what to feed my dubias...

[PicassothePanther]

i just got my 100 adult dubias.. what should i feed them? the least messy is what I'm going for...

thanks

 

[pssh]

I feed lots of green leafy lettuces. I recently tried blending greens, a few fruits, some nuts, and a few other veggies in a blender. They love it.

 

[PicassothePanther]

bah.. i dont have a blender...

can i just settle for leafy greens and gutload?

 

[pssh]

They like lettuces, but not high calcium greens like collards and mustard greens with the exception of dandelions. You can also crush up baby cerial and stuff.

 

[rmichaelk]

I have blended high calcium greens like turnip, collard etc along with fruits and the Dubias and other roaches eat them. If you make the ratio of fruits to be higher than the ratio of greens then they definitely go for it.

Kara, just to clarify, do you feed only lettuces and dandelions for gut loading?

Michael

 

[pssh]

Nope, that's what I feed the main colony. I gutload the nymphs separetely with high calcium greens and other veggies/fruits and a dry gutload too.