How many adult dubia do you need?

[simpleman]

to have a breeding colony / business? i have 59 adult females and 21 adult males....i have purchasing to this roaches over the last few months and im not sure how many adults do i need to become "established." i also have a seperate colony with about 300 roaches in a bin just as a secondary colony that i wont feed out of....so if any of you want to share your "numbers" that would be great... just try to get a realistic idea of what i need to get the job done.....thanks...

 

[Honda99300ex]

I'm kind of interested to hear the answer to this!! I've wondered the same thing.

 

[clear]

to have a breeding colony?

One male and one female usually works.

to have a breeding business?

This really depends on how many you want to sell. If you want to sell 1,000 a month you will need a different number than if you want to sell 10,000 a month.


How long is a piece of string?

 

[StlGreaser]

You left your question way to open ended. First off for an established colony it depends on how many and types of mouths you have to feed. I have 2 sub adult beardies, 7 adult and a juvenile leopard geckos, and juvenile water dragon and the 320 adult female and 56 adult male keep up with production for all of them. there are a few left over every month to sell at the local pet shop, but no extra adult to sell at this level.

To keep up with demand as a seller you will need a lot of adult females to keep up with customers. That is why many of the top sellers are out of stock lately!

 

[TheWolfmanTom]

I have 2 bins of about 10 thousand each.
They cant keep up with all the mouths I feed.

 

[Blundy]

indeed, i would also like to know.

 

[Honda99300ex]

I have 2 bins of about 10 thousand each.
They cant keep up with all the mouths I feed.

wow.....thats crazy!! A lot of mouths lol

 

[bigbadroid]

I have 2 bins of about 10 thousand each.
They cant keep up with all the mouths I feed.

wow how many mouths do you have to feed?

 

[GoFast]

I have 2 bins of about 10 thousand each.
They cant keep up with all the mouths I feed.

wow how many mouths do you have to feed?

2.

One is the dragons and the second is his.

 

[simpleman]

lol, thats crazy tom.... as to how many dragons i have, it is 4, 3 subadults and one baby for now, but i would like to sell at some point, but yall are right, i guess you would need thousands to keep up with orders...looks like i got a long way to go, but i will get there one day, just might take a couple of years or alot of money...lol....thanks guys for all the replies, but i would still like to see more numbers if you dont mind...thanks..

craig morel

 

[Paradon]

giving them lots of veggies and fruits is a sure way to boost the reproduction rate because they can get the necessary sugar they need by breaking down cell walls from plants and from fruits. All the female I've checked nearly all have oothicae. (sp) I've started with a little over a hundred, tiny, little nymphs last year and now have two sustainable colonies.

 

[dedc369]

yom why dont you buy 100 nyphes and just wait for another coloney to develop

 

[JenFid]

I'd like to know how many adults you need to start a colony for just one beardie. I'm going to get the starter kit from theroachguy.com that has 260 mixed with 2 adult pairs once he has them in stock. Do I need any more adult pairs?

 

[dedc369]

the more the faster

 

[jon21388]

I have 148 females and 29 males in my dubia colony. This is enough for my two beardies that I have. (One is a baby).