CATDOLL : CATDOLL: How to keep cockroaches

1. How to raise cockroaches

Don't clean your house too clean, as this will help cockroaches breed.

2. What preparations are needed to easily raise Dubia cockroaches?

First of all, you need a storage box (or various similar containers with smooth sides so that cockroaches cannot escape), the size of which can range from thirty to fifty centimeters to larger, depending on the number of cockroaches to be raised.

Then you need an egg cage and egg tray, which is used to increase the breeding space. Dubia cockroaches like to live under stones, dead wood, bark and other objects on the ground. Egg cages can provide a sense of security. The egg cage structure is suitable for stacking, which increases the breeding space. At the same time, the egg cage can absorb water and play a role in regulating humidity.

After that, it is super simple to put the egg cage in the storage box. This is much simpler than putting the elephant in the storage box. There are three strategies: I. Put it horizontally in the storage box. Put more layers to make it easier to observe. You can open it and see what is inside. II. Put the egg cage vertically in the storage box. It is said that this can provide more space and is suitable for breeding with a relatively high density. III. Combining the two is a good strategy.

There is one optional service - drinking water. Since I carefully raise cockroaches so that they can get enough water from their food, I don't have drinking water facilities. If you friends are too busy with military affairs or have no intention of showing kindness to cockroaches, you can choose to purchase drinking water facilities.

The water outlets of the bird water bottles sold in bird markets are filled with cotton to prevent small cockroaches from drowning.

Finally, let's talk about the bedding. Now there is a view that dry feed such as cat and dog food, tropical fish feed or oats should be placed on the bottom of the breeding container as bedding.

Dubia cockroach is one of the largest insects in the order Falcidae. The adult body is 35-40 mm long and dark brown. The male has wings longer than the end of the abdomen, longer antennae, and a large semicircular brown spot in the middle of the pronotum. The female's wings degenerate into elytra, which remain on both sides of the back. Both males and females cannot fly, and their climbing ability is extremely weak, and they are completely unable to climb smooth vertical surfaces.

First of all, you need a storage box (or any similar container with smooth side walls so that cockroaches cannot escape), the size can range from 30 to 50 cm or larger, depending on the number of cockroaches to be raised. A storage box like this is very good. Then you also need an egg cage and egg tray, which is used to increase the breeding space. Dubia cockroaches like to live under stones, dead wood, bark and other objects on the surface, and the egg cage can provide a sense of security. Because the egg cage structure is suitable for stacking, it increases a lot of breeding space. At the same time, the egg cage can absorb water and play a role in regulating humidity. Egg cages can be bought in places where eggs are sold in the market. After that, it is super simple to put the egg cage in the storage box. This is much simpler than putting the elephant in the storage box. There are three strategies: I. Put it horizontally in the storage box. Put more layers to observe more conveniently. You can see what it is when you open it. II. Stack the egg cages vertically in the storage box. This is said to provide more space and is suitable for breeding with a relatively high density. III. Combining the two is a good way to find the middle ground. In fact, there is not much difference in the effect of the three egg cage stacking methods. The essence of each method still needs to be slowly experienced by the breeder. This basically satisfies the needs of cockroaches. There is also a non-essential service - drinking water. Since cockroaches can get enough water from food through careful breeding, there is no drinking water facility. If you are too busy with military affairs or don't want to show your love for cockroaches, you can choose to buy a drinking water facility. Of course, the tenacity of cockroaches should not be underestimated. Even if you don't give them drinking water and don't take good care of them, they will still live for you. The water bottles sold in the bird market for birds to drink water are filled with cotton at the water outlet to prevent small cockroaches from drowning. Such water bottles now seem to be more reasonable. Compared with other styles of water basins, they will not spill or overturn and drown small individuals. It is a good choice without the trouble of frequent water addition. Finally, let's talk about the bedding. Now there is a view that dry feed such as cat and dog food, tropical fish feed or oats should be placed on the bottom of the breeding container as bedding. I did not take this approach. I think that if you make a mistake and fail to control the humidity, the humidity will be too high, and your bedding will be like a time bomb that is buried and will cause headaches. If you do not clean it, it will grow hair and mold, which will easily cause large-scale death of cockroaches. If you clean it, there are many small cockroaches hidden in the bedding, and it is not easy to clean it up at once. I will not take this approach. But it is not a good choice to have no bedding. Generally, there will always be a period of decline in the early stage of a new breeding box. According to my observations over the years, when the cockroach feces under your breeding box begin to take shape, it is the time for your cockroaches to explode. Some data show that small cockroaches will eat the feces of large cockroaches, which is a good natural feed. Moreover, the cockroach feces itself has a certain humidity, which can play a role in regulating humidity and can play a big role in reproduction.

