Dubia Roach Guide

[Pravius]

Good info! I was reading and am thinking of starting a colony myself. I was trying to figure out how many adult pairs I should get... I do not want to go nuts and have roaches taking over by them breeding too much... what is a good package to buy to get started for two sub adults and a baby?

 

[switchitup813]

well as babies, mine ate around 50-100 a dubia baby nymphs. I have one now that is a sub-adult and he eats around 5-8 of the male adult dubia twice a day. So i would start out pretty large if you want to feed out of it soon. I would get 1,000 mixed and 500 dubia nymphs. The 1,000 will get you going and you can feed the nymphs to your baby. Hope this helped.

 

[osmbr]

go to the this link. hes a cool guy and will answer any questions u got and look at the instant colony if u get the 25 instant colony its 25 males and 25 females but he gives u 5 extra pair so i think its a good package and FREE SHIPPING. check him out he did good for me and his roaches were healthier and bigger than ones i got from a previous source.

 

[Litakat]

I just started a colony and have somewhere in the neighborhood of 40 females and 20 males + 500 nymphs. I have also purchased some phoenix worms and superworms as additional food sources until the colony fully takes off, but it seems pretty sufficient right now. I have one adult dragon. So I may even end up with lots extra lol

 

[switchitup813]

It is going to take a while to get your colony set up as you dont have any sub adult to grow to adult. so your going to have to wait a couple months for the babies to become adult.

 

[beardieaddict]

awesome thanks for the link to ur blog i just got some dubia roach's from my buddy i got 1 male and 3 females we will see what happens

 

[switchitup813]

a female can produce 20-40 a month and it takes 3-5 months for babies to turn into adults. so i hope you dont plan on feeding out of it right away.

 

[switchitup813]

I have posted new blogs, check out my guide and tell me your feedback. thank you

 

[switchitup813]

It has been a little while since I have been on here. Does anyone have any questions or concerns?

 

[kalipbean]

I would put some pics on your site, its kind of bland with just a bunch of text. Add some pictures of your own colonies to spruce it up a bit and make it more appealing.

 

[ajkry2]

I agree with the pics idea. If you do decide to include pics, be sure to include good pictures of the heating mechanism you use. That seems to be a trouble, keeping proper temps in the Dubia colony. Also how you arrange your food and water in the actual container you keep them in

 

[switchitup813]

thank you for your feedback. I will post those pics up shortly

 

[kalipbean]

If you need any pictures, id be glad to help! Could also give you some recipes for a awesome fruit/veggie mix that the roaches go nuts for. Just pm me if you need anything.

 

[switchitup813]

Hey I am still waiting for you to send me some pictures.lol. Take your time

 

[Triage]

Lets sticky this once the pictures are posted??