Sorting dubia?

[Sapphire]

I'm planning to get rid of a lot of/all of my dubia (my dragon will only eat freshly shed ones, and only if I trick him into eating them, and even then he'll only eat one a day).

I want to be able to easily sort the small/med/large out from each other.

What's the easiest way to do this? I've heard of the "drill holes in buckets" method but I'm just wondering if anyone else has a different way of doing things.

Also, what's the easiest way to count them? I don't have time to sit and count out roaches by hand. :?

Thanks!!

 

[Denduran87]

yea the hole drilling would be easiest and probably cost effective as well. as far as counting them if you had a food scale you probably could measure one and see the weight than measure them out by wieght and get a descent estimate.

 

[BeardedDragonCo]

If you use medium sized low sided bins and drill different sized holes in them, you can stack them inside each other and the smallest will fall through to the bottom, mediums will stay in the middle and the big ones on top. Just make sure you find bins that have an inch or two of space when you nest them inside one another. I do this and just dump a few hundred in at a time, give it 10 to 15 mins and they do it all by themselves.

 

[Sapphire]

If you use medium sized low sided bins and drill different sized holes in them, you can stack them inside each other and the smallest will fall through to the bottom, mediums will stay in the middle and the big ones on top. Just make sure you find bins that have an inch or two of space when you nest them inside one another. I do this and just dump a few hundred in at a time, give it 10 to 15 mins and they do it all by themselves.

Thanks for the suggestion. What size holes do you use for the different sizes of dubia?