Roaches- Dead or alive?

[robere]

I ordered some Dubia Roaches for Skeeter. She's a very good eater. Loves veggies and cat food. She's one year old now so I'm switching to dog food next grocery trip.
I have a couple snakes and anyone that owns snakes knows that they dont always eat when offered food, so I give the mouse to Skeeter. She goes nuts over mice. I don't want to feed her mice often because I don't want her to expect them.
My question. I dont want to ruin a good thing. I'm sure it's cool to watch a skink chase its prey and I'm sure it kicks in the natural instincts to hunt. Could this spoil her eating habits? If she really likes the chase and likes the roaches ( I dont know yet ) , could it spoil her to where she wont eat her dog food and greens? The obvious would be to kill the roaches first and mix them with her food but then like a lot of people, I'd enjoy watching her chase the roaches.
If feeding roaches, should I cut back on the dog food and just mix in enough to coat the veggies so she'll eat them? I've only got one BTS so I'm sure I'll have plenty of roaches. If I get too many I'll sell them or freeze them. Thanks for any advice.

[Coomassie]

I always feed Coomassie live roaches. He needs the exercise. I feed a few bugs throughout the week (occassionally he gets superworms) and then he gets a big meal once a week. If you notice that Skeeter is eating less of her "big meal" then feed fewer roaches.

[Katrina]

Live!

[robere]

Yeah , Got my roaches today. I Put them in a shallow glass tray so the roaches couldnt get out. It was big enough for the roaches to run around and bug enough for her to get halfway in a chase them. That way they couldnt get out in the cage.