Sandhouse
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- Location
- Southeast coastal GA, USA
I can't keep a colony but I won't bore you with the details of that. I want to keep 50-100 small (up to a half inch) dubias at a time. I'll order them online.
Do most geckos transition well from crickets to dubias?
My room is 65-70F and they would be in my walk in closet. Do they need heat and if so can I slap a small UTH on it and call it done? I don't have a thermometer right now.
Can they stay in shoebox sized plastic containers or my large cricket keeper? I have several plastic storage boxes hanging around and it would be convenient. I actually have two lids with holes already but when I used them for mealworms (which they won't eat at all) the substrate ended up with mold and there was a ton of condensation on the sides. My understanding is that dubias need no substrate and do need moisture so would this be ok? Maybe drill more holes? I live in Georgia (USA) and mold loves it here. Would keeping food changed out be enough to keep out mold and all that?
Is there one or two cheap staple foods I can give them? I just use baby carrots and oatmeal for the crickets. What if I just added banana slices or something? Would that be too mold prone?
Do they die easily if I do anything slightly wrong? My crickets love to die. I'm hoping for something as tough and easy as mealworms.
Some info on my geckos: I have a baby leopard gecko, a half grown fat tail, and a crested that eats a cricket or two once a week (which he doesn't have to have obviously). They're big cricket people.
Do most geckos transition well from crickets to dubias?
My room is 65-70F and they would be in my walk in closet. Do they need heat and if so can I slap a small UTH on it and call it done? I don't have a thermometer right now.
Can they stay in shoebox sized plastic containers or my large cricket keeper? I have several plastic storage boxes hanging around and it would be convenient. I actually have two lids with holes already but when I used them for mealworms (which they won't eat at all) the substrate ended up with mold and there was a ton of condensation on the sides. My understanding is that dubias need no substrate and do need moisture so would this be ok? Maybe drill more holes? I live in Georgia (USA) and mold loves it here. Would keeping food changed out be enough to keep out mold and all that?
Is there one or two cheap staple foods I can give them? I just use baby carrots and oatmeal for the crickets. What if I just added banana slices or something? Would that be too mold prone?
Do they die easily if I do anything slightly wrong? My crickets love to die. I'm hoping for something as tough and easy as mealworms.
Some info on my geckos: I have a baby leopard gecko, a half grown fat tail, and a crested that eats a cricket or two once a week (which he doesn't have to have obviously). They're big cricket people.