3. How to raise bull cockroaches

Insulation: The greenhouse box is used to maintain the temperature environment at 28-33℃ throughout the year. Water retention: Water is more important to cockroaches than food. Cockroaches will die if they are deprived of water for 2 days during the nymph stage. Water should be kept in the tank at all times.

Food maintenance: In order to make cockroaches grow quickly, become strong and have strong reproductive capacity, the feed trough must not be run out of food, especially at night, they must be allowed to eat enough.

Moisturizing: The relative humidity of the environment where cockroaches live should be above 70%. If it is too dry, spray some water.

Keep quiet: Keep cockroaches away from noise and avoid human disturbance. Keep dark: The place where cockroaches are raised should be dark, and they should be raised in a dark room and dark box.

Prevent pesticide damage: Cockroaches are very sensitive to many pesticides such as pest control spirit, trichlorfon, dichlorvos, malathion, etc. It is forbidden to use pesticides in places where bees are raised.

Disease prevention: Disease prevention includes preventing cockroaches from developing their own diseases and preventing cockroaches from becoming hosts for other pathogens. Pay attention to the hygiene of the cockroaches' environment and diet.

Prevent natural enemies: Rats, bats, ants, etc. all eat cockroaches. Pay attention to prevent natural enemies from invading during the breeding process.

4. How to treat cockroaches

First, you need to conduct a systematic inspection to diagnose the cause of the cockroach's illness, then prescribe the right medicine and continue the treatment. During the treatment, you should pay attention to comforting the cockroaches to keep the sick cockroaches emotionally stable. You can provide more nutrients to the sick cockroaches to promote their physical recovery after the illness. I hope your cockroaches get better soon~

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5. I want to know the specific methods of cockroach breeding, more detailed information!

Cockroach breeding technology

1. Living habits

Cockroaches are photophobic insects that hide during the day and come out at night. They like warmth, darkness, humidity, and quietness. The peak activity period for cockroaches is from 21:00 to 23:00 in the first half of the night. After midnight, the activity gradually decreases and stops at dawn.

The optimum temperature range for cockroaches is 28-33°C. Cockroaches are most active, have the largest appetite, grow and develop fastest, and have the strongest reproductive capacity in an environment without light, noise, and suitable temperature and humidity.

Cockroaches are omnivorous and partially vegetarian insects. They have a wide range of diets and can eat almost any organic matter. Cockroaches have a habit of dormancy, and their dormancy period is from late November to early March of the following year. They are active in the rest of the month, with May to September being the peak period for activity and feeding. Cockroaches are insects with incomplete metamorphosis, and their entire development process is divided into three stages: eggs, nymphs, and adults. The above are the common living habits of the three types of cockroaches that are worth breeding, but they also have differences:

(1) The life cycle of the American cockroach is very long. In artificial breeding, it takes about 10 months to complete one generation. In nature, their life cycle is actually even longer, and the life span of adults can be more than one year. A female cockroach can produce 40 to 60 egg pods in its lifetime, each containing 16 eggs. Because these eggs are protected by the egg pods, the hatching rate and nymph survival rate are very high.

(2) The life cycle of the Australian cockroach is also relatively long, usually taking 9 to 12 months to complete one generation, and the life span of an adult is about half a year. A female cockroach can produce 20 to 30 egg pods in her lifetime, and each egg pod often contains more than 20 eggs.

