Why Raise Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches?
Madagascar Hissing cockroaches are fast-growing, making it easy to maintain a constant stock. Reptile enthusiasts require a steady and reliable supply of feeder insects. Used in scary movies for years, the film industry requires their inclusion and seeks to purchase these insects from local breeders. For their ease of handling, they are often depicted as the vermin of squalor and garbage, even though this is not their preferred habitat. They prefer to live in humid rainforest conditions, hidden away in rotted logs and under leaf litter. (image source) Reptile enthusiasts often grow their own feeder insects and Madagascar Hissing Roaches are no exception. Large reptiles that require protein enjoy the Madagascar Roach as a food. Most reptiles would do best if feed the younger Maddies though, or the ones that are freshly molted due to the hard chitin shells. Ingestion of these hard indigestible shells can cause intestinal impaction, and should be avoided. Other creatures that would dine u
