Dubia Roach Guide

[switchitup813]

I see alot of questions about dubia roaches on here. If you visit my blog, i have answers for dubia roach enclosures, colonies, food, water, and just about any question you can think of it should be answered on my blog. If not, leave a comment on my blog and i will answer the question for you as soon as possible.

http://dubiaroachguide.blogspot.com/

 

[smurfthebeardie]

Thanks for the link.
There seems to be a new link every couple of weeks, then it disappears and the questions come back. I think it's mostly that people don't want to read everything, they want to know only one thing about the species. I am guilty of this as well.

 

[ajkry2]

your link was great! i'll be starting my colony soon, dubiae on the way

i do have a question about these nummy critters though... whats the best way to seperate the nymphs from adults?

I have a hungry 5 month old and she puts away upwards of 100 1/2" crix a day, so i figure she'll munch about 50 nymph dubiae per day. i dont wanna have to pick 25 out by hand per feeding. just seems time consuming and a pain in the &*%... any suggestions on how to seperate the nymphs from the adults for feeding time besides picking them by hand?

TIA :mrgreen:

 

[switchitup813]

How big is your bearded dragon, or how much does it way?

 

[ajkry2]

Not sure how much she weighs, but she's about 12 or 13 inches...

 

[smurfthebeardie]

I would guess around 40 grams then. Smurf was 20 grams when he was 7 inches at the last vet visit. Unless you have a fatty. :lol:

 

[ajkry2]

I may have a fatty. she's definately a chubster if you ask me and i'm darn proud of her

 

[switchitup813]

Well my beardie is about 5 months old and and is about 15 inches long and weighs about 230 grams. When a beardie reaches about 200 grams, they can eat adult male dubia roaches. Mine will eat 6-7 two times a day. You can compare your beardie to mine on what to feed. I will be updating my blog later tonite about this if you want more info

 

[smurfthebeardie]

Well my beardie is about 5 months old and and is about 15 inches long and weighs about 230 grams. When a beardie reaches about 200 grams, they can eat adult male dubia roaches. Mine will eat 6-7 two times a day. You can compare your beardie to mine on what to feed. I will be updating my blog later tonite about this if you want more info

Then I was WAY off. :shock:

 

[Litakat]

What did you keep your crickets in? I've been thinking of the same thing. I have a large order of Dubia coming my way for a colony too. For me, I used to keep crickets in these little cages that had the tubes sticking out. I was thinking perhaps like once a week, you could count out a bunch of the nymphs for feeding and just put them in the cages. That way all you need to do is work from that smaller container for feeders instead of all the roaches every day. Still requires some counting, but perhaps less.

 

[ajkry2]

My crix are in a big sterilite with some egg crate in there. As of now all I do is shake the egg crate and crix come falling off in bundles. I think that my poopers still a tad bit too small for adult dubiae. I was thinkin the same as you though, friend -- that i should seperate the nymphs from adults all at the same time once a week or every couple weeks or something so that i could feed from the only nymphs colony and let the adults get freaky so my colony could be sustained...

 

[switchitup813]

I updated my blog with more stuff. let me know if any of you want me to add something else to the blog and leave me some comments about how you like it or what you want changed.

http://dubiaroachguide.blogspot.com/

 

[crazyseany]

how about adding some good roach chow recipes and how to make them?

listing necessary ingrediants and maybe optional ingrediants to add better nutrition.

also what and how to grind....

sean

 

[switchitup813]

OK thank you for your feedback, i will put a post up later about the roach chow. I will let you know when it is updated or you can follow my blog.

 

[switchitup813]

I added a section about roach chow in my blog now, you can take a look.