(3) It only takes about 2 months for German cockroaches to complete one generation under artificial breeding conditions, and the life span of adults can reach more than 200 days. Since the hatching rate and survival rate of nymphs are very high, and their life history is short and their adaptability is strong, they are also valuable for breeding despite their small size.

2. Reproduction process

(I) Identification of males and females and selection of species. Male cockroaches are long and narrow in appearance, with thin abdominal segments and wings extending beyond the tail end. Males are more numerous than females in winter and spring (December to April of the following year) when the temperature is lower. Generally, males have a shorter lifespan than females. Female cockroaches are sturdy in appearance, with enlarged abdominal segments, blunt and rounded abdomen and tail, and wings close to the tail end. After the nymphs hatched from the same egg pod emerge, the number of females is 1.4 times that of males, so there are more females than males from May to November. It is best to introduce species from April to June each year, and capture large individuals from nature for breeding. In terms of male and female pairing, there should be more females and fewer males. Cockroaches mostly emerge from their tails in May and June; male and female cockroaches begin to mate one week after emergence. Nymphs hatched from the same egg pod mate one week after emergence, and can lay eggs 10 days after mating. Males can mate many times in their lifetime, while females can lay eggs many times in their lifetime as long as they mate once. The number of eggs laid by females in their lifetime varies depending on the species and breeding conditions. When selecting species, you should choose species that are large, have strong reproductive capacity, and are easy to raise and manage. Currently, the most cultivated species is the American cockroach.

(ii) Hatching and development. The incubation period of cockroaches is 3 to 12 weeks. The nymphs hatch from the side or back of the egg pods. In order to increase the hatching rate and prevent the nymphs from being eaten by adults, the egg pods are picked up and hatched together. That is, the egg pods laid by adults are picked up in one place and placed in an incubator with a temperature of 28 to 32°C and a relative humidity of 75% -90%. The nymphs are kept in water, food, and pollution-free. The nymphs that have just hatched from the eggs are white. They molt once a few hours later, and their body color gradually darkens. They molt 5 to 13 times in total during the maturation process before becoming adults. The length of the development time varies depending on the species and breeding conditions. American cockroaches generally lay eggs in June and July, and nymphs hatch in August. They mostly spend the winter in the form of egg pods and nymphs, and emerge in May of the next year. The nymph period is about 300 days.

3. Feeding Methods

(I) Wooden box feeding and raising method. The specifications of the feeding box are: 70 cm long, 50 cm wide, and 60 cm high. The cover panel of the box is movable for operation. A small window with a length of 20 cm and a width of 15 cm is built on the front and back, and sealed with iron mesh nails for easy observation and air circulation. There is no bottom plate under the feeding box, which is convenient for cleaning and hygiene. Place the feeding box in a house with a relatively flat ground (preferably a cement floor). Inside the box, nail a square wooden strip on the front and back sides 10 cm away from the box mouth to place the wooden frame. The wooden frame is "U" shaped, and its specifications are made according to the width of the feeding box. The two sides of the frame can be placed on the two wooden strips in the front and back of the box. The wooden frame is covered with paper (the thicker the better), and then the wooden frames are stacked one by one in the feeding box (leaving an empty space at one end for feeding and watering), which becomes a residence for cockroaches. Choose healthy cockroaches as breeding insects, place them in a breeding box, put in a small amount of feed, and initially feed them with green, juicy, nutritious fruit peels, bread, steamed buns, and rice. Provide sufficient clean drinking water, and feed once every 3 days. It is better to put the feed on the top of the wooden frame in the box, or on the floor at the bottom of the box, while drinking water can only be placed on the floor at the bottom of the box. Cleaning and sanitation work should be done once every 3 days. First, gently move the feed box, clean it, and move it back to its original position, then add feed and change water. Cockroaches lay eggs mostly on the wooden frame paper, and the larvae will hatch after more than a month of incubation.

