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Holly gets pumped when the roach bin comes out
Food $200
Data $150
Rent $800
Roaches $3,600
Utility $150
someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying
Data $150
Rent $800
Roaches $3,600
Utility $150
someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying
Wow so the adult roaches arrived today and they are... bigger than I expected.
On the left, the ones we’ve been feeding Holly. I assumed the adults were like, a little bigger than this? On the right, two of the actual adults
They’re practically horses! It’s like I have a Tupperware full of livestock!
They’re cool though, much less of an escape concern than with crickets. They basically just want to be left alone in a dark place and periodically have food delivered to them, which I find extremely relatable
The idea is they’ll start making babies and soon we won’t have to stop buying reinforcements for Holly’s supply, since she’s burning through roughly 100 of them a week now
Anyhow my wife’s away at a conference right now, doesn’t get back until tomorrow, I’m sure she’ll be fine with all this
Should point out these are a tropical species called dubia roaches. They need very warm temps to survive and especially breed, so the likelihood they'll escape and become a nuisance in a temperate climate is fairly low. dubiaroachdepot.com/guidance/dubia…
Update: kids narced me out as soon as she got home.
Charlie: Daddy got BIG roaches!
Jack: Yeah and they’re gonna make BABY roaches!
You should have seen her face.
Charlie: Daddy got BIG roaches!
Jack: Yeah and they’re gonna make BABY roaches!
You should have seen her face.
