best price on Dubia

[malt_geckos]

Thanks everyone!

 

[yellermelon]

no they are identicle to dubia...exept the guy i told you about sells um real cheap

 

[malt_geckos]

Thanks Chris! I am going to have both. I just ordered some dubia from james and I will call the guy you told me about tomorrow to see about what I need to do to get them shipped here. Stupid laws.

 

[AntMan612]

Dubia roaches are soooo much more expensive than crickets... (I wonder if it's because there are fewer breeders.) Anyway, it's too bad because they sound like a good alternative.

 

[wings2fly]

They may be more expensive, but they fill up your gecko much faster too. Besides, the smell, maitenance, and die off is a LOT less.

Carin.

 

[Baker14]

I jsut swtiched my beardie and one of my breeder females to roaches, and im really impressed. My beardie(11 month old) used to go through 20+ each day of crickets, but now eats about 10 or so adult lobster roaches a day. Im also very pleased with the ease of maintinence of the roaches and they make no noise or dont smell. Im all around pleased with them.

 

[clear]

Dubia roaches are soooo much more expensive than crickets... (I wonder if it's because there are fewer breeders.) Anyway, it's too bad because they sound like a good alternative.

The reasons are, They are a slower breeder roach BUT Dont smell, Cant Fly, Dont climb! They are huge also (around 2" but very meaty!) Once you get a good colony rolling it is well worth the $60 to get started. I have bought my dubias from theroachguy.

 

[goReptiles]

I got 200 from James for 72.50 shipped and 300 plus 2 lbs gutload from theroachguy for 91.15 shipped. Theroachguy is cheaper since he doesn't charge shipping for roachs, but I've never bought from him before; I should get his roaches in this week, so we'll see if they're worth it. Ha.

I know my leopard geckos liked the dubia better than discoids; I haven't tried them on the cresteds yet. Wish I had seen a deal of 800-1000 for $150.

 

[AntMan612]

Hopefully starting a self-sustaining roach colony is easy. Otherwise, I could place at least a dozen orders of 500 crickets at $12 each before breaking even with Dubias. That's a lot of crickets, but I do like those benefits.