(ii) Clay pot breeding method. Choose a clay pot of appropriate size depending on the number of cockroaches to be raised, and place a roll of old newspaper or kraft paper (cement bag paper) in the pot for the cockroaches to inhabit. Cover the mouth of the pot with a wooden board, or preferably a wire mesh. Place drinking water and feed in a fixed position so that the cockroaches can form a conditioned reflex and regularly go to a fixed position to eat. It is best to use a porcelain basin to put the feed in the pot, so that the leftover food will not fall to the bottom of the pot, reducing the difficulty of cleaning. The rest of the breeding and management measures are basically the same as those for breeding in wooden boxes.

(III) Greenhouse breeding. Use black plastic sheeting to build a greenhouse with screens at both ends for ventilation. In winter, double-layer plastic film can be used for insulation or heating by fire or electric heating. Leave a walkway in the center of the greenhouse. Put a feed trough and a water trough. To prevent cockroaches from falling into the water and drowning, put a sponge in the water trough. Put some soft materials with gaps or foam boards for packaging eggs on both sides of the greenhouse, or you can put wooden breeding boxes. This method is suitable for large-scale breeding, with low investment and low cost, but it is not easy to catch adult insects.

4. Feed Preparation Bee cockroaches are not very demanding on feed, and they are generally fed whatever is available. The feed formula introduced below is used to improve the breeding efficiency of cockroaches.

Formula 1: corn meal 90%, salt 0.5%, stone powder 0.5%, fish meal 5%, lard 2%, brown sugar 2%.

Formula 2: Corn meal 75%, wheat flour 15%, dry yeast 2%, bean cake 4%, stone powder 1%, rapeseed cake 3%

Recipe 3: corn meal 70%, sugar residue 20%, dry yeast 3%, fish meal, bone meal 1%.

Cockroaches don’t eat much, so don’t feed them too much each time.

5. Feeding and Management

The breeding and management of cockroaches should mainly pay attention to "six guarantees and three preventions":

1. Insulation: Use greenhouse box cultivation method to maintain the temperature environment at 28~33~C throughout the year.

Second, keep water: Water is more important to cockroaches than food. Cockroaches will die if they are deprived of water for 2 days during the nymph stage. Therefore, water should be kept in the tank at all times.

Three-guarantee food: In order for cockroaches to grow quickly, become strong, and have strong reproductive capacity, the feed trough must not be cut off, especially at night, they must be allowed to eat enough.

4. Moisturizing: The relative humidity of the environment where cockroaches live should be above 70%. If it is too dry, spray some water.

Five ways to keep quiet: keep cockroaches away from noise and avoid human disturbance.

Sixth, keep it dark: the place where cockroaches are raised should be dimly lit, and they should be raised in a dark room and dark box.

1. Prevent pesticide damage: Cockroaches are very sensitive to many pesticides such as pest control spirit, trichlorfon, dichlorvos, malathion, etc. It is forbidden to use pesticides in places where bees are raised.

2. Disease prevention: Disease prevention includes preventing cockroaches from getting sick themselves and preventing cockroaches from becoming hosts for other pathogens. Pay attention to the environment and food hygiene of cockroaches.

Three ways to prevent natural enemies: Rats, bats, ants, etc. all eat cockroaches. Pay attention to prevent natural enemies from invading during the breeding process.

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1. Living habits

Cockroaches are photophobic insects that hide during the day and come out at night. They like warmth, darkness, humidity, and quietness. The peak activity period for cockroaches is from 21:00 to 23:00 in the first half of the night. After midnight, the activity gradually decreases and stops at dawn.

The optimum temperature range for cockroaches is 28-33°C. Cockroaches are most active, have the largest appetite, grow and develop fastest, and have the strongest reproductive capacity in an environment without light, noise, and suitable temperature and humidity.

