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    food for my dubias

    anyone here make their own food for their roaches? im still using the mixture that i got from the guy i got the set up from, but will need to come up with something soon.

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    Are you looking for a dry chow type food? I just feed mine fresh veggies like greens and squash. Same thing I feed my beardie. Occasionally I give them plain Cheerios as a treat - they love hauling those things around.

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    Re: food for my dubias

    I use different gut load products and water cubes, or just spray water on the substrate every few days (just a little).

    Gutload food: http://www.reptilebasics.com/cricket...-gutload-100g/

    Water cubes: http://www.reptilebasics.com/water-c...-use-32oz-jar/

    Bedding/food combo: https://www.lllreptile.com/products/...-diet-20-ounce or https://www.lllreptile.com/products/...alworm-bedding. I mix them up. Mealworm bedding is cheaper and works, so I just mix in the dubai diet and the jurrasidiet gut load.

    Fruit and veggies work too, but for Leopard Gecko's I am not sure what is best. When I had a beardie I used the food he ate. The above is what I do for my Leopard Geckos.

    I also supplement with vitamins and calcium (more often than vitamins) on the food (not every feeding) when I feed, so I want the food to be nutritious and juicy, but not necessarily stuffed with veggies.

    It can also get messy with fresh veggies in there.
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    Re: food for my dubias

    Quote Originally Posted by hilabeans View Post
    Are you looking for a dry chow type food? I just feed mine fresh veggies like greens and squash. Same thing I feed my beardie. Occasionally I give them plain Cheerios as a treat - they love hauling those things around.
    yes, basically i can grind up for them, and supplement with some fruit and veggies.

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    Re: food for my dubias

    Quote Originally Posted by dakski View Post
    I use different gut load products and water cubes, or just spray water on the substrate every few days (just a little).

    Gutload food: http://www.reptilebasics.com/cricket...-gutload-100g/

    Water cubes: http://www.reptilebasics.com/water-c...-use-32oz-jar/

    Bedding/food combo: https://www.lllreptile.com/products/...-diet-20-ounce or https://www.lllreptile.com/products/...alworm-bedding. I mix them up. Mealworm bedding is cheaper and works, so I just mix in the dubai diet and the jurrasidiet gut load.

    Fruit and veggies work too, but for Leopard Gecko's I am not sure what is best. When I had a beardie I used the food he ate. The above is what I do for my Leopard Geckos.

    I also supplement with vitamins and calcium (more often than vitamins) on the food (not every feeding) when I feed, so I want the food to be nutritious and juicy, but not necessarily stuffed with veggies.

    It can also get messy with fresh veggies in there.
    i have seen the store bought foods, mine would eat that 20oz jar in a couple days, they eat like teenagers lol

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    Re: food for my dubias

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    i have seen the store bought foods, mine would eat that 20oz jar in a couple days, they eat like teenagers lol
    Wow! How many animals and dubai's do you have?

    I have three LG's and they eat about 300 roaches in about 2-3 months (I also feed mealworms and occasionally gecko crack, like wax worms or phoenix worms).

    That dubai food lasts me a while!

    Good luck. Not sure how you would make your own, but have also heard that dry fish food works too. There are probably more recipes for making your own fish food online than dubai roach food. Just a thought.
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    Re: food for my dubias

    Quote Originally Posted by dakski View Post
    Wow! How many animals and dubai's do you have?

    I have three LG's and they eat about 300 roaches in about 2-3 months (I also feed mealworms and occasionally gecko crack, like wax worms or phoenix worms).

    That dubai food lasts me a while!

    Good luck. Not sure how you would make your own, but have also heard that dry fish food works too. There are probably more recipes for making your own fish food online than dubai roach food. Just a thought.
    i only have one LG, my colony has taken off like wild fire, thankfully my sons school has a beardie so i bring him food as well, right now im guessing i have 300-400 roaches of various size.

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    Re: food for my dubias

    Quote Originally Posted by MrBeeBow View Post
    i only have one LG, my colony has taken off like wild fire, thankfully my sons school has a beardie so i bring him food as well, right now im guessing i have 300-400 roaches of various size.
    Wow, okay.

    How much are you feeding the roaches? I put food in every couple of days with water and don't feed again until it's gone or close (especially with dry food). I also don't want them to grow like crazy, so I don't feed every day.

    I could feed bigger roaches to my BTS, but prefer not to give them to him too often.

    I guess since I buy small roaches, they don't eat as much as the larger ones by far!

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    Re: food for my dubias

    Quote Originally Posted by dakski View Post
    Wow, okay.

    How much are you feeding the roaches? I put food in every couple of days with water and don't feed again until it's gone or close (especially with dry food). I also don't want them to grow like crazy, so I don't feed every day.

    I could feed bigger roaches to my BTS, but prefer not to give them to him too often.

    I guess since I buy small roaches, they don't eat as much as the larger ones by far!
    they always have food in the tub right now, as well as water crystals.

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    I don't keep a whole colony, just enough to feed one leopard gecko, so I only buy a dozen at a time locally. I just put a core from a piece of fruit like apple or pear in with them, or a rind from a melon. FWIW they really love mango.

    I like using fruit cores or melon rinds because the juice makes them sticky, so the powdered Ca/D3 and vitamin supplement really sticks to them when I feed them off.

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