Adult dubia STILL not breeding.

[steph2one11]

I've had my dubia for probably a month now (10 female, 1 male) andtheyve only had 15 babies :?

I have a human heating pad under there bin which keeps temps at 85-95 the humidity is at 40%-50%, I feed them food I bought online, and oranges, they also have water crystals.

Three days ago I added 10 more adult female and 4 more adult males, but I checked it today and still no babies :?

I'm stumped. If any one could give me suggestions on making my colony grow or anything better then please help me out.

 

[Brieana]

Maybe buy a couple more males? The little guy must be tired!
You know it takes about 30 days for a gravid female to give birth, right? Give it a little more time.

 

[steph2one11]

I did not know that haha, I check on them about two times a day, is that too much?

 

[Brieana]

Haha! Yeah. I remember being like that when I first got mine. You're checking on them too much, especially if you're moving around their egg crates or whatever they're hanging around on. Too much stress can cause a female to prematurely drop her babies, so try not to check on them more than every other day.

 

[steph2one11]

Okay haha, I'm just sooooooo impatient

 

[wykd]

a watched pot will not boil....

just forget about them for a month, only go into the bin to feed them. With that few of dubias you dont want to use that startup colony to feed fro , so just let it go for a while and keep them fed with oranges, it will happen.

 

[Buckmaster299]

just like everyone said, give it time. If you are impatcient then look into buying more roaches but it is going to take time to start a successfull colony. I have had mine for going on 4 months now and they are just now getting to where they do not flip out when i open the bin to feed them and they are starting to mature enough to breed well. I went from feeding once a week sometimes longer to barely making it 3 days before they are out of food and water now and this is within 3 months so I know my colony is growing slowely but surely. Just give them time and quit bothering them. Also, make sure the area you ahve them in is dark as they do not like light at all. I have actually started covering them up just to make sure that it is dark inside the habitat. I hope you get your colony going well. Just bare with it. it will pay off in the long run