Cockroaches are omnivorous and partially vegetarian insects. They have a wide range of diets and can eat almost any organic matter. Cockroaches have a habit of dormancy, and their dormancy period is from late November to early March of the following year. They are active in the rest of the month, with May to September being the peak period for activity and feeding. Cockroaches are insects with incomplete metamorphosis, and their entire development process is divided into three stages: eggs, nymphs, and adults. The above are the common living habits of the three types of cockroaches that are worth breeding, but they also have differences:

(1) The life cycle of the American cockroach is very long. In artificial breeding, it takes about 10 months to complete one generation. In nature, their life cycle is actually even longer, and the life span of adults can be more than one year. A female cockroach can produce 40 to 60 egg pods in its lifetime, each containing 16 eggs. Because these eggs are protected by the egg pods, the hatching rate and nymph survival rate are very high.

(2) The life cycle of the Australian cockroach is also relatively long, usually taking 9 to 12 months to complete one generation, and the life span of an adult is about half a year. A female cockroach can produce 20 to 30 egg pods in her lifetime, and each egg pod often contains more than 20 eggs.

(3) It only takes about 2 months for German cockroaches to complete one generation under artificial breeding conditions, and the life span of adults can reach more than 200 days. Since the hatching rate and survival rate of nymphs are very high, and their life history is short and their adaptability is strong, they are also valuable for breeding despite their small size.

2. Reproduction process

(I) Identification of males and females and selection of species. Male cockroaches are long and narrow in appearance, with thin abdominal segments and wings extending beyond the tail end. Males are more numerous than females in winter and spring (December to April of the following year) when the temperature is lower. Generally, males have a shorter lifespan than females. Female cockroaches are sturdy in appearance, with enlarged abdominal segments, blunt and rounded abdomen and tail, and wings close to the tail end. After the nymphs hatched from the same egg pod emerge, the number of females is 1.4 times that of males, so there are more females than males from May to November. It is best to introduce species from April to June each year, and capture large individuals from nature for breeding. In terms of male and female pairing, there should be more females and fewer males. Cockroaches mostly emerge from their tails in May and June; male and female cockroaches begin to mate one week after emergence. Nymphs hatched from the same egg pod mate one week after emergence, and can lay eggs 10 days after mating. Males can mate many times in their lifetime, while females can lay eggs many times in their lifetime as long as they mate once. The number of eggs laid by females in their lifetime varies depending on the species and breeding conditions. When selecting species, you should choose species that are large, have strong reproductive capacity, and are easy to raise and manage. Currently, the most cultivated species is the American cockroach.

(ii) Hatching and development. The incubation period of cockroaches is 3 to 12 weeks. The nymphs hatch from the side or back of the egg pods. In order to increase the hatching rate and prevent the nymphs from being eaten by adults, the egg pods are picked up and hatched together. That is, the egg pods laid by adults are picked up in one place and placed in an incubator with a temperature of 28 to 32°C and a relative humidity of 75% -90%. The nymphs are kept in water, food, and pollution-free. The nymphs that have just hatched from the eggs are white. They molt once a few hours later, and their body color gradually darkens. They molt 5 to 13 times in total during the maturation process before becoming adults. The length of the development time varies depending on the species and breeding conditions. American cockroaches generally lay eggs in June and July, and nymphs hatch in August. They mostly spend the winter in the form of egg pods and nymphs, and emerge in May of the next year. The nymph period is about 300 days.

3. Feeding Methods

(I) Wooden box feeding and raising method. The specifications of the feeding box are: 70 cm long, 50 cm wide, and 60 cm high. The cover panel of the box is movable for operation. A small window with a length of 20 cm and a width of 15 cm is built on the front and back, and sealed with iron mesh nails for easy observation and air circulation. There is no bottom plate under the feeding box, which is convenient for cleaning and hygiene. Place the feeding box in a house with a relatively flat ground (preferably a cement floor). Inside the box, nail a square wooden strip on the front and back sides 10 cm away from the box mouth to place the wooden frame. The wooden frame is "U" shaped, and its specifications are made according to the width of the feeding box. The two sides of the frame can be placed on the two wooden strips in the front and back of the box. The wooden frame is covered with paper (the thicker the better), and then the wooden frames are stacked one by one in the feeding box (leaving an empty space at one end for feeding and watering), which becomes a residence for cockroaches. Choose healthy cockroaches as breeding insects, place them in a breeding box, put in a small amount of feed, and initially feed them with green, juicy, nutritious fruit peels, bread, steamed buns, and rice. Provide sufficient clean drinking water, and feed once every 3 days. It is better to put the feed on the top of the wooden frame in the box, or on the floor at the bottom of the box, while drinking water can only be placed on the floor at the bottom of the box. Cleaning and sanitation work should be done once every 3 days. First, gently move the feed box, clean it, and move it back to its original position, then add feed and change water. Cockroaches lay eggs mostly on the wooden frame paper, and the larvae will hatch after more than a month of incubation.

