I am dubious of my dubia

[slantedii]

Well it seemed to take about 3-4 months for them to reach maturity...and supposedly around a month after maturity they should see some nymphs...how big are newborn babies?

 

[patrickb]

I think it is closer to 4-5 months from hatching til they reach maturity. Not 100% as I have never seperated them out when freshly hatched and raised them that way yet. After they mature, it will be about 1-2months afterwards before they actually begin producing nymphs, so you are looking at 5-6months (maybe 7) before you will see your first nymphs. Temps are really important as it will affect their rates a lot, so you could start with higher temps, somewhere around 100-105degrees until you start getting a good reduction and then lower them back down to the low-mid 90s

 

[beardiebandit]

how big is ur dragon? my male dubia are huge, and im kinda scared to feed them to my girl (18 inches and 10 months old) but i hafta admit i did slip her one( A ROACH OF COURSE)...seemed like it mighta been a lil too big for her...but she seemed not to mind...

an adult dragons houldnt have any trouble digesting an adult roach. i feed my males off to my adults. 18'' is plenty big enough!

 

[Elaina]

Because i have had them for a few months and have not noticed any new offspring....about 90% of them are adults now, and have been for a month or so, and they are just making me spend a fortune on crickets...temp at the top of cage is about 80, the bottom is heated so about 90 there, they have a protein cat food and oats and organic cherrios cereak mix, as well as cricket quencher. humidity is never below 75%...what am i doing wrong??? by the way, i havent had one death other than what i fed to my beardy...so they arent dying off, they just arent doing the deed...should i play some barry?

LMAO!!!!!

A little 'barry' never hurt anyone did it? 8)

Seriuosly..is there an all in one thread or a sticky about dubia care? I think I suck at taking care of them..and I don;t know where to start reading :shock:

 

[blondie098]

an adult dragons houldnt have any trouble digesting an adult roach. i feed my males off to my adults. 18'' is plenty big enough!

So what if you have a lazy dragon who doesn't chew thoroughly? Xena chews all her food well, live & plant, but Crash is a lazy butt and doesn't always chew his food up... worried me when he chomped a medium-sized dubia, just one quick chew, then swallowed. I'm scared to death he'll choke on a larger one.

Of course, Xena could be our cleanup crew -- she bites the heads off her supers and then cleans up the 1/2 worms later. EW. :shock:

 

[JailBirdStripes]

Sooo I want to get roaches, but I don't want to start a colony...YET. The wife isn't too fond of the idea of roaches, and stripes isn't eating much live food... I figured I'd start off with some roaches to see how stripes likes them, and if she eats, then I'll look into starting a colony. I was curious what the care of a small colony would consist of... Heat, light, cleaning/smells, roach food, etc. How long do they live and how many or how quickly will a beardie eat for example 25 roaches?

Any help is good. Feeding is stressful lately(For me, at least) as stripes isn't eating much.

 

[clear]

If your not breeding heat isnt needed, 70F is livable for roaches. Food, water is about all you need, my adult male will go through about 25 adults a week or so.