Ok. Also just curious what everyone thinks a “staple” is. Because today my neighbor sent me a picture of one of my crickets in his apartment.... so I don’t think those are the best option if I want to keep my Lemon lol.... but I also don’t really know if I can only feed her dubias. Any ideas? Or should I just try to contain my crickets better. She really is not a fan of BSFL unless she is starving
I think of a staple as something that is relatively healthy that you can get easily (bugs or veges) or build a colony of (in terms of bugs) so that you have it on hand whenever it's needed. Then you add variety to build on that based on what is available.
Okay, so is it fine if I really just feed dubias and order some silkworms and she can have the occasional superworm. I only say that because those 3 can come pretty small. I can’t tell if wax worms or butter worms are too big for her and then hornworms just grow waaaaay too fast. I want to start a dubia colony so badly, but first I need to find out if there’s any way for me to make one that’s very small and doesn’t need a huge bin lol
It’s way easier for me to vary the veggies even though she only takes a few bites of them.
Yeah you can make a small roach colony but you'll need to feed them off regularly to keep it in check. It helps to keep it a bit cooler (room temp is fine) so they don't reproduce as rapidly. It does still take several months to establish a colony. I've kept one for years and consider that to be the staple. I order black soldier fly larvae and hornworms as the weather permits and will occasionally order some silk worms as variety bugs.
Yeah you can make a small roach colony but you'll need to feed them off regularly to keep it in check. It helps to keep it a bit cooler (room temp is fine) so they don't reproduce as rapidly. It does still take several months to establish a colony. I've kept one for years and consider that to be the staple. I order black soldier fly larvae and hornworms as the weather permits and will occasionally order some silk worms as variety bugs.