Problems with my Dubia Colony. There not strong enough?

[Agbailey1990]

Hey!
I been breeding dubias for alittle over a year now. Started with 20adults & thats it. & in less then a year had about 400adults & thousanddds of mixed sized nymphs. So I pretty much know what Im doing I know all the basics & a few helpful tricks.
But once it got cold my 2 bearded dragons slowed down on eating alot. So I kinda got lazy with the colony & stopped feeding it & all together taking care of them. Alot of them died off but in the end I still had about 200adults & thousand mixed nymphs. NOw for the past 2weeks I been taking care of them again like I use to because I was selling my colony (got 275 for it). But everyday I go in their to check them out or to clean things up. I find a few of them upside down & either dead, or barely alive. I dont use Water Crystals atm so I get a piece of paper towel wet it & put it in there daily for them. I always make sure I have crushed up dog food+cereal in there & either Bananas or Apples. The temps are btwn 85-93 & I have a cleaner crew..
My Question Is. When I find them. There alive but its like there not strong enough to carry themselves. They can wiggle there legs but its like they have to crawl and pull themselves if they even decide to move. Does anyone know what the problem is? Its literally like there not strong enough to carry themselves. & its all different ages that are doing this, some baby nymphs, some medium/large nymphs and some adults. I thought it was that they needed protein so I been adding alot of food for them. & they use to killlllll the food within 30mins. But after I did a nice cleaning of it, they barely eat. But thats not the problem because this was happening before this. Id like to fix this problem for the fact Im starting another colony to sell to the same guy in about 6months. Please help.

 

[jarich]

Could be a number of issues. This time of year, a lot of peoples houses are still really dry. With cleaning out the tub and removing the frass, youve lowered the humidity a lot too. Do you have a hygrometer to test the rH of the tub? Could be that the humidity has dropped too low. It could also be that you are feeding too much protein. Roaches are adapted to a low protein diet. Its best to keep it around the 15-18% mark. More than that and they start storing it in the form or uric acid, which if it gets to be enough can start to form crystals in their blood. Skip the dog food, and the bananas for that matter. Add in some squash, carrots, collard greens, etc. The easy way to think about it is to feed them the same fresh veg you feed your dragon. For dry food, the simplest is a good quality layer feed for chickens. It will have a good nutritious feed with correct protein amounts.