Did my dubia colony go to hello?

[Sharno]

Edit -- HELL not HELLO

Hey all --
I had a dubia colony booming for about two years. During the huge cold snap in So Cal in the winter I could NOT keep the colony warm despite heat pads and everything.

Since then, the colony fell apart. I am down to about 10% of the original colony. Mostly adults, very few babies. Heat is back up now for 2 months. Still no growth.

I have a lot of dead roaches. I have to get them out.

In the meantime, do you think the lack of new growth is:

1. It just takes time
2. Not enough diversity, need to add a bunch more adults
3. Some issues -- need to totally clean out the colony before putting all dubias back in.

Thanks so much.

 

[Nightstalker47]

Clean out all the dead roaches, and restart fresh from there.

Good luck.

 

[Charlie69]

You need to clean it. Dubia are clean animals they dont do well in dirty container. It doesnt hurt to ad a handfull new ones though. Depends a little on how many you got left.