Are Lobster roaches houdini's too??

[turpin's corner]

I've just bought a colony of lobster roaches, and after placing them in the holding tank (old aquarium) was more that a little surprised at how well and how fast the can climb up vertical glass...



Anyways, are they as likely to slip out of a viv through the gap in the sliding glass doors as those darn crickets..??

If soo what is the best method of prevention

All info gladly received..

[johne.ev]

Hand feeding. Personally i wouldn't just put them in the vivs 7 leave them as they will escape if not eaten.

[ricardo1]

get sticky backed velcro and stick a strip of the fuzzy side on the bit of glass that joins up

[candyazz]

put valaline round the top of the holding tank

when feeding my dragons roaches i put them in a feeding rub so i can see when they all eaten

i use dubia roaches as they bigger and don't climb lol

[swift_wraith]

I had the same problem with my roaches. I used some sticky backed draught excluder between the glass sheets. try and get the fabric backed one as it will slide smoother as opposed to the rubber stuff.

[turpin's corner]

Thank you all....

Will certainly follow up on the draught excluder / velco barrier between the glass

I tried to got hold of some dubbies after the new year but they seemed scarce and cost silly money (one guy was selling a colony for £100 ..)

I, bein over-cautious put TWO 2 in bands of vaseline around the upper part of the tank...

bleedin critters walked straight thru it...

[swift_wraith]

u need to apply the essex girl makeup method - slap it on thick!!

[Juzza12]

Make sure the vaseline is really smeared on and that the layer is around 2 inches wide. As long as the vaseline is kept clean they can't climb it. As for feeding, definately hand feed these.