This happened to me with this same company, but with 500 cockroaches!!!
And it didn’t actually happen to me… it actually happened to my post office. But my local hub called to let me know that my package had been damaged in transit and was undeliverable.
I was like “UH OH”
They gave me the WORST treatment every time I went in there to mail stuff out after that. Stopped going there for nearly 2 years until they stopped being mad. LOL Went across town to avoid them.
I know it wasn’t my fault and it was the company, but I understand why they were pissed.
From then on, I messaged insect sellers to request they securely bag / contain the bugs so I won’t be blacklisted from my local hub. They typically get a kick out of the story and my bugs have been securely packaged ever since!
I’m disappointed to hear that that about Josh’s Frogs. I’m a fan of the company overall and had great experience with them, but I have never bought live food or live animals from them. So, I’m a little surprised to hear that they’re shipping roaches and crickets this way. Otherwise, they’re my go to for a lot of other hobby related stuff, so I hope they have made some improvements on that front.
For clarity, I imagine that the species of roach you ordered were likely something like dubias.
For anybody that might see this, most of the roach species used as feeders (or even kept as “pets”) are not associated with diseases in humans and would be highly unlikely to become an infestation issue in most domestic situations outside of fully tropical climates (and even then it would be unlikely). These are critters that need stable, warm temperatures and fairly high humidity, as well as appropriate food sources and surprisingly clean environments just to keep them alive in cultivation. Your home or the post office (in North America) is unlikely to be conducive.
I used to work as an exterminator. So many people don’t understand that the little brown German cockroaches are the infesting guys. Big American roaches do not infest.
These are the bad guys-
If you see even a single one of the babies you need to take action immediately. Before I knew, about 12 years ago, we saw a group of the babies in our bathtub. Our slumlord told us not to worry, those are just “water bugs”. The new tenants below us brought roaches and bedbugs. The infestation was so bad I have PTSD from it. We couldn’t even eat in our apartment and it took three months to save up enough money to move. Luckily fast food wasn’t nearly as expensive back then, because we couldn’t save money by cooking at home.
When we moved we had to throw away most of our belongings, and we were poor as fuck. They were in the electronics of the microwave.
Look, while I’m not saying the local hub employees were right, if I associated someone with the experience of dealing with 500 cockroaches I might not be able to really mask my contempt either 🤢
Are you farming the cockroaches for protein/milking them or something? I can’t fathom any other reason why anyone would want cockroaches other that these weird cases I read about on some science magazine.
Edit: just remembered they can be used as food for pets.
extreme loneliness meet cockroaches? Hmmm… Make it set in Cthulhu mythos, sprinkle some kafka metamorphosis and you got yourself a nice PS1 styled indie horror game.
This happened to me with this same company, but with 500 cockroaches!!!
And it didn’t actually happen to me… it actually happened to my post office. But my local hub called to let me know that my package had been damaged in transit and was undeliverable. I was like “UH OH”
They gave me the WORST treatment every time I went in there to mail stuff out after that. Stopped going there for nearly 2 years until they stopped being mad. LOL Went across town to avoid them.
I know it wasn’t my fault and it was the company, but I understand why they were pissed.
From then on, I messaged insect sellers to request they securely bag / contain the bugs so I won’t be blacklisted from my local hub. They typically get a kick out of the story and my bugs have been securely packaged ever since!
I’m disappointed to hear that that about Josh’s Frogs. I’m a fan of the company overall and had great experience with them, but I have never bought live food or live animals from them. So, I’m a little surprised to hear that they’re shipping roaches and crickets this way. Otherwise, they’re my go to for a lot of other hobby related stuff, so I hope they have made some improvements on that front.
For clarity, I imagine that the species of roach you ordered were likely something like dubias.
For anybody that might see this, most of the roach species used as feeders (or even kept as “pets”) are not associated with diseases in humans and would be highly unlikely to become an infestation issue in most domestic situations outside of fully tropical climates (and even then it would be unlikely). These are critters that need stable, warm temperatures and fairly high humidity, as well as appropriate food sources and surprisingly clean environments just to keep them alive in cultivation. Your home or the post office (in North America) is unlikely to be conducive.
I used to work as an exterminator. So many people don’t understand that the little brown German cockroaches are the infesting guys. Big American roaches do not infest.
These are the bad guys-
If you see even a single one of the babies you need to take action immediately. Before I knew, about 12 years ago, we saw a group of the babies in our bathtub. Our slumlord told us not to worry, those are just “water bugs”. The new tenants below us brought roaches and bedbugs. The infestation was so bad I have PTSD from it. We couldn’t even eat in our apartment and it took three months to save up enough money to move. Luckily fast food wasn’t nearly as expensive back then, because we couldn’t save money by cooking at home.
When we moved we had to throw away most of our belongings, and we were poor as fuck. They were in the electronics of the microwave.
Fucking amazing. I’m howling
Having a hard time blaming the post office workers here lol
Look, while I’m not saying the local hub employees were right, if I associated someone with the experience of dealing with 500 cockroaches I might not be able to really mask my contempt either 🤢
With some exceptions, I’m not sure I could maintain my contempt for someone for two years.
Are you farming the cockroaches for protein/milking them or something? I can’t fathom any other reason why anyone would want cockroaches other that these weird cases I read about on some science magazine.
Edit: just remembered they can be used as food for pets.
I bred them when I had lizards
People get lonely at home alone
You can have fun with your 500 closest friends
Ogtha
No.
extreme loneliness meet cockroaches? Hmmm… Make it set in Cthulhu mythos, sprinkle some kafka metamorphosis and you got yourself a nice PS1 styled indie horror game.
That’s why I always carry my tapeworm with me wherever I go!