How hot is to hot for dubia

[myzeak]

Well I was wondering how hot is to hot for dubia. My room usualy reaches 100+f during the day in the summer even with A/C blasting in the rest of the house. Should i get a portable A/C for my room or should theey be fine? right now it is 85f out side and 90f in my room

 

[suzuki4life]

an overall ambient of 90-100 degrees is too hot

80-85 is optimal...

 

[myzeak]

Iguess i will have to move them downstairs. It can get up to 120-130F easy in this room. I cant wait for winter so i can be cool while i sleep the days away

 

[craig13]

holy crap, where do you live???

 

[myzeak]

I live in missouri. my room can get 10-20 deg hotter than outside and the A/C does not realy blow cold in my room. it was about 80 outside today and my room showed 90f

 

[Twobeardieguy]

I keep mine at about 95-98 with a cool side and they breed like crazy!

 

[bowser09]

I am thinking about breeding these my self...What do you use to heat the container?

 

[suzuki4life]

I keep mine at about 95-98 with a cool side and they breed like crazy!

how are you measuring the temp?

can we see pictures of your setup please.

 

[Twobeardieguy]

I use a cheap zoo med digital prob thermometer under the egg creates. There are a few pictures in my other post but what would you like to see?

 

[suzuki4life]

and your probe is an inch above your heating pad? And the probe is sandwiched between the egg cartons and the tub/heating pad?

 

[Twobeardieguy]

It is sitting on the bottom of the bin. Remember heat rises but as it rises it gets cooler. The dubias can go to the bottom to get warmer or go to the top to cool off, they can also go to the other side of the bin to cool off.

 

[suzuki4life]

It is sitting on the bottom of the bin. Remember heat rises but as it rises it gets cooler. The dubias can go to the bottom to get warmer or go to the top to cool off, they can also go to the other side of the bin to cool off.

I totally understand your setup now....if your probe is showing 95-98 degrees then the odds are your ambient is not 95-98 degrees unlike the original poster who is worried about such temps....


Your temps could fluctuate(ie: gradient across the tub) severely in the winter in a 60 odd degree room.....

I myself have used medical pads under bins showing temps on the pad at over 120 degrees without issue...but roaches never saw a true ambient of those temps.

If his room ambient is 90+ degree....he will have little to no acceptable gradient to offer....which is very bad.

When I lived in the south many of the houses were built with concrete floors....they normally stayed fairly cool in dark closets or corners....maybe a possible place to keep your roaches?

also if he plans to run a lid on his tub...be sure to monitor humidity....dubias seem to be capable of producing their own....

 

[myzeak]

yea i ended up haveing to move them back to the basement along with my lizards because i didnt want them to suffer like i will have to