Dubia care

[Designer Geckos]

Way back when, when we got into raising dubias, we read a lot of info that said that you had to take a lot of care with them, add humidity, etc.

Being in CO where it is very dry, I thought humidity would be a problem in particular. We have tried many things and found it all to be very simple really.

We do not use ANY humidity and our dubias thrive, are nice and plump, and breed like crazy. We have them in 15 qt tubs in our gecko racks. The backs of the tubs are 90-92 degrees, so they do get the warmth they need. We use egg crates, and feed dry senior cat food. We slice large carrots lengthwise and lay them along the sides of the tubs. We do not use water crystals. We change our carrots every other day. We supplement with orange quarters as a treat once a week....viagra for dubias! Keeping the humidity down may actually be a good thing because it inhibits mold growth which is very bad for dubias. Remove oranges after one day for they mold.

Our colonies thrive and we highly recommend dubias. 36% protein and high in calcium. We tong feed all our dubias so they are easy for the geckos to eat and there are no escapees.

Hope these tips help. I highly recommend them for leos, though only a % of geckos will eat them...but for the geckos that do, they get really big, strong, and robust. Very good for egg laying females!

 

[notacoshells]

viagra for dubias.

 

[GeckoDude31]

Well said, Ray. They are my favorite feeder for the gex.

 

[Notmyfault]

I love dubias and I try to feed them as much as I can.

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[aaronhome27]

When I had bearded dragons I raised my own dubias. after 2 years mine were in a 55 gallon tank I had so many. they are sooo easy to raise. I would imagine I had somewhere in the 25,000+ count when I sold mine. I started with 50! I only used water crystals and fruit or vegetable scraps from the table. For food I ground up cat food, oats, and bulk fish flakes. I never sprayed for moisture either and it stayed very dry. Now that my son is into Pacman frogs and geckos I am getting ready to start a new colony again. They are actually fun to raise. I always loved the reaction when I showed people my colony. Heck my son kept it in his room. I had enough room in the tank that I could move the egg crates from one side to the other from time to time so I could vacuum up the fras. I moved the heat and crates add all of the roaches followed leaving nothing but the fras to vacuum up. Worked pretty slick and kept the stink away!

 

[Angrychair]

I too have a dubia colony. I used to keep a heat pad under neath, but now I just keep them in my basement at 70-80 degrees and they still reproduce fast enough for my animals consumption rate. Always see plenty of babies, last count put me at ~250 adult females, I didn't even attempt to count the rest. 1500-2k total I'd guess. They are in a giant tuperware that's almost the size of a 50g.

I just feed them dog food, left over vegetables, and the occassional orange. I have water crystals but rarely use them. IT's way cleaner to keep the humidity down. I put in half a honeydew melon a few months back, and it made the enclosure really wet, and I got a fruit fly infestation I'm still battling to eradicate.

 

[vinnie-gecko]

im breeding dubia roaches, and ive never done anything special with them. all i do is make sure its warm enough for them to breed and they have enough food.