G. Portentosa? Or hybrid?

[Keith]

Sucks they get fed off, cause they aren't pure. I can list so many exotic animals you buy in pet stores that are hybrids and people don't kill them off. It's a waste other people would buy them.

 

[Hisserdude]

Yes, but we don't want them getting mixed up with the pure-breds, and we don't want to spread them around the hobby listed as G.portentosa, which most people would do to make a quick buck, (Not anyone on this forum or in the hobby, just the big feeder chains that don't care what species they are selling, just that they sell.).

 

[Sleepy Lemur]

Sucks they get fed off, cause they aren't pure. I can list so many exotic animals you buy in pet stores that are hybrids and people don't kill them off. It's a waste other people would buy them.

It's a matter of personal preference. I want to keep pure cultures only. I I sold them off there is a chance someone else will try to pass them off as pure G. Portentosa, and further add to the confusion. The least I can do is try to keep pure stock without adding to the confusion.

 

[Keith]

It's a matter of personal preference. I want to keep pure cultures only. I I sold them off there is a chance someone else will try to pass them off as pure G. Portentosa, and further add to the confusion. The least I can do is try to keep pure stock without adding to the confusion.

Unless your running Noah's ark or an endangered species breeding program does it really matter if roaches are pure, that's my whole point, especially if they are going to be fed off or kept as pets.

 

[Sleepy Lemur]

Yes it does matter.. If I decided to sell off, or make a trade with my extras with a fellow roach enthusiast, I doubt he'd be happy unboxing a hybrid portentosa. Granted mine are just for pets at the moment, but how do we enjoy and compare species-specific features (markings, pronotum) if they've all been hybridized? The current B. Craniifer/blaberus hybrid situation is a great example of what happens with hybrids are put back into circulation.