lack of Dubia Babies

[im faster]

Okay so i dont pay much attention to the colony its been about 2-3 months..

i water them and feed a lot of different things.. kitten chow, carrots, muffins, veggies, any thing else i have around..

heat cord under the the tub to raise temps.. more.. normal room temp is 87ish



so after looking i have

probably 100 or more adaults

and very few babies..


WHYYYYY!!!!!

 

[5HiddenLizards]

It took about three months for my adults to give babies.
And now I get at least 60 babies every couple days. My females are just producing machines.

Some people have said that oranges are a booster for the roaches, get them in the mood, or something like that. Lol

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[Darcpixie]

Where are the pictures sir? And do you want us to bring you some next show?!?

 

[Pinky81]

Ive been pumping out babies since the get go!!!

Have you tried Orange?? I did do orange for quite a few weeks as I read on a bunch of places that oranges seem to help kick start breeding.

Also what do you mean by adult dubia?? There is a difference between adult and breeding size. Do you have some pics of your "adults"? And how many of that 100 are males and how many are females??

 

[im faster]

 

[fl_orchidslave]

It took about three months for my adults to give babies.
And now I get at least 60 babies every couple days. My females are just producing machines.

Some people have said that oranges are a booster for the roaches, get them in the mood, or something like that. Lol

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No wonder dubias are illegal in Forida! We grow oranges.

 

[Wowoklol]

Oh wow!! No babies at all! Lemme get Wowoklol to post the ones we just took.

...stupid iPad. Lemme switch to me!!!

 

[Darcpixie]

All better. You need more, I think!

 

[im faster]

more what?

 

[Darcpixie]

Roaches in general. Did you buy nymphs?

 

[im faster]

I did i bought like 100 or 2 but i dunno where they all went???

 

[Darcpixie]

Looks like you have some really big nymphs. We just found it helpful to add mixed/small nymphs to get the colony going.

 

[im faster]

Ill add some more..

 

[Ozz465]

Saw the pics , mostly large nymphs and a few adults (mostly males) takes time , i started with 20 females and 5 males all adults in march and have only a hundred , started with turkish roaches at the same time , went from 1000 to 6k+ in 3 months , colony crashed and was left with 100 or so 2 months ago . now at a few hundred adults and thousands of babies . sorry for the long winded response , just sharing.

 

[Pinky81]

Saw the pics , mostly large nymphs and a few adults (mostly males) takes time , i started with 20 females and 5 males all adults in march and have only a hundred , started with turkish roaches at the same time , went from 1000 to 6k+ in 3 months , colony crashed and was left with 100 or so 2 months ago . now at a few hundred adults and thousands of babies . sorry for the long winded response , just sharing.

I agree you don't seem to have a ton of adult breeding female...get more breeding females, not just large nymphs. Don't worry too much about getting baby nymphs that won't do much for you. There is a vendor on ebay who has bids for breeding adults....otherwise you can get some I think from The Roach Guy.com. one male to every 5-6 breeding full size females.

Try oranges as well...its worth a try.

@ Laney thats hilarous I never thought about that!!!!

 

[5HiddenLizards]

Don't mean to jack, but I get lots of nymphs that turn into males & I feed a good number of males off. Is there a way to tell if the male is a breeder ? I'd hate to end up feeding off all my mature males. I tend to harvest the smaller males & leave th bigger ones though. Just a question!



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[Pinky81]

breeding males will have FULL wings...and a little less bulky body.

 

[5HiddenLizards]

So the skinny males are mature? Most to all of my males have full wings, but some are bulkier than others. <-those are safe to feed off?



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