Dubia Help

[LucasD]

So I recently invested in some Dubia roaches. I got about 25 medium sized ones from the Roach Cafe. I've got them in a plastic bin in the garage, where the lights stay off. I'm offering Roach Chow and Fluker's High Calcium Water Crystals right now (they aren't being gutloaded, because I'm not using them as feeders for awhile). I've egg cartons stacked up in the bin to provide hiding places, and a ceramic heating dome shining through the aluminum screen I installed on top.

For some reason, the roaches don't want to eat. I've put their food in a shallow lid and under an egg crate, out of the light. They didn't eat yesterday, and the haven't eaten today. Can someone help me out?

 

[Sybet]

I saw a vid on the internet, which said roaches really like oranges, click

 

[Goggles]

Oranges, apples, romaine lettuce, pretty much any fresh food I put in my bin gets devoured. Maybe try some fresh food.

 

[LucasD]

I saw a vid on the internet, which said roaches really like oranges, click

Thanks so much for posting this! Really informative.

 

[laurie]

You might also try a heat mat under the tank, works great for mine.

 

[LucasD]

You might also try a heat mat under the tank, works great for mine.

Where can I get one?

 

[chameleonfan101]

Where can I get one?

At any retile store or online. Zoomed makes them as well. Just google reptile heat pads. They work great!

 

[Rottsko]

I got my heat pad on amazon I think for about $12.00 shipped. It's a conair with no auto shut off. I keep it on mine all day and night. Let me try to find the one I got.

 

[Rottsko]

Here you go. I have an amazon prime membership so I got free shipping. It's does the job. .

Oh and about not eating...I noticed mine didn't eat all the time either. But when I put fresh veggies in there they were gone over night. Not sure why they started eating the veggies but they didn't eat bug burger too much.

Conair HP01RBRR Moist Heating Pad http://amzn.com/B000F54AOW

 

[armyrec1]

We feed our crushed dry cat food....they really like that and it has alot of good stuff in it for the Roaches and Chams.

 

[LucasD]

Here you go. I have an amazon prime membership so I got free shipping. It's does the job. .

Oh and about not eating...I noticed mine didn't eat all the time either. But when I put fresh veggies in there they were gone over night. Not sure why they started eating the veggies but they didn't eat bug burger too much.

Conair HP01RBRR Moist Heating Pad http://amzn.com/B000F54AOW

NOOOOOOOOO! I wish you had done this earlier! I just bought one for like 50 bucks!

 

[Rottsko]

NOOOOOOOOO! I wish you had done this earlier! I just bought one for like 50 bucks!

aaaahhhh! that sucks! return it!!!

 

[camimom]

We feed our crushed dry cat food....they really like that and it has alot of good stuff in it for the Roaches and Chams.

Please dont feed cat food!
it is high in proteins, which can cause harm to your chams.

 

[LucasD]

aaaahhhh! that sucks! return it!!!

I got it online! Dang!!!!