temporary dubia roach food

[kingkung]

I picked up 20 dubias nymphs and i forgot to get some food for them. I put some flukers orange cubes cricket food in there for now. would this be ok? or is that not recommended?

 

[Phoenix1115]

While I have 0 experience with Dubia, I think it should be okay until you can get their food. I use then for my mealworms some times and they're gone almost immediately. They love them

 

[LepoInc]

That's fine

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[OnlineGeckos]

Orange cubes are fine, but you don't need any special food for your dubia roaches. They can be fed on whole grain cereal, carrots, and other fresh veggies & fruits. My dubia colony is on a whole grain cereal + carrots diet primarily and they thrive very well.

Just don't feed them dog/cat food, some roach breeders say to use them but they contain too much additives, artificial fillers, chemicals, and lastly they contain too much protein. High protein gut-load is actually bad for your roaches because dubias will get uric acid build up due to high protein diet, and they will cause gout in your geckos.

 

[DrCarrotTail]

Mine existed for a while on cheerios, apples, carrots, kale, and some babyfood mixed with vionate and rice cereal. They are roaches and can live for a while on almost anything. I try to buy high quality roach food for mine now so the good nutrition will pass on to my geckos