I have done my research on breeding insects and other aspects of feeder care as well as my research on beardie care so I am prepared to breed insects at least in terms of the research.
I plan to breed my insects once I get them including dubia roaches but I found that for breeding, they need to be at an ambient temperature between 90 and 95 degrees Fahrenheit or 32-35 degrees Celsius. I do have a heating pad that reaches those temperatures but I think at the setting where it reaches 35 degrees Celsius, it drops to 30 degrees Celsius, possibly even a bit lower than that and I know that when it doesn't go below 32 degrees Celsius, it gets above 35 degrees Celsius at its peak. Not sure how long each degree increment is and thus the frequency of the temperature fluctuation, I will have to find that out when I use the heating pad again. All I know is that the increments are equal in length. The heating pad is designed to be big enough to go around a person's body but I can make sure that there is indeed a temperature gradient and that the heating pad has enough support to not fall off the container
Then of course there is the gradual warming once the heating pad is turned on and gradual cooling once it is turned off. So could I use this as a breeding heat source for dubia roaches? Unfortunately, this is an electric heating pad with no batteries so I can't use this during a power outage. The most I would get is a gradual decrease in temperature from the heating pad during a power outage. It does have different time settings, I think it is 1 hour, 3 hours, and I forget what the third one is.
I plan to breed my insects once I get them including dubia roaches but I found that for breeding, they need to be at an ambient temperature between 90 and 95 degrees Fahrenheit or 32-35 degrees Celsius. I do have a heating pad that reaches those temperatures but I think at the setting where it reaches 35 degrees Celsius, it drops to 30 degrees Celsius, possibly even a bit lower than that and I know that when it doesn't go below 32 degrees Celsius, it gets above 35 degrees Celsius at its peak. Not sure how long each degree increment is and thus the frequency of the temperature fluctuation, I will have to find that out when I use the heating pad again. All I know is that the increments are equal in length. The heating pad is designed to be big enough to go around a person's body but I can make sure that there is indeed a temperature gradient and that the heating pad has enough support to not fall off the container
Then of course there is the gradual warming once the heating pad is turned on and gradual cooling once it is turned off. So could I use this as a breeding heat source for dubia roaches? Unfortunately, this is an electric heating pad with no batteries so I can't use this during a power outage. The most I would get is a gradual decrease in temperature from the heating pad during a power outage. It does have different time settings, I think it is 1 hour, 3 hours, and I forget what the third one is.