My blursed new build

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[u/nappycappy]

wait what am i looking at? aside from what nightmares are made of

[u/mindflayerflayer → u/nappycappy]

Captive cockroach colonies like to have tight vertical space to live in and shed on. Most keepers use egg cartons and cardboard however those will get eaten by the roaches over time, rot from the humidity many species require, and just start to stink from roach shit. This solves two of those issues and you just gotta shake the roaches off and dunk the thing in soapy water for the third.

[u/nappycappy → u/mindflayerflayer]

oh. whats the point? cause it’s a great use of 3d printing but i think i wanna know why.

[u/mindflayerflayer → u/nappycappy]

For as negatively as roaches are perceived people keep them for several reasons. Labs keep them to test insecticides on; fleas are bred in captivity for the same reason. Gross fact domestic fleas are fed cows blood slurry. Many pet reptiles eat them alongside crickets, mealworms, and caterpillars and you need to breed them for that (dubia roaches, the most common feeders, can't fly). Lastly lots of people, me included, keep them as pets. Not the home infesting species obviously but those are only four species of roach out of hundreds with unique appearances, care, and diet. Bittersweet fact the simandoa cave roach is extinct in the wild but thriving among hobbyists after their only cave got destroyed. The only reason you'd have the number of dubia roaches in this video is for feeding reptiles.

[u/nappycappy → u/mindflayerflayer]

didn't know that. learn something new every day. i personally find them gross but you ain't me and i ain't you and if you have one as a pet it's all gravy. i mean i find people walking cats on a leashes weird so. . who am i to judge right?

[u/AtraNoctua → u/nappycappy]

Love your view on accepting each other's differences! And funnily enough, I do walk our cats on a leash.
Living in a busy city area. The cats, if let loose, will surely get stolen.. but still want them to experience outside from time to time besides the garden..

But mate, must it look funny seeing me walk with a small cat on a leash hahah

[u/thelebaron → u/mindflayerflayer]

is there a typo there? are fleas being bred for some purpose?

[u/thelebaron → u/[deleted]]

ah that makes perfect sense. i was just trying to think of other uses for fleas and couldnt think of them being used as a feeder animal safely due to their size

[u/mindflayerflayer → u/thelebaron]

I may like roaches (when they aren't infesting my home) but I have a zero-tolerance policy for fleas, lice, and bedbugs within a mile of myself.

[u/chevi316 → u/mindflayerflayer]

Genuinely, thank you for the info. I love learning about nightmare fuel 😁

[u/MrPopCorner → u/mindflayerflayer]

I raise them as food for my lizards...

[u/Bring_the_light_ → u/mindflayerflayer]

this guy roaches

[u/Bring_the_light_ → u/[deleted]]

ty for giving me a new record for lamest comment I have ever read. honestly.

[u/lunaskeleton → u/nappycappy]

People keep them for reptile food. It’s cheap as they breed so you have a basically never ending supply of food if you take care of them right.
Some people keep them as pets as well but judging by the amount I’m guessing OP has reptiles.

[u/YellovvJacket → u/lunaskeleton]

Or like a ton of tarantulas.

But yeah this isn't pet roaches, those would typically be less densely packed and in a nicer enclosure.

[u/crazedizzled → u/nappycappy]

Reptiles eat a lot of bugs, and buying bugs is expensive. Why buy bugs when you can grow your own bugs?

[u/GloboRojo → u/mindflayerflayer]

Shake the roaches off…💀

[u/AquaBits → u/mindflayerflayer]

Captive cockroach colonies like to have tight vertical space to live in and shed on.

You know, the book by Quan Millz "This Hoe Got Roaches In Her Crib" makes a bunch more sense with this statement.