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Many of us in the reptile industry have discovered roaches recently and believe they are the “ideal” or “perfect feeder”. We have all grown up using crickets, dealing with their awful smells, receiving bug infested shipments, and having them run amuck in our homes chirping the night away. Many of us have also turned to alternative feeder such as worms, but each tends to have its own pitfalls. Whether in be the low meat to shell ratio of the mealworm, or the high fat content of the wax and silk worms. This is where the roach family comes into play. We have found a feeder that doesn’t make noise, has little to no smell, has a great meat to shell ratio, and is as easy to gut load as any feeder out there. Also, roaches are very clean contrary to belief, and much easier to keep and breed consistently than any of the for-mentioned feeders. So with that being said, it’s our goal to provide you with as many choices and as much information as possible to give your pets what they need.



History
Hello, my name is James Tuttle and I own Blaberus.com. I started my reptile adventure nearly 20 years ago. Hunting on the local hills for kingsnakes and other reptiles. After bringing home some rather un-happy reptiles my mother (fear of snakes at the time) decided it would be a good ideal to get me a pet boa for my birthday. Little did she know what this would soon lead too. By the time I was sixteen and working my collection was off and running. Blood, Carpet, and Burmese pythons, then Dumerils, Argentine, Guyana, and Surinam boas. I had also tried out some monitors, tarantulas, and tortoises. Then in the 90’s came what I still consider the best pet in the world, the “bearded dragon”. I breed these magnificent animals early on before their popularity and like every one else dealt with the typical feeders. After taking a brief break from reptiles I jumped back in with a species I had always longed for, the frilled dragon. It did not take me long to acquire a group of 3.6 adults along with some babies. I soon learned that crickets and mealworms would not be enough for these beasts. I was going through hundreds of cricket a day and they never seemed satisfied. I started using pinkies as well, but the high fat content wasn’t making them or me happy. This is when I learned of this un-thinkable feeder called roaches. I like many made a funny face and said you got to be kidding me. My wife’s first reaction was not over my dead body. I being stubborn decided to order some roaches and give it a try. After receiving them I still had the “WOW am I crazy”, but knew I had to give them a chance. Since I was very lucky and was able to purchase an adult colony, they had babies almost right away. I was very surprised to see that they where very small and thought I could use these to feed anything. About a month later I had 1”+ feeders that where ready to go. I tossed a few into the frilled cage and it was like kids in a candy store. They where jumping over each other to get them. As I continued to feed them I noticed that they where keeping much better body weight and where very healthy. Later than year I went on to produce sixteen clutches of frilleds and hatch plenty of babies. For an animal that has been bred very little in captivity here in the U.S. I was very proud. Oh wait it gets better. Usually with all these babies running around we are scrambling to order pinhead crickets, but wait I have thousands of tiny roaches. They worked like a charm and every animal was eating right away. I now keep a sizable knobtail gecko collection and have the same successes using roaches as feeders. Many of my brethren have switch to roaches as well. Roaches have also become a huge part of the invert industry as many Tarantula owners will attest to. Last but definitely not least I have many thanks to spread. My parents for putting up with all my crazy animals over the years, and my dad especially for helping me construct this wonderful site. Most of all I would like to thank my wife and kids who are always there to back me up. My wife is not a big reptile person and definitely not a fan of bugs, but she also feeds and takes care of my collection when I’m away and I can’t thank her enough. The reptile community is made of a great diversity of people with one common passion about our pets. Here at blaberus.com we hope to help you in any way we can.
Thank you,
The Tuttle Family





Future Goals
Did you know that roaches have been around for over 300 million years? Still to this day new species are being discovered in the jungles around the world. We at blaberus.com continue to search for new species that will provide more flexibility to our customers. Look for several new species to join the list in 2005.



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