Here is a picture of a female dubia laying an egg sack

[nair88]

looks like some of her guts are on the wrong side of her body. must have gotten squished a bit. she won't do you any good as a breeder any more and probably won't live much longer either. might as well feed her off or throw her out.

 

[MrWhite]

I got my dubia test sample of 25 large and 150 small today and fed Argos a couple of the smalls and a 1 larger and he loved them...sounds like I'll be breeding dubias from now on. He had to chew on the larger one (about 1") for a little bitbut he was happy and looking for more.

Argos is 17", 210g. I was a little worried because the large dubia was the biggest live thing I've ever fed him...

 

[HuberNS92]

My roaches haven't bred yet, still waiting patiently. But in the mean time i'm feeding off smaller ones. Can you tell me, is it okay to disrupt the females while they are breed with egg sacs or whatever. I mean, would it be okay for me to lift up the egg cartons and shift them around, or should the females be completely undisturbed?

 

[Twobeardieguy]

It is best to just leave them be unless you are cleaning the bin. The females can drop the sacs at anytime.

 

[HuberNS92]

It is best to just leave them be unless you are cleaning the bin. The females can drop the sacs at anytime.

Well how should I get the nymphs to feed my guy then? I mean I have to shift them around and they drop from the egg carton.

 

[hammerhead]

Use a seperate bin for your feeders. Leave the colony in a seperate bin as undisturbed as possible.

 

[HuberNS92]

Use a seperate bin for your feeders. Leave the colony in a seperate bin as undisturbed as possible.

How should I Get the feeders out without distrubing the colony?

 

[hammerhead]

You don't have any choice disturbing the colony to sort out what you want for feeders. After that is when you leave the breeders alone except for feeding them.

 

[midmichicer]

Ive got a separate bin just for my adults. Once I see the small nymphs I take them out and place in my feeder bin. I will check once every few weeks.

 

[HuberNS92]

You don't have any choice disturbing the colony to sort out what you want for feeders. After that is when you leave the breeders alone except for feeding them.

Okay I seperated my feeders and breeders. I just hope I have enough of the male and female roaches for colonizes. Its still a little hard for me to distinguish there sex. This is unfortunate I would of just bought adults if I had known they would be seperate. I don't know I just bought mixed because I thought that would be best.

Also, how many breeder should I keep together, or does it not matter?

 

[Fredsdad]

Ratio should be 10-1 females to males, from what Ive read.

 

[HuberNS92]

Are the egg sacs noticeable? Like when I clean could I clean around them?

 

[Claudiusx]

The females don't actually leave the eggs in the tank, they keep them in the body to hatch. And if you do find any egg sacks in your tank while your cleaning, you might as well throw them out cuz they won't hatch.

-Brandon

 

[Claudiusx]

What is your humidity at?
And how are you ventilating?

-Brandon

 

[HuberNS92]

Hey guys. For my ventihiliation, do you think it would be okay to leave the rubbermaid bin open a an inch or so on one side? Seems to be fine?

Also this may of been answered, but how long does it normally take adults to mate, and babies to come!?