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Keeping guides
Practical step-by-step texts – from choosing your first species to dealing with mites and mould.
- Your first cockroach – where to start How to choose your first species, what you need to get started and which mistakes to avoid. A short beginner's guide.
- Setting up a culture step by step Enclosure, ventilation, substrate, hides, heating, humidity and feeding – how to prepare a home for a new cockroach colony.
- Mites, mould and flies – how to prevent them Where mites, mould and small flies in cockroach cultures come from, when they are a problem and what to do about them.
- Receiving a parcel of cockroaches in winter and summer What to do when the courier delivers live animals – unpacking, acclimatisation and what to do if something went wrong.