dubias?

[Yessabub]

im thinking about switching to dubias since crickets arent working out for me how do i start out with them what do i need?

 

[tkilgour]

Some chams love them some hate them. I have some that destroy dubias, and others will not touch them. The trick is to get smaller ones and the chams tend to go for those over the huge trilobyte sized ones. Good luck. They are a good feeder for sure.

 

[chaMELeon012409]

You'll need a dark warm place to keep them, places to hide (egg crates) and food. I feed mine apples and change them out every few days, and I've heard they also love oranges. Other than that, let them alone.

 

[writh]

big rubber maid container and roach flats.. food water dog food, cat food and some water crystals thats about it.

 

[xanthoman]

properly sized rubbermaids work better than aquiriums or clear containers (they dont like light or seeing stuff), i dont know how many gallons it is but it should be at least 16" tall 21"long, and 16"deep, the zoo med under tank heater in the 4 gal. size provides just the right amount of heat without any regulation , you can get a complete starter colony from buy roaches.com for $35, it comes with crushed dog food, water crystals ,and egg flats,and metal screen. all you need is the rubbermaid and undertank heater,you will need to cut a hole in the lid and i prefer to have a hole in each end , flow through ventilation keeps odor to a minimum, it comes with enough screen for a 4x8" hole in the top and a 3x4" hole in each end , the end holes should be in the upper portion of the container, just glue the screen on with hotmelt or silcone caulk, put the under tank heater under the end with the egg flats, place two small SHALLOW dishes in the container, one with a couple of fully soaked water crystals, the other with a a teaspoon or two of roach food,dont bother them any more than is neccessary for feeding, and you are in business , but i wouldnt feed your chams any of the roaches until the dog food is gone , it helps get the colony going but once dog food is gone ,its up and running, you can just start feeding the colony all of the same veggies that you would use for you cham gutload. i prefer to place the egg flats vertical so all of the crap falls to the bottom instead of in the egg flats, i agree crickets are nasty, the roaches creeped me out at first but they are much easier to deal with than crickets, in a little over a month you should have a self perpetuating supply of roaches

 

[sandrachameleon]

Warm, Dark, hiding places, food. Can feed them much the same stuff as you would use to gutload a cricket.

Also, roaches like have (for eating) a few dead leaves (With Fall approaching North American, this is the time to collect a few) and bark.

Note that feeding dog/cat/fish good or other high animal protien & fat foods is okay for roaches but not okay for chameleons.