Took these pics tonight. Krakatoa is the ambilobe; about 4 months old. Not showing off his best colors here; he's usually more "contrasty", and not so pastel. Kraken is the Nosy Faly, about 3 months old. His yellow cheeks are coming in!
My KK Ambilobes
My chams aren't fans of cameras. This is Krakatoa, at about 4 months old. Sire is Son Tiger.
And this is my alpha dog Java. Sire is Thunder. She's about 5 months old and my least timid cham. She doesn't turn her nose up at anything I offer her, and I love her monkey...
I do something similar to this. I take my dirty bin and a empty, clean bin outside. I remove the egg crates from the dirty bin, and shake loose the roaches into the clean bin. What's left in the old bin is mostly nymphs and frass. I then pour what's left into a large ~1/8" sieve, which catches...
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I'm not sure what's going on with your roaches, but my adult breeding females are about 2.5-3 inches long, and very plump with oothecae. The males are just as long, but much slimmer and "scurrier". They do well on fresh produce and a little human baby cereal, like gerbers rice puff.
I keep 1 male to 3-4 females. I started a few months ago with about 50 males and 175 females, and now have more than enough nymphs to feed 4 chameleons and sustain/grow the colony. I have 2 bins, with one bin reserved just for breeding dubias.