So about 2 weeks ago I was fed up with my one giant tub for all my dubia.
My Growler is still snoozing the winter away so he's not eating at all. Meanwhile these roaches just keep breeding! I've turned off the closet space heater that I had been using. Right now they're in a closet in my office. Room temp is about 70 but I do have a small UTH that is always on.
So I got 2 more totes bringing my total to 3: one for extra small - small nymphs, one for med-large nymphs, and one for the adults. I got them all sorted and situated about 2 weeks ago. Yes, I actually counted.... and I had 117 females and 65 males. That's a higher male:female ratio than I want, but I didn't do anything about it at the time.
Today I went through the medium-large tote and pulled out 10 new adults.... ALL male! Is that normal?
My Growler is still snoozing the winter away so he's not eating at all. Meanwhile these roaches just keep breeding! I've turned off the closet space heater that I had been using. Right now they're in a closet in my office. Room temp is about 70 but I do have a small UTH that is always on.
So I got 2 more totes bringing my total to 3: one for extra small - small nymphs, one for med-large nymphs, and one for the adults. I got them all sorted and situated about 2 weeks ago. Yes, I actually counted.... and I had 117 females and 65 males. That's a higher male:female ratio than I want, but I didn't do anything about it at the time.
Today I went through the medium-large tote and pulled out 10 new adults.... ALL male! Is that normal?