Small Dubia colony

[Mark the Mailman]

I've ordered egg crates, heat pad and adult dubias - only 10 female and 5 male w/100 small. going to walmart now to get 30 gal. tub and water crystals. for food i'm going to use unmedicated starter feed, dry dragon food and cereal. I'll send pics after i get it set up.

 

[Double d]

Sounds great! Give them a feed Oranges and apples!

 

[jessica1919]

I've ordered egg crates, heat pad and adult dubias - only 10 female and 5 male w/100 small. going to walmart now to get 30 gal. tub and water crystals. for food i'm going to use unmedicated starter feed, dry dragon food and cereal. I'll send pics after i get it set up.

Where did you buy the roaches? I want to start a small colony..Thanks

 

[Mark the Mailman]

Where did you buy the roaches? I want to start a small colony..Thanks

Rainbowmealworms.com
it was $22 for the adults and $11 for 50 (not 100) 1/4" dubias

 

[Mark the Mailman]

Alright as promised here's the pics of us setting up our first dubia colony. They just came in a couple hrs. ago.

 

[jessica1919]

My local pet store said they would sell me a working colony with over a thousand roaches for 125.00..Might try your way first...

 

[Mark the Mailman]

My local pet store said they would sell me a working colony with over a thousand roaches for 125.00..Might try your way first...

I'm in it for $90 and i have 65 roaches...its gonna be at least 70 days (probably more) for first babies...if they are selling u females that are already giving birth that's not a bad deal....i think where u can save money with roaches is the feed for them

 

[Mark the Mailman]

go to dubiaroachdepot.com and read their guide....its really informative

 

[Hdrydr31]

You can also take a look at the link below several of our comments as I've written up a care guide on Dubia.. most info I learned from is from Southtexasdragons.com

 

[Mark the Mailman]

Quick update on dubias...my temp is a little low...76°-83° in tub. Heat pad will be here soon. Found 5 dead smalls on their back...not sure if it was the cold, or not being able to flip over or something else. Fed 2 to dragon and she loves them. If smalls keep dying i'll feed them off and order some a little larger. All the large are alive.

 

[Hdrydr31]

Quick update on dubias...my temp is a little low...76°-83° in tub. Heat pad will be here soon. Found 5 dead smalls on their back...not sure if it was the cold, or not being able to flip over or something else. Fed 2 to dragon and she loves them. If smalls keep dying i'll feed them off and order some a little larger. All the large are alive.

Don't think it is your temps unless they dropped quickly, that's the range mine are and they do just fine.. little ones often get stuck on their backs and die so this is likely what happened.

 

[Mark the Mailman]

Don't think it is your temps unless they dropped quickly, that's the range mine are and they do just fine.. little ones often get stuck on their backs and die so this is likely what happened.

Do you prevent this with some type of substrate or is it not worth it?

 

[Hdrydr31]

Do you prevent this with some type of substrate or is it not worth it?

Just make sure you keep the frass (poop) that is what the small ones will hide in and the nymphs will also eat the frass (as it still holds nutrients)
It's best to allow it to get an inch or 2 under the egg crates. I let it get about an inch under the egg crate section but on the cold side where the food is I clear of frass (just push it to the egg crate side)