G. portentosa breeding

[HisserLove]

Like I said on the welcome page I am Peri and new to cockroach enthusiasm but very eager to get deep into the hobby. I have 3 pet roaches and I believe I have two males and one female. They are at the end of their nymph stage and getting ready to molt for the last time. I would like to breed them. The problem that I have with this is that once I start breeding them the colony will continue to grow. What happens when it gets really large, you cant have a thousand roaches, or at least I don't want that many. I would like to have 3 small colonies of different roaches. Also keep in mind that I love the roaches and destroying them would never be an option. What do you guys do to control the colony? Any ideas or thoughts? I would love them all.

 

[Keith]

Seperate male and female into different cages so they can't breed. Or give away all the babies.

 

[Nicolas Rousseaux]

When I have too many roaches in a tank, I sell/exchange a part of the colony, or I use them to feed my reptiles, arachnids, Platymeris and so on...