Picky Dubias won’t eat?

[Ultum4Spiderz]

When you get som

I don't know how many you have, but it honestly don't look like you have too many to worry about splitting. A few options I would suggest is, getting egg flats and have a more organized housing for them, that way they can Finn in the vertical space better, get a larger tote that way you dont sacrifice heat. I prefer the blacked out totes with yellow lids from home depot or lowes, if you really feel you need to separate, I would do it one by one, and do 1 male to every 3-4 females and put all nymphs in with the separated colony. All leftovers use as feeders. I NEVER feed my females off regardless how many I have.

I ordered 450 got a little over half that probably .

Picky Dubias won’t eat?

Yeah, as long as you provide a hot spot and a cool side the roaches will self regulate. Based on that dubia development and breeding study optimal temps are between 75-80°F, but some people have reported success up to 90°F Yeah I’m trying to decide if I just load up on top ventilation or just...

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Now I have 500+ and only 8 adult female Ts to feed and 2 males .
but I had a mass die off over 100 old ones . I tried regular mealworms as cleaning crew but the roaches just ate them.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

I don’t know if the thermostat has gone haywire but I set temperature to 80 and got these readings . And I split some of the colony to another bin.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Is the thermostat correctly set up?

 

[Kada]

I would think it possible for the plastic on top of the sensors to alter the accuracy a bit.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

I would think it possible for the plastic on top of the sensors to alter the accuracy a bit.

It doesn’t stick without tape is there an alternative?

 

[Kada]

It doesn’t stick without tape is there an alternative?

There are plenty of ways to attach a long thing to a flat thing....be creative. Covering the sensor with plastic sheeting does seem to be a bit counter productive, no?

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

There are plenty of ways to attach a long thing to a flat thing....be creative. Covering the sensor with plastic sheeting does seem to be a bit counter productive, no?

I guess i couldn’t think of a better way to do it , I can’t glue it together incase I need to remove the Matt.

 

[Kada]

2 holes and a wire

Or just tape the wire but not the sensor.

 

[Raghild]

I'm not sure if it has been recommended yet, but I keep a bag of mixed frozen root vegetables (unseasoned), in the freezer for my Dubia roaches. The ones I buy has carrots, beets, parsnips, and sweet potatoes in it

They demolish the stuff. I just let a few pieces thaw and put it in. I keep this colony fairly small (it's primarily just a display colony), but they have that dish empty by morning whenever it's a frozen vegetable night.

 

[Charliemum]

Don't keep these things myself to scared they will escape somehow but here in the uk anyone I know that keeps them sets up like this

I know they all use heat too things won't breed unless it's the right temp ect. you manage to sort them out n the vid helps .