Dubia Pee/Poo suddenly smells TERRIBLE!

[XtinaBeardieMom]

Hey everyone, maybe someone can help me with this. I've had a dubia colony (20 females/5 males + a few hundred mix sized nymphs) for about a month now. I recently started feeding them a mix of Harmonic Pets Roach Chow plus BeardedDragon.co Nutritional Gutload Chow. I was supplying water through damp paper towels, but I guess it wasn't nearly enough because I just switched to the water gel/crystals and they went through like half a cup in one day! Anyway, since I started the water gel the roaches' poo/pee (is it the same?) just smells terrible! Even when I only put like 30 of them in a cup for feeding, the smell of their excrement is overwhelming within a few minutes. Their poo used to look dark and dry but now it looks lighter and more wet. Is this actually normal & they were just dehydrated before the water gel? Or could this be a sign of something to worry about like parasites???

 

[Cowabunga]

Hey everyone, maybe someone can help me with this. I've had a dubia colony (20 females/5 males + a few hundred mix sized nymphs) for about a month now. I recently started feeding them a mix of Harmonic Pets Roach Chow plus BeardedDragon.co Nutritional Gutload Chow. I was supplying water through damp paper towels, but I guess it wasn't nearly enough because I just switched to the water gel/crystals and they went through like half a cup in one day! Anyway, since I started the water gel the roaches' poo/pee (is it the same?) just smells terrible! Even when I only put like 30 of them in a cup for feeding, the smell of their excrement is overwhelming within a few minutes. Their poo used to look dark and dry but now it looks lighter and more wet. Is this actually normal & they were just dehydrated before the water gel? Or could this be a sign of something to worry about like parasites???

Wet in = wet out.. So if you don't want to contend with the smell (which wont go away since it soaks into the egg flats) then stick with a dry diet and only add water/crystals for humidity. (put it in something they can't get into..)

 

[XtinaBeardieMom]

Wet in = wet out.. So if you don't want to contend with the smell (which wont go away since it soaks into the egg flats) then stick with a dry diet and only add water/crystals for humidity. (put it in something they can't get into..)

Then what would their water source be...?

 

[Paradon]

Try fruits like Cantaloupe, which they adore, and some veggies like carrots, romaine lettuce and escarole. They actually makes their poop smells sweet. :wink: