Dubia food

[Grizz]

does anyone know if it would be all right to feed breeding roaches nonorganic fruits and veg? i don't plan on feeding my cham these roaches, but don't want to kill them. it would be alot cheaper to feed them standard produce. they eat alot more than my crickets. they get only organic pesticide free food(crickets). and what about like cheerios or other cereal for roaches, would that be allright as long as i dont feed them to my cham?

 

[sandrachameleon]

Go with "hard" veggies like carrots, yams and scrub them well, or peel things like Squash and apple. You can buy bran, oats and such in bulk cheaper than cheerios.

 

[MWheelock]

If you wash the fruits and veggies (which I am too lazy to do), any fruit and veggies would be fine.

I usually give collard, mustards, or turnip greens. Then I add orange, carrots and then Chicken laying mash or another dry cricket mash. The chicken laying mash can be bought cheap at a feed store.

Some people use quality dry dog food as the dry, though I would feed the roaches the dry mash 24-48 hours in leiu of the dry dog food before feeding to the cham. Good gut loading.

 

[yoza717]

Thanks Doc....great info

 

[lampshade]

I would not exclusively limit them to fruits and veggies. They love their protein. If you deprive them of this, they will supplement their cravings on the larvae of the young and you don't want that if you want to increase the populace of our community.

does anyone know if it would be all right to feed breeding roaches nonorganic fruits and veg? i don't plan on feeding my cham these roaches, but don't want to kill them. it would be alot cheaper to feed them standard produce. they eat alot more than my crickets. they get only organic pesticide free food(crickets). and what about like cheerios or other cereal for roaches, would that be allright as long as i dont feed them to my cham?

 

[Slofe]

Personally I buy a roach diet from the guy I bought the roaches from. It has tons of nutrients in both plant and animal. On top of that i'll give them an apple once or twice a week. The food is so nutritious that my cham has shown signs of over supplementation so i've cut his dusting right down. It costs £5.60 including p&p and lasts me around 5 months. Whether it's cheaper than buying loads of ingredients separately I dunno. If it's more expensive I shouldn't think it would be much more and it's certainly easier.