chris Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 is there anyway to get these things off the ground faster size wise? no one has dubia available in large quanity and mine are taking forever to molt into adults i just added 6 more females into my adult bin and within 2 days i caught them breeding and locked up with males Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 I feed my dubia a variety of foods and they are large. Apples, bananas, oranges, papaya, mango, dog and cat kibble, white bread, romaine lettuce, adult fruit iguana pellets, and cooked hamburger meat. With all that variety your roaches will be bigger and ones you have now will grow faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbrush Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 I throw all the food lying at the bottom of my parrot cage into the dubia tube, place the box on top of my computer (which is hot), and give them plenty of water. They grow FAST! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesavageprojects Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Heat. But careful not to cook 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wodesorel Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 How warm are you keeping them? I'm actually shocked at how fast mine are reaching maturity, and I have them at about 88 degrees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Heat and neglect work for me . I feed them every few days and ignore them the rest of the time. Keep them heated. I don't know how hot mine are, I gave them an old reptile heat rock I found at goodwill. Pretty sure it is the kind that will cook your gecko because it gets very hot to the touch, roaches love it though. Their diet is very varied. I give them oranges, apples, pears, berries, chicken bones, meat scraps, baby food, oatmeal, powdered milk, veggies. The other day my neighbor gave me some pasta in a spicy meat sauce. It wasn't very good, but it was too spicy to feed the dogs, so I figured it wouldn't hurt the roaches so I threw it in there. They went NUTS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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