Dubias

[J0ker]

i am *kind of* thinking about a collony of dubias but i need to test to see if joker would even like them in the first place
with the roaches hardshell i know i couldnt feed the adults to my 11.25 inch bearie can i feed the little ones?
right now joker eats about 10-20 crickets per feeding 2-3x a day
how many little roaches would that equal?
i gut load the crickets would that work for the roaches or do they need to be dusted?
how long does joker need to be before he can eat the adults?
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[Sapphire]

with the roaches hardshell i know i couldnt feed the adults to my 11.25 inch bearie can i feed the little ones?

Yes, you can feed the little ones to any size dragon. And I believe I've read that the roaches' shell is actually not as hard as crickets, but I'm not sure. Follow the "space between the eyes" rule with roaches, the same as you would with crickets.

right now joker eats about 10-20 crickets per feeding 2-3x a day
how many little roaches would that equal?

It would be less, if you are feeding similarly sized roaches. Roaches have more "meat" than crickets.

i gut load the crickets would that work for the roaches or do they need to be dusted?

Roaches should be dusted as well as gutloaded. The same goes for crickets. If you're not dusting your crickets, you need to start.

how long does joker need to be before he can eat the adults?

At least 16", but the bigger the better. I fed my beardie an adult roach when he was about 18" and he didn't poop for three days, so I haven't fed him any since. If you are going to start a roach colony, you won't want to feed off the adults for several months anyway, and by the time your colony is secure enough to feed from regularly, your beardie should be big enough to take the adults. My dragon went from 12" to 18" in about two and a half months, and it's recommended to let a new colony sit for 3-6 months before feeding from it regularly.

Hope that helps!

 

[J0ker]

joker gets a VERY high calcium diet with dusted veggies, and wax worms so i was told not to also dust cricket

 

[Sapphire]

Hm, well if you dust veggies then you don't have to dust crickets I guess. Most people dust their live feeders, that's why I wanted to make sure you were dusting yours.

 

[HKzForDayz]

What do you gutload with? Bc the commercial gut loads that you find at pet stores actually give very little nutrients to your feeder insects. I like to my own gutload so that i can control what goes into my feeders. And if your dusting your veggies you dont need to dust insects but nothing can replace dusting.