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For those of you still following along at home, I've hopefully found the answer to what eats dubia roaches... A female panther chameleon! I've been looking for over a year to get my a*hole of a male panther, Toby, a girlfriend. He's the gorgeous beast in my profile pic. I haven't seen any...

A crestie or gargoyle might work, though they're not fully insectivorous.. I've always wanted to try Pygmy chams but I've never found a local place to buy them. I regularly hit the local reptile shows and they're never there, either. I've also always wanted to try a female-only species of gecko...

All good suggestions, thanks =) I don't know much about skinks, so I'll check into those species you mentioned. I should've mentioned I'm looking for something that'll appreciate the 2 foot height of the cage, so pacmans leopards and beardies are out. I had a beardie and leopards way back when...

Seriously, I want to know! My panther chameleon, who I purchased hoping that he'd chow down some of my ever expanding dubia colony, has long since moved out of his 24x24x18 exoterra and into a huge custom enclosure. Plus, I've found that he will literally starve himself before deigning to eat...

Where are you located? I've got plenty of dubias of all sizes to sell, but I'm just a hobbyist. Never tried shipping, and not really interested in getting into it.

It's been a couple months now and things have settled down since that die-off. I think I just had too many roaches in that container, and getting the bigger one helped. There's still some regular adult die off, but the colony is past the point where roaches should be dying of old age so I'm...

No, I've kept my dubia and orange head colonies as single species only. How might super worms do as a cleanup crew? I've got tons of those to spare. Plus, they'd never out-compete the roaches since they wouldn't ever turn into beetles with all that activity!

I thoroughly cleaned out the old container, and transferred the colony back to it with fresh cardboard and trays. That's always such a hassle to do, and I don't think it's possible without losing at least a few dozen roaches! As I was ripping up the old cardboard I did find a small spot of...

Thank you both for the quick replies! My colony does rely on a heat mat during the cooler months to keep the heat up, and I haven't checked on it in awhile. I'll see if maybe that died. The greens were from a mixed salad bag that a guest left over. I don't recall what they were, other than one...

I've had a dubia colony going for a few years and it had many thousands, likely multiple tens of thousands, of roaches. It was doing so well that it was easily feeding all my critters and still growing at a good rate. About a month ago I fed it some greens I hadn't fed before, and the next day...

I was keeping them nice and moist, that water jug did a nice job of keeping the humidity up. I checked on them this morning and they all had what appear to have normal sized wings now. I guess they just needed some time to firm up and fluff out after emerging.

I was laying in bed after a nice Sunday-Funday just a little while ago and noticed some odd noise coming from my office, across the hall from my bedroom. This is the room where I keep a chameleon, 3 tarantulas, a fish tank, and assorted "live pet-food" so it had me a bit concerned. It turns out...

I don't recall if he had a "company" name, but the guy who bred and sold me the Danger Skittle is named Jim Cormas. Why do you ask?

I have a panther who I've recently nick-named the Danger Skittle, cause he's such a colorful little jerk! From what I understand that's just the way some of them are, and there's probably not much we can do about it. Just keep on taking care of them the best we can and enjoy their beauty from...

It's now a few months down the road and my (slightly less) little panther now goes by Toby, the Danger Skittle! He picked up the Danger Skittle moniker because he's a beautiful, brightly colored, absolutely gorgeous little ahole. He has never hand fed, won't eat or drink if he thinks I'm in...

Hi all, Anyone here going to the Repticon in Charlotte, NC this weekend? I hope to be there, and would love to meet some fellow cham keepers!

Thats a very interesting and insightful thread, thank you for sharing :) I'm in no way interested in making money on this - if I come out close to even I'll call it a huge win. I just enjoy the hobby and want to try spreading the joy. It's also an excuse to have MORE CHAMELEONS!! :D As for the...

I've had Toby, my 9 month old male panther, long enough to feel pretty comfortable with his care. I'm interested in getting him a girlfriend and try this whole breeding thing. Any advice on what to look for in lady-panthers?

My male can be a real ahole, too. I keep a small bamboo stick on hand for when he gets all bitey. Once he starts puffing up I just put the stick lengthwise down his body on the side I'm trying to pick him up from. That way when he bites he gets the stick and not the hand. Once I get him out of...

It's looking good! Thanks for answering my questions. The trick with the shower curtain is a good idea. I'd recommend getting a cordless drill to make your doors. Making those holes by hand will take some doing and probably won't be as precise compared to what a power tool can do. Harbor...