How many to feed/ what to gut load with

gperlman · Oct 19, 2012

I just received my dubia roaches yesterday in the mail and I am unsure as to how much to feed my guy. I received a starter colony with tons of different sized roaches but i am only used to giving him crickets. He is about 11months old and is a normal weight panther. I used to give him around 10-15 medium/large crickets daily.
Also, I was wondering what everyone's Fav 5 was to gutload their dubia.

Any info helps. Thanks

tkilgour · Oct 19, 2012

I guess the amount will depend on the size dubias you are feeding him. You can gutload roaches the same as crickets. They will eat nuts, seeds, and veggies. I feed dubias, hemp seeds, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, kale, collard greens, turnip greens, squash, clover, alfalfa, and DinoFuel.

nightanole · Oct 19, 2012

What he said. As for size, they are about 3x bigger per inch than crickets and about 5x the calories per inch. They are like M&M's with legs when properly gut loaded. Mine went from 2 dozen full sized crickets down to 4 or so almost adult nymphs.

gperlman · Oct 19, 2012

Thanks for the info, just wanted to make sure i wasnt overfeeding him.

sandrachameleon · Oct 19, 2012

a couple crickets plus a couple roaches per day will be fine. Of course Im sure you are also offering other prey items instead periodically.

gperlman · Oct 22, 2012

As a treat he gets an occasional mealworm but other than that its hard to find a variety of feeders around me. He used to just get crickets but i finally started with dubias. He hasnt shown the biggest liking for them yet but hopefully he will soon.