Quote Originally Posted by Jabberwocky Dragons View Post
So, with your temps, your hot side should be a couple degrees warmer but it's not horrible. You need to drop the cool side by at least 10 degrees. A cool side in the low to mid 70s is preferable but you need to bring it at least down to 80. She has no chance to cool off right now and that's not good. Move the heat lamp as far away from the cool side as you can and get it dropped down.

You're going to have make a decision on the dubia. She needs protein. If it's a choice between nothing and those dubia, I'd give her the dubia. I don't think their feeding off each other will necessarily spread parasites but it will deplete their nutrition. Gut load them with scraps. Give them vegetable scraps, fruit scraps, and carb scraps (stale bread, etc). I don't give any gel to my colonies, they get their hydration from fresh vegetables and this will jam pack them with nutrients.

There's really nothing you can store in bulk protein-wise, fresh and live is the best. You can keep some mealworms and waxworms in the fridge which shouldn't be a primary food source but would be great to supplement with. If you can provide inexpensive food and hydration to your dubia, you'll have awesome protein. If you're worried about potential parasites, go to a pet store and get a couple dozen crickets for a couple bucks.

ok thanks a bunch for the advice I'll see what I can do about cleaning up the dubia situation maybe i can salvage it. its a little hard to lower the temp in the enclosure because its always hot inside my house and we dont have central air. but i'll give it a shot.