so after spending 10-15 dollars a week on crickets for my BD i finally got fed up and bought some dubia roaches.
I did not buy them online, I talked to a friend of mine who does reptiles and he pointed me in the direction of a friend of hers who had a HUGE colony of Dubia roaches. not only that but the same colony has been alive for 12 years(they added in new adults, one or ttwo, every once in a while to put new blood in the family). so I asked him how much he could sell me and for how much.
he sold me 100+ for $20 which was a steel, so i payed him $25 and refused to go any lower. I mean online they run for about $1 a roach(for adults)
so he gave me 20 female and 10 male adults and the rest vary in size and gender.
this is the first night so i put them in a temp 50 gallon blue(non see through) plastic tub. its not but a foot tall but im getting a deeper one soon and keeping the younger ones in the shorter one and the adults in the taller one.
im useing ground up dog food mixed with bearded dragon pellets(also ground) and calcium powder mixed in(only like a tiny bit) and mustard greens. do i need to add water crystsls, or will the mustard greens and other fruits and vegies be enough?
so yea here in two month i hope to be finished with crickets all the way, maybe sooner as im told several of the females are about to give birth.
all in all im glad i delt with this guy and i can buy more roaches any time from him at a rock bottom price. nowi have to make sure i do this right, i read the care guide and im following it as close as i can. im just glad they dont smell!
I did not buy them online, I talked to a friend of mine who does reptiles and he pointed me in the direction of a friend of hers who had a HUGE colony of Dubia roaches. not only that but the same colony has been alive for 12 years(they added in new adults, one or ttwo, every once in a while to put new blood in the family). so I asked him how much he could sell me and for how much.
he sold me 100+ for $20 which was a steel, so i payed him $25 and refused to go any lower. I mean online they run for about $1 a roach(for adults)
so he gave me 20 female and 10 male adults and the rest vary in size and gender.
this is the first night so i put them in a temp 50 gallon blue(non see through) plastic tub. its not but a foot tall but im getting a deeper one soon and keeping the younger ones in the shorter one and the adults in the taller one.
im useing ground up dog food mixed with bearded dragon pellets(also ground) and calcium powder mixed in(only like a tiny bit) and mustard greens. do i need to add water crystsls, or will the mustard greens and other fruits and vegies be enough?
so yea here in two month i hope to be finished with crickets all the way, maybe sooner as im told several of the females are about to give birth.
all in all im glad i delt with this guy and i can buy more roaches any time from him at a rock bottom price. nowi have to make sure i do this right, i read the care guide and im following it as close as i can. im just glad they dont smell!
