Well I just went to the pet store I got my beardie from because I ran out of crickets and while I was there I decided to ask them if they knew a cheap place which was local I could scoop up some dubias. To my amazement someone had just dropped off a small colony of about 500 or so with mostly adults and sub adults for a store credit. I went ahead and asked the guy how much he wanted for the whole colony expecting some outrages price he said $20 and it was mine so I hopped on it and bought the whole colony.
Now, I have been doing some researching over the past few days how easy it is as far as how to raise these dubia otherwise I would have passed on buying them. I purchased a 30 gallon container to house them in that I bought from Big Lots for only $8 and spent $17 on a zilla heat pad which I have mounted to a piece of tile. There is about a 1inch space between the heat pad and the container because of how the bottom of the container is built its a perfect gap. I put some small holes in the lid for venting as well as put some carrots and oranges in there for them to feed on and man these guys must have been starving because they are gobbling it up quick.
Is there anything I have missed or advice I need to make it better. As of right now there are plenty of small dubia for my beardie to munch on so I'm sure this small investment has already paid for itself. I'm only feeding one small beardie so I'm sure what I have right now is more than enough. I posted some pictures of my setup so far and there are a ton more dubia in that container than you see in the pics lol.. 8)
Now, I have been doing some researching over the past few days how easy it is as far as how to raise these dubia otherwise I would have passed on buying them. I purchased a 30 gallon container to house them in that I bought from Big Lots for only $8 and spent $17 on a zilla heat pad which I have mounted to a piece of tile. There is about a 1inch space between the heat pad and the container because of how the bottom of the container is built its a perfect gap. I put some small holes in the lid for venting as well as put some carrots and oranges in there for them to feed on and man these guys must have been starving because they are gobbling it up quick.
Is there anything I have missed or advice I need to make it better. As of right now there are plenty of small dubia for my beardie to munch on so I'm sure this small investment has already paid for itself. I'm only feeding one small beardie so I'm sure what I have right now is more than enough. I posted some pictures of my setup so far and there are a ton more dubia in that container than you see in the pics lol.. 8)