hardwood leaves

[entity]

Does it matter what kind of leaves I use for isopods and roaches? Do different roaches need different leaves? I know to avoid cedar and pine.

 

[Sleepy Lemur]

Oak leaves seem to preferred. Some people like to use beech and maple as well.

 

[pannaking22]

Oak is considered the best, but maple, beech, and a few others are supposed to be almost as good. I always just throw a mix of hardwood leaves in my enclosures and the roaches can pick out what they like. Oak always seems to disappear the fastest though.

 

[Hisserdude]

I don't even know what types of leaves I use, not oak or maple, that's for sure. Really any hardwood leaves seem to work, for me at least.

 

[MrCrackerpants]

Ya, I use any type of hardwood leaf. My species seem to like the variety.

 

[jared]

Is eucalyptus ok? We have lots of it in SoCal

 

[entity]

Cool! Thanks guys! I have 2 huge norway maples out in front of my house! Thats convinient. lol

 

[Hisserdude]

Is eucalyptus ok? We have lots of it in SoCal

I'd say no, many Eucalyptus trees are poisonous, so I would stay away from them.

 

[Tenevanica]

I don't know where this whole "Oak is the best" idea came from. There is only one oak tree within 50 miles of me, and I tried using the leaves from it in my roach colonies. The roaches preferred the ash leaves from my yard. It doesn't make that much of a difference IME though.