 10 subadults/adults. Not too many yet but I'm patient.
The invert breeders were telling me unfortunately there's a lot of hybrid discoids out there that are slower to breed. I never realized how elaborate this could be.
@@emmeRVT I haven't heard of anything like that. I'd be wary about it. Discoids are discoids. They are in the wild where I live.
Anyhow, expect 4-6months for maturity. Anything smaller than your thumbnail. You should find out how many females you have. I'd make count of that. It would be awful if they gave you 3 females and 7 males.
@@KCExotics Hmm you may be right. I did question them on these apparent subspecies they were "mixed" with. Luckily I got my starter colony from a guy who was more honest (I hope) about these guys,. He did say they would take a while to establish. I do have 100 of them just VERY few subadults. None of them actually have their wings yet.
I bought some of the jellies thanks to you. My beardie has a wild array of greens and other types of veggies I offer - so I can switch up the greens I'm offering these guys. I am buying the Biodude's roach feed as well, just due to laziness in not really wanting to grind down my own.
Thanks for all your help! I'll definitely be coming to you with anymore questions. They just became legal here in the past 2 years so it's pretty exciting.
You are so cute lol just subscribed ❤️
Thank you! Hope it helped ^^
Do you think that they Can eat expired Pangea food?
I would love to get some but here in canada the cheapest discoids available cost $70 for 25 nymphs
Oh man. That is crazy. I wish there was a way I could sell you some. I still think it would prohibitively expensive due to shipping from us to Canada. It would take 2 years or a bit longer undoubtedly to establish a colony with that few of nymphs.
I bought 10 young adults at the Toronto reptile show for $45. It's going to take forever to get this colony pumping out feeders but it's worth it
@@leam89 yeah. I'm definitely considering it, since selling them back to stores could help make some money back, and they're a great food source.
@@leam89I feel your pain bro.
I don't do roaches but I'm now one of the obly two individuals to have Gryllus Assimilis also know as Silent field crickets or Jamaican field crickets.
It's the only non native field cricket species thats legal here in Canada!
Finally managed to get 10 adults but it cost me like over a 100$ lol
Dude I just bought from Luna roaches cuz I live in south Florida, initially I wanted to start a reptile breeding hobby, but recently learned that all reptile breeding will be entirely illegal in Florida very soon. So I have a zero bearded dragon that I love so much, and my roaches that I’ve had for about a month. I was thinking of actually starting a roach and feeder business, reach out to me man. I’d like to hear your thoughts and aspirations
I initially wanted to do leopard geckos. My channel, everything started with me getting a gecko and not wanting to buy food for him anymore. I intend on starting my own business with my feeders as well. Roaches are what I am most interested in, however the content isn't very popular so I stick with superworms, which have had the most success for me. At least until I get an impressive discoid roach colony. I hope that I inspire some people with them knowing I started with so little, once I get there. If you want to speak with me more directly, you can reach out to me on facebook under the same name, KC Exotics, it has my logo and I respond relatively quickly. Or, you can email me at TheGizards@gmail.com, however, I am a bit slower to react to that one as I do not get emails often. Ultimately, I hope this becomes an income for me at some point, and along the way I want to provide all of the information that I can that I struggled getting due to either a lack of it, or poor videos on the topics. Thank you for watching and hope to hear from you soon ^^.