food for my dubias

I grind up Honey Nut Cheerios, corn meal and oat meal for mine, I also put fish flake food and sometimes calcium powder in it, they tear it up and my colony has grown like crazy, I will never run out of roaches for my one bearded dragon....


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I also heard when you do fresh food to be careful and not keep it in there long, you don’t want it to mold, that could wipe out your whole colony


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Originally Posted by Finn0208

I also heard when you do fresh food to be careful and not keep it in there long, you don’t want it to mold, that could wipe out your whole colony

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Yes with the fruit rinds I only have them in for a day or so before replacing them. Fortunately I like to eat a lot of fruit so it's no hardship. :D

I have been using the Repashy bug burger for all my feeder insects along with vegetables, grain, and limited fruit. I like the breakdown of ingredients in the 'bug burger'.

With roaches - you should be careful regarding their protein intake. It is known that roaches fed a high protein diet for too long can build up a concerning amount of uric acid, which is implicated in causing maladys in some reptiles.

Repashy on Uric acid and Gout

Information from Dubia Roach Depot

I used to grind up dog food and plain Cheerios for mine. Then I would give them oranges in addition to that. They really seemed to enjoy the oranges, my population seemed to boom when I added oranges to their diet.