3 Dubia questions...

[Neill]

Here are the Questions.

1. How many roaches and space will be needed to feed 1 bearded dragon and 7-14 geckos?

2. Can they be feed to hatch ling geckos?

3. Do they become to large for adult geckos?

Guess that's all of them thought i had more. Getting 100 in mail plus a breeding pair should be hear sometime next week and i have a 20 gallon long open to put them in. also have a 50 gallon in closet but i hope i don't need to take that out for them.

 

[Chewbecca]

Here are the Questions.

1. How many roaches and space will be needed to feed 1 bearded dragon and 7-14 geckos?

2. Can they be feed to hatch ling geckos?

3. Do they become to large for adult geckos?

Guess that's all of them thought i had more. Getting 100 in mail plus a breeding pair should be hear sometime next week and i have a 20 gallon long open to put them in. also have a 50 gallon in closet but i hope i don't need to take that out for them.

1. I am not sure. I am currently feeding 5 geckos these roaches, got 125 of them about 1 1/2 weeks ago, and I am almost out.
We have like a, I think, 16 gallon rubbermaid that we use for that amount right now, but we'll start our colony one the same size as well.

2. feed only the small nymphs to hatchlings. Not nymphs that JUST were born, but smaller nymphs. I'll see if I can get a picture of them later, if I have any left.


3. I would be less inclined to feed a gigantic female to a gecko (not only should they not be fed because they should be breeders, but they are too wide, imo), but I have three 8 year old geckos that will snatch up an adult male like it's a mealie in a dish.

But I am also VERY careful and ready in case I notice ANY problems while they are eating an adult male dubia.

 

[Kristi23]

I only feed the adult males to my bearded dragon. We never feed off the adult females. They breed until they die. My geckos eat the medium to large size roaches (pre-adult size). I haven't fed any to hatchlings, but the small ones should be fine.

 

[Alusdra]

1. How many roaches and space will be needed to feed 1 bearded dragon and 7-14 geckos?
I have a colony in a 10 gallon tank that has a lot of roaches.... I have no idea how many. I started with maybe 100 though (got 'some' from a person on CL for free), and was feeding mealies until the colony was self-sustaining. I was feeding 10 geckos at one point, 4 hatchlings, and they are still breeding like crazy.

2. Can they be feed to hatch ling geckos?
Sure. My one baby at maybe 20-25 grams ate an white adult male (just shed). I wouldn't try that with a hardened adult, though. But the nymphs are great for feeding babies as well.

3. Do they become too large for adult geckos?
Nah- full grown geckos can eat adult males and seem to enjoy doing so. I wouldn't feed the females, though, it's just a bad management policy because they can live for years and give you tons of babies. Again, I wouldn't really recommend it, though- the wings get passed without being digested, and I stopped feeding adult males due to concerns about possible impaction.

 

[fOOlsgOld]

I agree with the answers you've gotten so far. I would add that yes you could feed the nymphs to hatchlings (they are about 1/2 the size of the head of an eraser). I would suggest starting out with 500 roaches, you could do less but you would have to wait longer to be able to feed off of them.
Here is a link to my roach set up. Hope it gives you some idea as to what is needed.