Dubia roaches?

[iradog85]

These forums are the only place I've ever seen/heard people talking about feeding dubia roaches to their beardies. Apparently it saves money? I don't know how I'm going to keep up with spending almost $10/week on crickets for my Dimitri.

Where do you get them? How do you start a colony? Want to provide an excellent diet for my baby; I hope to breed her some day.

 

[kimmie]

Check out theroachguy.com (he's on here and you can search for posts/threads)

You'll want to buy a setup from him or there are others as well, even some here on BD.ORG that are selling. It will take awhile because you want to have many adults breeding before you start feeding off the nymphs. Just search the Feeders area.

If you want to use crix while you are waiting for your dubia colony to get started, order in bulk as it's cheaper (A LOT CHEAPER).

Oh look in the For Sale area as well, there are some selling roaches there.

 

[definitions]

HAHA 10$ a week isn't bad I spent 25 dollars a week on crickets . I said screw it and started buying in bulk 500 for 18 bucks that was way better.. now i'm moving onto dubias and phoenix worms

 

[Goonie]

[Moved from Feeding to Feeders]

 

[iradog85]

How do you buy crickets in bulk?

 

[definitions]

just go to a website that sells bulk crickets.. like flukersfarms.com, http://www.ghann.com

 

[Prodigyitachi]

I get all my dubias from different sellers from this Forum. Check out the Forsale section and a lot of people are selling, some even cheaper then Websites. Also there is some in Free section, but most likely its Pick up only. I started with atleast 100 females 50 males and 1000 mix nymphs. The more you start with the more it will produce and faster you will get a colony going without worrying it will run out.
As for the dubia chow you can order online from theRoachguy, its on sale for 10lbs for only 10 bucks. Or you can make your own. He also got the starter kit.
When I got my first 1000 Crickets it STINK and mine keep dying off for some reason. I had to clean the bin every once or twice a week. With dubia's i only clean the bin once a month. Hands down Dubia is the way to go . It is a bit expensive, but once you get your colony going you won't have to buy any feeders again (unless treats or switch diet).

 

[Sapphire]

I've bought from www.theroachguy.com as well as from here: [ Invalid URL Removed / p= t=131444 f=2 ]