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Is this safe to feed to my ants.

Started By cooIboyJ , Aug 3 2024 9:44 AM
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#1 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted August 3 2024 - 9:44 AM

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I caught a baby cockroach of the floor of my house and I want to know if it is safe to feed to my ants. I do know that they have diseases in them but are they dangerous to ants and if they are, will freezing kill them?


“You’ll survive” -wise man.
Currently keeping:
Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Solenopsis invicta

Crematogaster sp.

#2 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 3 2024 - 9:47 AM

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Well, do your parents have any roach poisons out? That’s what I would worry about.
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#3 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted August 3 2024 - 10:39 AM

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No, they don't.


“You’ll survive” -wise man.
Currently keeping:
Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Solenopsis invicta

Crematogaster sp.

#4 Offline GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted August 3 2024 - 10:52 AM

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Freezing or boiling would be the best options


Currently keeping: 2 C.vicinus colonies.2 C.sansabeanus. 1 C.leavissimus. 2 C.Ca02. 1 V.pergandei. 4 T.immigrans.1 F.pacifica. 1 C.hyatti

1 M.ergatognya

 

 

 

 

Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots

  

 

 

#5 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted August 3 2024 - 7:47 PM

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Mites may also be a thing to worry about. I concur with GoCamponotus. On a less serious note, the topic title at face value sort of caught my attention, as I always believed that feeding your ants was necessary for their survival.  :lol:


"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

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