Güten tag, alle!
I've got a couple of topics to talk about today.
1. New roaches!
2. Current video projects and future project ideas
New roaches new roaches!! We live in a beautiful time, my friends. Information is so readily available to us and we're all connected to one another via the online sphere. Our ancestors are envious of our privilege to buy bugs and have them in our hands whenever we wish. Or maybe they're looking onto us with bittersweet pride as we enjoy the fruits of their hard work that granted us this privilege. Whichever is true, I recognize and greatly appreciate this privilege. This past weekend of November 1st, I daringly took part in yet another Roach Crossing charity event, where equal-minded individuals gather to challenge one another's wit, speed and wealth to obtain bugs while generously donating to a poor, pitiful homeless man who we shall not name out of respect... Kyle's bug auction was hosted so he may purchase himself the highly desirable Kirby Airballers for the Switch 2(tm) and being the magnanimous character that I am I donated a few dollops toward his sympathetic cause.
In exchange, I am to receive the following gifts:
1. 30 Blaberus cranniifer "University of California, Riverside" - a species so common in the hobby yet remained away from the shelves of my collection for reasons of personal interest.
2. 100+ Pycnoscelus nigra - you can never have too many parthenogenetic girlbosses and girlsisters.
3. 40 Aeluropoda insignis - a species already on my shelves but exclusively in adult form and small numbers; this group will assist me in jump-starting a colony.
4. 40 Blabtica dubia "Amber" - a purchase made in lustful vanity.
5. 40 Planchora sp. "Little Manatee River, Ruskin, FL" - not a fan of Floridians, but, it's for charity...
And then of course there's a side purchase I made with a fellow philanthropist attending the event. I am to receive a curious group of Archimandrita tesselata, where there is a possibility of uniquely aestheticised individuals.
Please do not ask me how much the total price was; that is none of your concern.....
Building the Off the Fent Roaches brand If you've read my About me page, then you already know that my goal is to be a teacher in the roach-keeping community. I'm currently working on a script for a How-To / Introduction To video about housing cockroaches. This will be the first work I publish to the world to guide new or curious roach-keeping prospects. It will be a simple yet thorough detailing of how to set up cockroach enclosures for complete beginners.
I remember when I first started keeping roaches and my set-ups for them were atrocious. There was so much information yet too little at the same time. So many different species with different care needs and no set of info could paint the full picture of proper and efficient husbandry. So my goal here is to paint that picture for you. Keep in mind, however, that the painting will never be fully clear until you experience husbandry for yourself. You'll always be insecure until you experience roach keeping for yourself; but I will serve as your tutor to the best of my ability.
The video will start with a light introduction to roaches and their devoted community and then get right to the informational bit focusing on cockroach houses (enclosures). I'll be appropriately utilizing the two most common beginner species: B. dubia and G. portentosa; Dubia roaches and Madagascar hissing cockroaches to showcase and explain the many unique ways you can house cockroaches. I will do my best not to get carried away with in-depth explanations as I always do when explaining things and keep it as concise as I possibly can lol. I want the video to be a simple introduction for beginners so having a lengthily-timed video will certainly steer the target audience away. Then eventually I'll go more in-depth with their care in another video.
We'll see where this series goes. I have an idea of the content I'll be going over in the series but nothing is set in stone. If you ever have suggestions, reach out to me!
Oh, and I forgot to explain that this series of educational content will not only be in video format. It will be a mix of videos and textually-delivered information here on this website. Some times a combination of both.
