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Dubia Roaches?
Hi,
I am getting my first crested gecko later next week, and for more nutritional value and just for the fun of it, I am getting 30 dubia roaches for free, and I only have to pay six dollars for shipping. I am getting a lot of free stuff lately!
Anyways, I was wondering, what is the best way to take for the roaches until they get fed? How big of a container do I need for 30 dubia roach nymphs? How good are they for crested geckos? How many should I feed to a hatchling crested gecko, after it is established on CGD? What should I feed the nymphs? And what should I do for water and substrate?
I'm sorry for all of the questions, but I want to make sure I don't kill all of the nymphs before my new crested gecko can even munch on one!
Thanks for any help,
~ Mackenzie
~!* Mackenzie R. *!~
(Middletown, Ohio, USA)
~ 1.0.0 python regius "*Ozzy*". ~
Formerly known as " Sadistic Serpent "
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Re: Dubia Roaches?
Originally Posted by Sadistic Serpent
Hi,
I am getting my first crested gecko later next week, and for more nutritional value and just for the fun of it, I am getting 30 dubia roaches for free, and I only have to pay six dollars for shipping. I am getting a lot of free stuff lately!
Anyways, I was wondering, what is the best way to take for the roaches until they get fed? How big of a container do I need for 30 dubia roach nymphs? How good are they for crested geckos? How many should I feed to a hatchling crested gecko, after it is established on CGD? What should I feed the nymphs? And what should I do for water and substrate?
I'm sorry for all of the questions, but I want to make sure I don't kill all of the nymphs before my new crested gecko can even munch on one!
Thanks for any help,
~ Mackenzie
$6 for 30 roaches is nuts.
30 nymphs...
let's put it this way, I ship 500 across the country in the winter in a 6oz cup.
give them a cardboard tube (toilet paper tubes work great) and a piece of a carrot. 30....I would put them in a deli dish and personally would not put the lid on it...just make sure it is in a place it can't be spilled by a cat or anything else.
large deli dish/cups would be fine for such small numbers and sizes.
nymphs can't climb really smooth plastic...but if there is a seam, they can hold on and climb.
just keep them away from the edge and you will be fine...nymphs don't climb, jump or fly.
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Re: Dubia Roaches?
No substrate is easiest to clean. Use water crystals instead of a dish of water so they won't drown. You can get the Flukers Cricket Quencher in any PetSmart/PetCo.
As far as a container, I use a rubbermaid tub with a cutout in the lid covered with screen. I know they can't really climb, but i'm too much of a chicken to leave it uncovered. I have a heatpad under the container operating at about 92 degrees and a bunch of eggcrates stacked vertically inside.
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Re: Dubia Roaches?
Thanks! Everyone was extremely helpful!
~!* Mackenzie R. *!~
(Middletown, Ohio, USA)
~ 1.0.0 python regius "*Ozzy*". ~
Formerly known as " Sadistic Serpent "
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