got my dubia colony!

royden

royden

New Member
And I love 'em already!

They don't chirp.

They don't smell rank.

They don't bounce.

And they're mildly cute. I actually felt a tiny bit bad when I fed them to Otto this morning. Weird.

Good riddins crickets! No more cricket crypts in my basement!

sweet freedom.

Now a quick question:
How many large (big enough to fit between his eyes, L3 L4?) roaches should my veiled be eating daily? I don't want to deplete the colony too fast before it has a chance to get off the ground.
 
How many did you get? I would let them breed a bit first before you started to feed them off... I got mine a few weeks ago... If that and I am starting to have little roaches zoom'n around the tank... Once they get a get large I will then start to feed some of the smaller once... I am also going to have 1 tank full of full size/mature and one tank of small ones... Just to help speed up feeding... Dont want to feed yourself out of a roach group!
 
yea .. 200 seems manageable 4 me (how big a container you should have?)
i am new to chameleon :p
so this is my first time handling cricket.
and where do you buy it? can you tell me the website?
 
davider said:
what is a dubai colony? lol
Click to expand...

I was wondering the same thing, I think it is a type of roach... errr I mean a colony of roaches.

If someone can post some directions on how you breed and care for them I might try them out for my cham.

I don't know what all the stink is about crickets... I keep around 200+ in a keeper I made and my GF and I never smell them. We actually enjoy the sounds they generate from our patio.:D
 
With a starter colony of 200 dubia, you'll have (even with feeding off nymphs) about 1000 roach surplus in about 8 months.
Keep them warm to stimulate breeding. A heating pad on the lowest setting under one side of the tub works great. Be sure to keep the food on the non-heated side and don't let ANY mold grow in there. Change food out often!!! Mold will kill off your colony faster than anything!

-Brad
 
Me too! I went and picked up my order of 600 Dubia. He gave me a very nice mixture of 550 nymphs, smalls, and mediums. He then put in 50 adults. 25 male and 25 female. I also caught a female giving birth last night as well! Too cool
 
Howdy All,

For those chameleon keepers who are within driving distance of Manhattan Beach, CA, you are welcome to stop by and grab a starter colony of dubia and or lobster roaches for free (sorry, no shipments.) It's always handy to offer roaches to your chameleon and see if there is even any interest in them before you go all the way raising a big colony :eek:. Some will eat one right away and then decide to ignore them from then on. Others will lock onto them as a staple. Roaches are one of the easier feeders around. As was mentioned, a dubia colony will expand at around 30 nymphs every couple of months per adult female. Remember the exponent term in your math :rolleyes:. Things can get really big, really fast once the colony gets established. Lobsters climb glass, dubias don't :eek:. By the way, I usually have a good supply of Wild Eye Reptiles' famous gutload for sale at cost (for local pick-up only.) Toss me an email at [email protected]
 
Dave Weldon said:
Howdy All,

For those chameleon keepers who are within driving distance of Manhattan Beach, CA, you are welcome to stop by and grab a starter colony of dubia and or lobster roaches for free (sorry, no shipments.) It's always handy to offer roaches to your chameleon and see if there is even any interest in them before you go all the way raising a big colony :eek:. Some will eat one right away and then decide to ignore them from then on. Others will lock onto them as a staple. Roaches are one of the easier feeders around. As was mentioned, a dubia colony will expand at around 30 nymphs every couple of months per adult female. Remember the exponent term in your math :rolleyes:. Things can get really big, really fast once the colony gets established. Lobsters climb glass, dubias don't :eek:. By the way, I usually have a good supply of Wild Eye Reptiles' famous gutload for sale at cost (for local pick-up only.) Toss me an email at [email protected]
Click to expand...



Dang it, sure wish I lived in Cali....I'd be there today.
 
is there any legal or agricultural issues in having them or shipping them?

are there any precautions you have to take as far as keeping them or not letting them loose in an environment like mine where it seems the could become an infestation and f up the balance of nature?
 
Waht are they?

I have a senegal chameleon and i feed her crickets meal worms and wax worms but i was thinking in extending her diet so dubai are good please answer.
:confused:
 
Dankmeleon said:
is there any legal or agricultural issues in having them or shipping them?
Click to expand...

Depends on where you live. In Florida you can't (or aren't supposed to get) any roaches that aren't native because the climate lets any type of bug thrive... I want to start a colony myself but it would be really tough hiding them from the g/f who would kill me if I ordered some!

Then again, I'm not having any issues at all with crix (no smell or anything) and I'm going to start experimenting with silk worms this next month.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Harry938
4 month update on my Cham and enclosure
Replies
2
Views
464
Harry938
Harry938
ConfusedHornwormGuy
My dubia roach colony finally produced some nymphs!
Replies
5
Views
2K
Chamownerl
Chamownerl
M
Raising roaches experience (and advice)
Replies
5
Views
1K
Mark_C
M
bombadillo2
My chameleon was laying on his side on the bottom of the cage this morning.
Replies
10
Views
2K
bbyoda
bbyoda
Dhannah
New to the community! Please rate my setup :)
Replies
14
Views
2K
Dhannah
Dhannah
Back
Top Bottom