(ii) Clay pot breeding method. Choose a clay pot of appropriate size depending on the number of cockroaches to be raised, and place a roll of old newspaper or kraft paper (cement bag paper) in the pot for the cockroaches to inhabit. Cover the mouth of the pot with a wooden board, or preferably a wire mesh. Place drinking water and feed in a fixed position so that the cockroaches can form a conditioned reflex and regularly go to a fixed position to eat. It is best to use a porcelain basin to put the feed in the pot, so that the leftover food will not fall to the bottom of the pot, reducing the difficulty of cleaning. The rest of the breeding and management measures are basically the same as those for breeding in wooden boxes.

(III) Greenhouse breeding. Use black plastic sheeting to build a greenhouse with screens at both ends for ventilation. In winter, double-layer plastic film can be used for insulation or heating by fire or electric heating. Leave a walkway in the center of the greenhouse. Put a feed trough and a water trough. To prevent cockroaches from falling into the water and drowning, put a sponge in the water trough. Put some soft materials with gaps or foam boards for packaging eggs on both sides of the greenhouse, or you can put wooden breeding boxes. This method is suitable for large-scale breeding, with low investment and low cost, but it is not easy to catch adult insects.

4. Feed Preparation Bee cockroaches are not very demanding on feed, and they are generally fed whatever is available. The feed formula introduced below is used to improve the breeding efficiency of cockroaches.

Formula 1: corn meal 90%, salt 0.5%, stone powder 0.5%, fish meal 5%, lard 2%, brown sugar 2%.

Formula 2: Corn meal 75%, wheat flour 15%, dry yeast 2%, bean cake 4%, stone powder 1%, rapeseed cake 3%

Recipe 3: corn meal 70%, sugar residue 20%, dry yeast 3%, fish meal, bone meal 1%.

Cockroaches don’t eat much, so don’t feed them too much each time.

5. Feeding and Management

The breeding and management of cockroaches should mainly pay attention to "six guarantees and three preventions":

1. Insulation: Use greenhouse box cultivation method to maintain the temperature environment at 28~33~C throughout the year.

Second, keep water: Water is more important to cockroaches than food. Cockroaches will die if they are deprived of water for 2 days during the nymph stage. Therefore, water should be kept in the tank at all times.

Three-guarantee food: In order for cockroaches to grow quickly, become strong, and have strong reproductive capacity, the feed trough must not be cut off, especially at night, they must be allowed to eat enough.

4. Moisturizing: The relative humidity of the environment where cockroaches live should be above 70%. If it is too dry, spray some water.

Five ways to keep quiet: keep cockroaches away from noise and avoid human disturbance.

Sixth, keep it dark: the place where cockroaches are raised should be dimly lit, and they should be raised in a dark room and dark box.

1. Prevent pesticide damage: Cockroaches are very sensitive to many pesticides such as pest control spirit, trichlorfon, dichlorvos, malathion, etc. It is forbidden to use pesticides in places where bees are raised.

2. Disease prevention: Disease prevention includes preventing cockroaches from getting sick themselves and preventing cockroaches from becoming hosts for other pathogens. Pay attention to the environment and food hygiene of cockroaches.

Three ways to prevent natural enemies: Rats, bats, ants, etc. all eat cockroaches. Pay attention to prevent natural enemies from invading during the breeding process.

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