dmrich
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Started with a small starter of about 50 made up of adults, juvis and babies (because it is so expensive buying a large amount/developed colony in one go), and have had them approx 4-5 months.
They have bred alot and have hundreds if not thousands of babies, but they are very slow to develop in comparison with other feeders. So hopefully in another few more months the colony will have developed into one that can be used for feeding regularly (my beardie loves them and knows the plastic box they are housed in).
However they will find the smallest, most out of the way place in the viv if not eaten straight away and will apparently survive on nothing (whereas crickets usually die quickly). Kept finding baby dubias in my Male Yemens screen enclosure for ages (which clearly I would not offer to him as they are way too small), and finally found the culprit sculking about at the back - an adult female who must have been in there months staying out of the way that has now been returned to colony.
They have bred alot and have hundreds if not thousands of babies, but they are very slow to develop in comparison with other feeders. So hopefully in another few more months the colony will have developed into one that can be used for feeding regularly (my beardie loves them and knows the plastic box they are housed in).
However they will find the smallest, most out of the way place in the viv if not eaten straight away and will apparently survive on nothing (whereas crickets usually die quickly). Kept finding baby dubias in my Male Yemens screen enclosure for ages (which clearly I would not offer to him as they are way too small), and finally found the culprit sculking about at the back - an adult female who must have been in there months staying out of the way that has now been returned to colony.