On Memorial day weekend I bought 200 mixed sized dubias and 4-5 additional adult females with a couple adults males. Thus far I have found no newborn babies. I would like any advice on what to try, as I think I am doing everything right. I have been reading this forum for the last couple months. There was a recent similar post, but I can't find it.
They live in a 35 gallon opaque tub with a vented lid. They are in my garage on the cement floor. The garage door is open about half the time. We live in central NC and it has been hot and muggy. I have a human heating pad under one half of the tank. I have it on a setting of 2 out of 3. I have not checked the temperature other than by sticking my hand in it and feeling that it is warm. With recent >95F weather, I was wondering what would happen if they were too hot? But I would think that warmer would be better and it should probably not be much hotter than 110F. They tend to stay in between the egg flats and do not seem to be high or low in them. They also like some paper tubes which lay on the bottom of the tub.
Humidity should be good due to my climate. I always keep a 4" yogurt lid full of water crystals. It is over the unheated side of the tub. The food is next to it. I have been feeding ground dry dog food with some ground oatmeal, a tray of this is always present. They occasionally get some Insecta Load. Every couple days I put in some banana, apple or orange and clean it out the next day. Many have molted since I have had them. I have seen several freshly molted adults.
The tub is sort of near a window, but the sun never comes directly in the window. The lid vents are over one side of the tub. I put the vents over the vertical stack of egg flats. Assuming more darkness over the food would encourage them to come out and eat. The egg flats are vertical, but they lean on each other making it nice and dark between them
I have only fed a couple to my dragon. I check on them only once a day to feed and look for babies. I move each flat and look on and under it for small nymphs. Could I be missing them? There is not my detritus (poop). Could they not like being checked every day?
It has only been 4 and a half weeks. But I figured at least one of my females would have been gravid when I bought them. I got them from someone on Craig's List. How long would you expect to wait for babies?
They live in a 35 gallon opaque tub with a vented lid. They are in my garage on the cement floor. The garage door is open about half the time. We live in central NC and it has been hot and muggy. I have a human heating pad under one half of the tank. I have it on a setting of 2 out of 3. I have not checked the temperature other than by sticking my hand in it and feeling that it is warm. With recent >95F weather, I was wondering what would happen if they were too hot? But I would think that warmer would be better and it should probably not be much hotter than 110F. They tend to stay in between the egg flats and do not seem to be high or low in them. They also like some paper tubes which lay on the bottom of the tub.
Humidity should be good due to my climate. I always keep a 4" yogurt lid full of water crystals. It is over the unheated side of the tub. The food is next to it. I have been feeding ground dry dog food with some ground oatmeal, a tray of this is always present. They occasionally get some Insecta Load. Every couple days I put in some banana, apple or orange and clean it out the next day. Many have molted since I have had them. I have seen several freshly molted adults.
The tub is sort of near a window, but the sun never comes directly in the window. The lid vents are over one side of the tub. I put the vents over the vertical stack of egg flats. Assuming more darkness over the food would encourage them to come out and eat. The egg flats are vertical, but they lean on each other making it nice and dark between them
I have only fed a couple to my dragon. I check on them only once a day to feed and look for babies. I move each flat and look on and under it for small nymphs. Could I be missing them? There is not my detritus (poop). Could they not like being checked every day?
It has only been 4 and a half weeks. But I figured at least one of my females would have been gravid when I bought them. I got them from someone on Craig's List. How long would you expect to wait for babies?
