dubia set-up

Honestly never had any escape before out of mine. Sometimes I will leave the lid off for days and have never found any on the loose. Here are some pics of what I'm working with after I shook them off all of the egg crates
 

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jmdavis said:
Honestly never had any escape before out of mine. Sometimes I will leave the lid off for days and have never found any on the loose. Here are some pics of what I'm working with after I shook them off all of the egg crates
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lol mine looks almost exactly like that haha, im guessing the sponges are used to keep them hydrated?
 
jmdavis said:
Sure are :D
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do you have any problem with them molding over? i dont provide my guys with a sponge or anything i just feed them stuff with lots of moisture, orange and lettuce, but will consider using a sponge if they dont mold over too fast and are effective
 
Jamelon said:
do you have any problem with them molding over? i dont provide my guys with a sponge or anything i just feed them stuff with lots of moisture, orange and lettuce, but will consider using a sponge if they dont mold over too fast and are effective
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Its not to bad
 
jmdavis said:
Honestly never had any escape before out of mine. Sometimes I will leave the lid off for days and have never found any on the loose. Here are some pics of what I'm working with after I shook them off all of the egg crates
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Mmmm... Looks deliciouse! May I have one those peices of apple sitting there, please?:p
 
My roaches are in 2 separate 10 gallon plastic boxes, one for the adults to mate, and one for the "new generation(s)". I have a top on the boxes, middle cutted out and a net glued on for ventillation, as it mentioned above. I use oatmeal as substrate, about 1 cm (0,4 inch). I put some egg cartons in to let them hide, and keeping the whole things in one of my wardrobe in the room. For the heat there is a heat pad under the box. I just throv the foor on the oatmeal, sometimes the box have to be cleaned, or the remains of the fodd need to be taken out, to prevent mold.
Have fun with the roaches. :D
 
Olimpia said:
Ah those look familiar! :D Did you get about 20 adults? I tried giving you at least that many but one got on my finger, gave me the creeps, and I lost count. If you ever need any more you know how to get a hold of me.

I use a lid just for my own peace of mind, but many people don't. It helps keep in heat and humidity though. I like to put alfalfa as a sort of bedding, but I keep most of the floor bare. They like to eat the alfalfa and it smells nice, so it covers up the insect smell. But I just drop the food in on the bare floor and they'll eat it up right away. It's not the best thing for gutloading, but when my roaches are just on break, breeding, I give them mango and they just go nuts for it. Publix (I'm sure other places do too) sells bags of chopped frozen mango for smoothies for $2 so I give them that as a thawed treat and they go NUTS for it. Any tropical fruit/sweet fruit they just die for.
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Yes they do look familiar don’t they? Thank you so much Olympia! I already have about 25 babies or so.

To answer the question about what my boss thinks... well I dont really have a boss but the guy I rent this office with does not know about them. That’s why they are disguised in a box we get our paper in. And the heat thing is something I haven’t thought of a solution to yet. I was thinking of a heat pad but I dont want the box to catch fire so its back to the drawing board. Maybe I could cut the bottom of the card board box out?? IDK I'll think of something.
 
ChamOh said:
the real question is what does your boss think? :cool:

those dudes will need some heat if you want a colony big enough to use as feeders any time soon. increase heat = increase in breeding
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Awesome, will a 10 gallon glass tank work? I have a few lying around and thought maybe I can use that. I also have a few heat lamps lying around so only thing i'd need to get is the egg crate and the roaches. We always have veggies and fruit in our apartment so no worries on the food. How many Roaches should I start with? I can get 20 for 5 dollars about 15 minutes from me.

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Start with at least 40 females (adults) and 5-10 males (also adults) if you want your colony to be up and running as quickly as possible.
 
Ricardo said:
My roaches are in 2 separate 10 gallon plastic boxes, one for the adults to mate, and one for the "new generation(s)". I have a top on the boxes, middle cutted out and a net glued on for ventillation, as it mentioned above. I use oatmeal as substrate, about 1 cm (0,4 inch). I put some egg cartons in to let them hide, and keeping the whole things in one of my wardrobe in the room. For the heat there is a heat pad under the box. I just throv the foor on the oatmeal, sometimes the box have to be cleaned, or the remains of the fodd need to be taken out, to prevent mold.
Have fun with the roaches. :D
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If you use a substrate what do you do when you have to clean it? I would imagine that you would have baby roaches mixed in all over the place.
 
1 inch is not so much, and dont last long, because they eat it too! So i have to replace time to time. And yes, there are lots of baby roaches in the box, but i let them grow. I need adults/sub adults to feed off. And put the adults in the other box. Just started the colony again about a month ago, now i have about 30-40 females and 5 males (adult) and about 150 babys in all sizes :) after a while im gonna need a third box, or a big container...
The clean is easy, just take out the uneaten things when they are dried or mold, if some of the oatmeal comes with it, so be it :)
 
voodoochild863 said:
If you use a substrate what do you do when you have to clean it? I would imagine that you would have baby roaches mixed in all over the place.
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I don't use substrate for that same reason. They make their own within a week or so. The small nymphs like to eat the substrate (frass) that is made.
 
nikole957 said:
Awesome, will a 10 gallon glass tank work? I have a few lying around and thought maybe I can use that. I also have a few heat lamps lying around so only thing i'd need to get is the egg crate and the roaches. We always have veggies and fruit in our apartment so no worries on the food. How many Roaches should I start with? I can get 20 for 5 dollars about 15 minutes from me.

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Um, didn't I just post this exact same thing earlier in this thread?
 
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