Your favorite feeders?

[Urzeitmensch]

Zoophobas (superworms).

They last for a long time with minimal care, they are big, don't smell (yet), don't jumb or climb.

They burrow, though.

 

[brahn]

I don't know where you read that but it's "fake news". I have to keep a ceramic heater over my colony or they won't breed. I currently have them at 82 deg.f and they're just starting to reproduce.

That's great news actually, would be good to have a better feeder roach than dubias, as red runners don't seem as inclined to play rocks when anything gets close to them.

 

[brian petersen]

I did not see that earthworms were mentioned much in this thread. I used to feed these occasionally to my Rosea. is there a reason why these were not mentioned much? I am asking because i am just getting back into keeping T's and am trying to gain some knowledge. I always used ones collected from areas not treated with chemicals.

 

[Jayvicularia]

My Ts readily take crickets over all else. I have a small cricket farm in a 5 gal tank under a red heat lamp. I cut the bottoms off 1/2 gallon milk jugs and fill them with damp coco coir for egg laying. I will sometimes pull the container and store It in a ziplock bag in fridge for later hatching. I turn the heatlamp off when they are half grown to reduce growth and then turn it back on when I want them to breed. The best advice for successful cricket raising is to pull the dead out twice a week before they start stinking too bad. Keep dry except egg media and water with fresh fruit. Wild dandelions are the best cricket chow especially for the little ones. When i get too many crix I feed em to my chickens. They go nuts for them.

Unless you keep your house temp. in the 80's-90's there's no chance of infestation. I had 2 bins dumped with hundreds escaping - a dozen glue traps later most roaches gone and I've never seen a baby (I have changed the way I feed however - smaller feeder bin inside a larger bin)

I have just started to have my first batches of dubia nymphs at around 84 degrees. I dont worry about them reproducing if they escape..but nature finds a way. It wouldn't surprise me if a gravid female wouldn't seek out a Heat source like the back of your fridge for an incubation site.

 

[SonsofArachne]

I have just started to have my first batches of dubia nymphs at around 84 degrees. I dont worry about them reproducing if they escape..but nature finds a way. It wouldn't surprise me if a gravid female wouldn't seek out a Heat source like the back of your fridge for an incubation site.

As I stated in my post I had hundreds escape in my house. If it were possible for them to breed they would have.