Dubia Roach Breeding

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Shem

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I am having quite alot of trouble finding info on these lil buggers. I may just be incompetent and missing something totally obvious on google and here, but I can't find a detailed source of information on exactly what I would need to pull off successfully breeding them. Can someone tell me what i would need to buy to get a good set up for them and exactly what to do to get them to breed. or is it really as simple as keeping them alive lol?

Or a link, that would work and be less work your you...

Whatever works. I just cannot find anything.
 
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Crasher_Insane

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"For an enclosure, use a glass aquarium, plastic critter keeper, Rubbermaid type plastic bin or garbage can. Dubia Roaches can not climb so choosing enclosure is simple. Place cardboard egg flats in the bin or tank for hiding places. Stacking vertically works best as it allows all the debris to fall to the bottom of the enclosure. Use no substrate, it is not necessary and only makes cleaning more difficult. Some people use a substrate such as bran for bedding but that only makes it harder to keep the enclosure clean. Besides that, it’s always especially difficult to get the baby roaches out of the bedding that they hide in.

Unlike crickets, roach enclosures do not smell and can be kept clean with a little attention to housekeeping. Sweep or scoop the bottom of the enclosure as required, usually only every few months."
"Keep your feeder roaches at a minimum temperature of 68 degrees. Dubia Roaches are Tropical Roaches and need to be kept warm. If you want them to breed, keep them warm. Day temperatures between 85 to 95 degrees are preferable. Humidity levels should be mid range. Unless you live in a very dry area of the country, there will be enough humidity at 90 degrees.

Blaptica dubia Roaches are easy and reliable breeders. If your adult Dubia Roaches are not producing young, then you are keeping the temperature too low. If roaches die during incomplete molts, then the humidity is too low."
Taken directly from this site: http://www.nyworms.com/dubiacare.htm
Hopefully this helps.
 
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fOOlsgOld

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Keep them warm (93F-97F), make sure to keep them with food and water. Throw in apple cores, slices of potato, orange, carrots, basically I use any left over produce from my kitchen.
I heat them with a regular heating pat set to low/medium/high depending on the season and how cool my basement is.
http://www.bestroach.com/index_files/Page3284.htm dose a great job of showing a good set up.
 
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