Alright, I am about to buy 150 small nymphs and 7 pairs of adult of Dubias, Is this engough to have a somewhat thriving colony in about 2-3 months? or should i get more?
Im getting them from http://www.blapticadubia.com/ and so far, they offer the best prices.
you should have a really good thriving colony in about 5-6 months. if your beardie has a taste for them it will go through 150 pretty quickly. some folks will just leave their starting colony alone for months to let it get established---offering a different staple for that time period and a few dubias here and there.
I'll probably just leave them to their own devices for awhile, let them do their thing, and feed my lizard a few here and there, and hopefully they'll be on their way to starting a huge colony, that i could eventually sell/give away if you pay for shipping cause its only one lizard as of right now.
sounds like a winner-------dubia like it hot and will breed if temps are good. be sure to cull out extra males-----i usually keep a ratio of 1 male for every 10 females but there are others who differ on this. the females don't like to be stressed with lots of competitive/territorial males. once they get going you'll have babies coming out of your ears...lol i was keeping mine in a rubbermaid tote too but moved them and my hissers to glass aquariums-------i like being able to view them ---- watch their activities.
thanks
yea, I just went to walmart and got the biggest container i could find
got 2 heating pads for the neck/back that arent the 2 hours shutoff ones
although, i do still have to cut some vent holes in the top of the lid and patch it up with some wire screening
but im pretty much ready to get them.
I have had my starter dubia in a glass tank for about two weeks with a UTH on it. They seem do be doing well and just discovered that they go nuts over butternut squash. Haven't seen any little ones yet but the nymphs they shipped are growing.
Hey, Im shipping out to boot camp in a couple months and have a huge colony. If you want to buy some i will sell 200 mixed sized for $30 + $10 shipping....let me know what you think. I have a paypal account also.