I received 120 Dubias on friday of last week and since i have received them they have been dieing off slowly. I don't know what the problem is but i will try to explain my setup and hopefully somebody has some ideas. I have seen about 1 or 2 dead each day right now and i'm really worried.
They are enclosed in a 40gallon rubbermaid tote
For heat i have a 5watt UTH heater on the left side with a 100watt red heat lamp on top of the same side to keep the air temp correct. I am running a similair setup on my leopard gecko cage and they are very happy. I use a temp gun to read the bottom of the enclosure's temperature and a thermometer for the air temp anywhere else. The air temp is just about 85degrees which from what i understand is correct.
The right side has nothing but is cooler and provide the gradient needed. On the left i have 3 egg crates, fresh unused crates, stacked vertically. On the right there is 1 egg crate a empty paper towel roll and 3 random sheets of paper towel for them.
I keep the food in the middle in a shallow plastic tray. It is ground up eukanuba large breed dog food with ground up cereal (raisin bran crunch to be specific right now). Every 3 days i put in some carrots, an apple or whatever else is laying around. I make sure to take this out within a day or 2 to prevent mold. In a seperate tray is a shallow thing of water with pebbles in it to prevent drowning. I have not seen a single one drown.
O and the tote has 2 cutouts on top covered with screen for air circulation. One screen has the heat lamp on it while the other is wide open.
I only see dead males now and only have seen 3 dead females but that was the first weekend and i know the temperature was off those first 3 days. I did see 1 dead nymph yesterday but it looked like he got beat up by another roach or something , maybe something fell on him i don't know but he was on his way out anyways.
This morning there was a dead male and yesterday another dead male. I tend to notice them before they die and they are very sluggish. The one who died this morning last night the left half of his body seemed to be paralyzed. Please help.:main_huh: They are all young adults by the way.
They are enclosed in a 40gallon rubbermaid tote
For heat i have a 5watt UTH heater on the left side with a 100watt red heat lamp on top of the same side to keep the air temp correct. I am running a similair setup on my leopard gecko cage and they are very happy. I use a temp gun to read the bottom of the enclosure's temperature and a thermometer for the air temp anywhere else. The air temp is just about 85degrees which from what i understand is correct.
The right side has nothing but is cooler and provide the gradient needed. On the left i have 3 egg crates, fresh unused crates, stacked vertically. On the right there is 1 egg crate a empty paper towel roll and 3 random sheets of paper towel for them.
I keep the food in the middle in a shallow plastic tray. It is ground up eukanuba large breed dog food with ground up cereal (raisin bran crunch to be specific right now). Every 3 days i put in some carrots, an apple or whatever else is laying around. I make sure to take this out within a day or 2 to prevent mold. In a seperate tray is a shallow thing of water with pebbles in it to prevent drowning. I have not seen a single one drown.
O and the tote has 2 cutouts on top covered with screen for air circulation. One screen has the heat lamp on it while the other is wide open.
I only see dead males now and only have seen 3 dead females but that was the first weekend and i know the temperature was off those first 3 days. I did see 1 dead nymph yesterday but it looked like he got beat up by another roach or something , maybe something fell on him i don't know but he was on his way out anyways.
This morning there was a dead male and yesterday another dead male. I tend to notice them before they die and they are very sluggish. The one who died this morning last night the left half of his body seemed to be paralyzed. Please help.:main_huh: They are all young adults by the way.
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