Dubia Roach Colony Questions

[rgibs590]

So I bought 500 Dubia, they are extra small right no (dime size at best) and I threw in some Repashy's Bug Burger. Should I be feeding them all gutload or should I not be doing this? Should I buy a little cricket keeper type thing to have some in their gutloading? If so how long do they need to gutload? And also what should I be feeding my main colony?!? Any suggestions and thoughts are greatly appreciated!

 

[ISA my Veiled]

This is what I do myself. I have some that are that small but for the most part mine are mixed. I just give them oranges and if you can just give them a portion of the bug burger mixed with some oranges or whatever else you give them for gut load. You want a mix of gutloading foods but honestly oranges do well with the bug burger because roaches love oranges it seems lol just my take on it after I post this I will get you Sandras gutloading guide.

 

[Rottsko]

i feed all my feeders good gutload as if i'm going to feed them to my chams. you can use fruits, veggies, bug burger, dino fuel, cricket crack, etc. even though not all my chams eat dubias, i have a huge colony that i feed off to the ones that do eat them and i keep the adults in a separate bin so they can breed and produce a ton of babies. i feed them the same gutload that i feed my crickets. i recommend a heating pad so for the bottom of the bin. they thrive in warm climates.

 

[rgibs590]

i feed all my feeders good gutload as if i'm going to feed them to my chams. you can use fruits, veggies, bug burger, dino fuel, cricket crack, etc. even though not all my chams eat dubias, i have a huge colony that i feed off to the ones that do eat them and i keep the adults in a separate bin so they can breed and produce a ton of babies. i feed them the same gutload that i feed my crickets. i recommend a heating pad so for the bottom of the bin. they thrive in warm climates.

My heating pad is coming in the mail tomorrow! Right now i just have all my roaches (they are all small) in a big tupperware bin with a few egg flats and some paper towel, I have bug burger in there right now. Should I worry about keeping them more hydrated? I know ISA mentioned oranges, I assume these will keep the place pretty hydrated. My new cham is already hand feeding dubia's so I think they will be the staple of his diet... (I already don't like dealing with crickets and I just bought my first batch) I find they are very small and hard to feed to him. They just get lost on the bottom of his cage. I tried building some sort of feeder cup but that didn't work very well.