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what kind of cat food to u guys feed your B. Dubia? Whats a good brand? Dry or wet food?
B. Dubia food
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Dry food. Wet is asking for mold. Not that I think it's a giant deal but I use whatever has "natural" on the label. Alot of foods have things like taurine or preservatives that are completely unnecessary. I use "naturals: plus vitamins and minerals" from purina. I mix it with corn meal because its really cheap. $15 for a 50 lb bag
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thank you!!!
robc made a video on how he keps his Dubia colony on youtube. I'm sure it's still on his site somewhere (tarantulaguy1976). Anyway, I think I remember him saying that it is better to use a cheap brand because they're the ones that don't have added calcium. And you don't want to load your roaches with a lot of calcium because too much calcium can lead to moulting problems with the larger Ts.
I just use supermarket 'own brand' dry cat food for mine mixed with crushed oatmeal
I just use supermarket 'own brand' dry cat food for mine mixed with crushed oatmeal
Ah crud, you're going to make me rethink my choice of roach foodrobc made a video on how he keps his Dubia colony on youtube. I'm sure it's still on his site somewhere (tarantulaguy1976). Anyway, I think I remember him saying that it is better to use a cheap brand because they're the ones that don't have added calcium. And you don't want to load your roaches with a lot of calcium because too much calcium can lead to moulting problems with the larger Ts.
I just use supermarket 'own brand' dry cat food for mine mixed with crushed oatmeal
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I use the super cheap blue bag stuff from target and it works well enough. Bit of a smell generated because of the catfood, but nothing major IME.
I have to say the 'plus vitamins and minerals' does sound a bit suspicious on the calcium side... LOL
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I buy dry cat food at an organic food store, Whole Foods. I do that because there is a lot of grain used in dry dog and dry cat foods, maybe the chances of pesticides being in the organic brands is less but, lol how do we know..
- My roaches love to eat bran, I just dumped a few handfuls in a few times a week and in the morning most of it has been eaten.
- They go coo coo for banana
- I will sometimes soak a slice of bread in water then place it in the roach bin, they will eat it all and get the liquid out of it by morning.
- They will pretty much eat anything...
- I do mist my bin as well and have not had any mold in the past 1-2 years I have had them. However, when I do mist, I turn the temperature up on the heatmat for a few hours to get the humidity high and dry it out.
- They go coo coo for banana
- I will sometimes soak a slice of bread in water then place it in the roach bin, they will eat it all and get the liquid out of it by morning.
- They will pretty much eat anything...
- I do mist my bin as well and have not had any mold in the past 1-2 years I have had them. However, when I do mist, I turn the temperature up on the heatmat for a few hours to get the humidity high and dry it out.