Source for Adult Dubia Females

[dawaro]

Does anyone know of a good source for adult Dubia females? My colony has gotten male heavy and the breeding has dropped off. I am looking to add 20-30 females but so far all my normal sources are out at the time.

 

[catsclawfurniture]

The Roach Barn sells colonies of 20 females, 8 males, and a mix of a hundred or so mixed sizes for 25 dollars. I bought this once already (will buy again soon) and I can vouch that I received it in very good condition. She didn't cheapen out on the packaging, she used a plastic bin and everything. I also saw that shipping cost 13 dollars when she only charges 6. I really really recommend.
I have also gotten my first females off of ebay! Their prices keep going up, but here's the listing I've been using. Current price is 10 females for 19 bucks flat shipping and all. When I ordered, there were no DOAs.

 

[dawaro]

Thanks for the link. I am going to purchase one of the kits from the Roach Barn I think. Only bad thing is they limit you to one kit per order.

 

[catsclawfurniture]

They get there fast though! 20 females is an awful lot for once and then you can order again! Do you have any other reptiles you cull out the male herd to?

 

[dawaro]

I dont have anything large enough to eat the adult males. I have been chopping them up and putting them in the salads. I am meeting with a pet shop owner next week to discuss selling the males to them though.

I just want to get to the point were my colony can sustain the 4 dragons I have...

 

[catsclawfurniture]

If you can't figure out anything else to do with them, and the pet shop owner doesn't dig, if you freeze them off I'll buy them + shipping to put in resin for collection pieces.

 

[Ophiophilist]

I just bought another 30 adult females from thedubiaroach.com, it's the same people who run The Dragonz Den. Their price is very reasonable and I might go for another 30 just to make absolutely sure I have enough (would bring me up to about 90 adult females).

I got rid of my extra males on craigslist, only took a day too!

 

[dawaro]

I ended up getting my from thedubiaroach.com as well. Hard to beat $30 for 30 females. They came in last night and were packaged very well and I didnt find a dead one in the batch. There was even a large amount of small roaches in the order.