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[zina10]

It reminds me of when I use to keep arachnids, I found myself being a cricket farmer. Spent more time with them then I did the spiders and scorpions. Lmao, nice job as always young lady. Thanks for sharing.


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The one good thing about the Dubias...they don't make noise! They don't smell bad! And if one gets loose, it won't drive me crazy for days chirping somewhere in the house, LOL!!

[Sonny1318]

The one good thing about the Dubias...they don't make noise! They don't smell bad! And if one gets loose, it won't drive me crazy for days chirping somewhere in the house, LOL!!

Talking about it makes me wish I had my emperor scorpions back, I really miss them, I never see them anywhere anymore. But I kinda liked the chirping from the crickets, it relaxed me, lol.


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[Sauzo]

I only have the one Crestie, LOL. I didn't plan on breeding the Dubias, but some of them are already to big for Smeagol, so I ignore them for now. Its not hot enough for them to breed, but it will be soon.

That's a great idea about the Alfalfa, those are healthy greens

I want to keep it small, so I can easily keep them clean and well fed. Smeagol enjoys them immensely, so I want them to be as healthy for him, as I can get them to be

They will be moved out of the house when the Orkin man comes by!

Just go for broke and let the colony get big. When i did that, i actually made a nice little chunk of change off them. I mean not enough to retire and buy me an island but they paid for themselves and allowed me to basically buy stuff like hornworms and butterworms for free more or less.

And assuming they are warm enough to grow, they will breed. Maybe not at light speed like if you keep them around 85F but they will breed lol. Also give them some orange slices and watch the males go bananas after they eat it haha. It's like they go into overdrive and chance the females all over. Pretty funny.

And yeah, the alfalfa is their staple as it is good for beardies and gives roughage too.

[Sauzo]

The one good thing about the Dubias...they don't make noise! They don't smell bad! And if one gets loose, it won't drive me crazy for days chirping somewhere in the house, LOL!!

So true. They also dont bite like crickets so if you lose one in the cage, they wont eat your lizard.

I had a male escape once as they do fly/glide. I was watching TV and saw this huge 747 go flying by and land on the wall. I was like "Holy Jebus!! What was that??!" I thought it was some weird huge animal/bug that got in my house. Grabbed a shoe and was ready to beat some butt. I walked over there and there was a huge male roach sitting on the wall lol.

The thing i like about them is if you get an escapee, they dont do well in the winter without heat so they will die.

[zina10]

Talking about it makes me wish I had my emperor scorpions back, I really miss them, I never see them anywhere anymore. But I kinda liked the chirping from the crickets, it relaxed me, lol.


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Yeah, I'm deathly afraid of spiders and scorpions creep me out , too I've tried to get over that fear and planned on getting a Tarantula once. So I forced myself to research them. The whole time I felt sick just looking at the videos and pictures. I just couldn't do it.. But perhaps one day

A bunch of crickets chirping nonstop is not bad and kind of soothing, but back when I had a Bearded Dragon I had the odd cricket get loose in the house. When it is just a single one that decides to chirp here and there, it is VERY annoying. Esp. if you can't find it, LOL!!

[zina10]

Just go for broke and let the colony get big. When i did that, i actually made a nice little chunk of change off them. I mean not enough to retire and buy me an island but they paid for themselves and allowed me to basically buy stuff like hornworms and butterworms for free more or less.

And assuming they are warm enough to grow, they will breed. Maybe not at light speed like if you keep them around 85F but they will breed lol. Also give them some orange slices and watch the males go bananas after they eat it haha. It's like they go into overdrive and chance the females all over. Pretty funny.

And yeah, the alfalfa is their staple as it is good for beardies and gives roughage too.

So Oranges, huh !!! LOL

I think I should remove all the food out of the tub when the Orkin guy comes and show him the tub full of roaches and tell him we found those all over the house since he left last time, LMAO!!! He is such a nice guy, too, so over correct all the time, he'll probably have a heart attack!!!

The only reason I won't do it is because I would have to admit that I take care of all those roaches. On purpose.

[zina10]

So true. They also dont bite like crickets so if you lose one in the cage, they wont eat your lizard.

I had a male escape once as they do fly/glide. I was watching TV and saw this huge 747 go flying by and land on the wall. I was like "Holy Jebus!! What was that??!" I thought it was some weird huge animal/bug that got in my house. Grabbed a shoe and was ready to beat some butt. I walked over there and there was a huge male roach sitting on the wall lol.

The thing i like about them is if you get an escapee, they dont do well in the winter without heat so they will die.

I can see how that would go when I have my mom visiting..oy !!

Esp. when I would scream at my brother not to crush it with a shoe, its my $5 breeder cockroach.

[Sauzo]

So Oranges, huh !!! LOL

I think I should remove all the food out of the tub when the Orkin guy comes and show him the tub full of roaches and tell him we found those all over the house since he left last time, LMAO!!! He is such a nice guy, too, so over correct all the time, he'll probably have a heart attack!!!

The only reason I won't do it is because I would have to admit that I take care of all those roaches. On purpose.

Lol yeah. Oranges are like crack and viagra rolled into one for roaches. I kind of quit feeding it to them and the breeding slowed down but when i wanted to power breed them, i would slice up 2-3 oranges and oh boy, you would hear the skittering and the males fluttering bouncing off the lid of the tub all night long haha. Then in the morning, i would look inside the tub and you would see males and females connected butt to butt sitting on egg crates. The best is when you see that, just touch them, the both try and run forward but are connected so they dont know what way to go lol.

[Sauzo]

Yeah, I'm deathly afraid of spiders and scorpions creep me out , too I've tried to get over that fear and planned on getting a Tarantula once. So I forced myself to research them. The whole time I felt sick just looking at the videos and pictures. I just couldn't do it.. But perhaps one day

A bunch of crickets chirping nonstop is not bad and kind of soothing, but back when I had a Bearded Dragon I had the odd cricket get loose in the house. When it is just a single one that decides to chirp here and there, it is VERY annoying. Esp. if you can't find it, LOL!!

Me too. I get the heebie jeebies when i look at spiders espcially big ones like tarantulas or bird eater. I saw one on FB and so i wanted to learn more. I googled them and read about them and then i made the mistake of looking at the pics and videos on goggle and oh man, i kept feeling like something was crawling up my legs haha. Scorpions arent too bad but i wouldnt want one in my house.

And you are braver than me saying 'perhaps one day'. For me, there is no way on gods green earth a big spider is going to be living in my house. I literally would not be able to sit around or sleep lol.

[Joelgriz8124]

When I bread bearded dragons I started out with 150 mixed Dubias and one bin . Before I knew it I had wayyyyy too many to deal with . I had 4 huge ass bins full of them . Cleaning the bins became ridiculously hard to do . Got way to overwhelmed and just gave them away to a friend with a couple beardies ..... his problem now XD


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