Do you buy feeders in bulk for one beardie?

[sarac]

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

 

[CooperDragon]

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.

 

[sarac]

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.

 

[CooperDragon]

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.

 

[sarac]

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.

Awesome. Is there anywhere I can read about breeding them small scale? Or just breeding in general?

 

[CooperDragon]

There is a lot of info and guides out there on roaches. Here is a general care sheet that may be helpful. https://abdragons.com/dubia-roach-colonies-and-breeding/