Best way to store/keep Dubia roaches

[Nmc8912]

I'm getting a beardie soon and was wondering what the best way is to store roaches. I don't want to raise my own colony. I plan on buying in bulk monthly. Would a cricket keeper work or would a plastic tub with a screen cutout on the lid or something else be better? Thank you!

 

[seandeangelis]

Some people have issues with escapes from commercial cricket keepers. It's fairly rare but just to be safe I would use a plastic tub, I don't believe they can climb smooth walls like that (although all my info is from the internet as I don't personally keep dubia roaches.)

 

[diamc]

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[Kimgreen16]

I buy my “buggies” about every 3 months, a hew hundred at a time. I have them in a plastic Cricket keeper, the largest one. I put the roach food in a lid and the water gel in another. I heard others put fruits and veggies in also. I don’t because I only feed and clean them twice a week. I have another container that I bought at the dollar store to put them in while I clean the poop out. It literally takes 5 minutes. I also put cardboard egg cartons in for them to climb on. They are more expensive than crickets but they are easier to take care of and to clean.

 

[CooperDragon]

If you have an old 10-20g tank with a mesh top that would work. A big rubbermaid tote bin would work well too. Just cut a big hole in the top and cover it with mesh screen. I use cardboard tubes for housing because they come with paper towels and toilet paper so they are easily available. I feed them fresh veg scraps and occasional fruit. They really like squash, banana, bread slices, and orange slices but will eat up just about anything.