Just realized me Michelle and Icy all posted at the same time, im just slow.

Roaches-crickets depends on size, If you feed the same size roach as you would cricket then its the same amount, generally for a baby you cant overfeed them, so it will show you,

Dont feed anything larger then the space between your dragons eyes, and you are good.

As for adult, again, if the same size, then it should be the same.

But where it gets confusing, is soft bodied worms, like 1 hornworm is the equivilant to 20 or so crickets saposedly, all i know is 1-2 hornworms a day that were 6-9g filled my dragon up each day when she was 9 months old.

Anyway, it depends on size, a baby will tell you, you have to sort of do some guess work with an adult, once hes a good weight, then you try to keep him there, if he is loosing weight let him eat more, gaining, cut back a little, but thats with insects, they need a fresh salad daily.

Anyway, I would avoid a UTH, without a thermostat most get 115*F+ as you probably know, they sense heat from above using their "third eye" which is a light/heat sensing organ, anyway, they adjust their location/behavior depending on what they get from that, so a heat pad/rock can easily overheat and burn them without knowing it. And they could dig or push the sand away too. (also not to overdo it, but only use sand with an adult, they dont naturally live on sand in the wild, so its really not a hugely great choice IMO).

Also they thrive in bright white light, so heat in the form of a bright white lightbulb is best.

You only need use extra heat for the night if temps drop below 65*F at night, if you need to, a Ceramic heat emitter is better, they can see most colored light, so red/purple/black are not great either.

OT, Icy, nice to see another from MA. Reptiles seem to be rare around here, so another owner is always cool.