Great info and you presented it in an easy-to-understand way! I have a juvenile bearded dragon and it's getting to be obscene what I'm spending on roaches. Guess it's time to get over my roach issues. 😅 Thanks!
this is great info. I want to start my own colony. I have a bearded dragon, leopard gecko and crested gecko. I keep ordering insect all the time. so it is time to start my own colony. I stated mealworms.
Thanks for this, I've had success breeding crickets, mealworms and superworms but it just wasn't happening with the roaches, think I was keeping them in too cold a tank so fingers crossed a heat mat will help! 🤞🏻
I see most people don´t use substrate, but make self-cleaning bins. I love the idea of bioactive set-up if that means I do not need to clean it, but I heard that roaches dig in the soil, so it would be hard to find them. I would need to search for smaller ones, since I would feed them to my leopard geckos. Do you have a problem with this?
this is a late comment but you can use a deep water dish. My method is that I use moss to fill the water dish so that roaches and isopods can have a climbing surface to not drown. Hope it helps
I had to wipe down the inside of my tote because it was covered in a thin white powdery substance. I don’t know what it was because it wasn’t there when I started my colony. So mine were actually climbing up to the top!
Whoa! That’s super interesting! Never experienced that! You can get packing tape and line the top of the tank with it and they will slip to make sure they don’t do it again but that’s crazy
I have a beardie and inherited a leopard gecko from my brother and I’ve just added 5 pairs of female and male adult Dubia roaches to two different bins to start breeding each of them their own bucket but every video I’ve watched is saying they breed insanely so I’m kinda worried because I think I overdid it side note : I fed one of the male roaches to my beardie because of people talking about the male to female ratio
Love your videos this is something I’ve been wanting to do for a while. Dubai roaches aren’t exactly expensive I usually get like 200 mediums for 15$ and they last so much longer than mealworms and crickets combined lol I also don’t find them to smell as bad. Tho I think it would be cool to have a small colony, I could always save a couple bucks in this expensive hobby.
They're good feeders for chickens, baby reptiles/tarantulas/centipedes/carnivorous plants. You can also leave them in the sun to die and give them to your birds in their bird feeders.
Im trying to find it in the video, but I can't find the exact spot. Did you say they will chew through fiberglass screen? Should I be spending the extra for aluminum screening for the hole in the top? Thanks.
I seen another one of your videos on storing the roaches and it was pretty much the same info except you didn’t use the sand and dirt combo I’m wondering now after seeing this video which was is better let me know
What's actually hard for me to keep feeder colony is, well.... Wild ants, especially fire ants and pharaoh ants. But actually it's quite easy to prevent that
I only have like 12 right now i bought about 3 dozen and i feed them and the ones i haven't fed to my gecko are still alive but, how cam i make sire theyre actually eating. I put carrots, apples, bananas, saeet potatoes but it doesn't look like theyre eating. Maybe its too few to make it obvious? I keep them on paper substrate, at around 78 degrees, pretty low humidity and in the dark. Give them an egg carton. I just can't tell if theyre eating and thats my only concern cuz i want to gutload them properly
Hey man going to start a colony soon. Can't decide should I do 10 males 30 females or 5 males 25 females ? Would the only 5 males produce much slower ? Thx
Do they have a bad odor like crickets I mean obviously if you don't clean up after them of course there's going to be some odor. I guess what I'm asking you said about in your other video once a month cleaning up the enclosure is it take your breath away or when you open the door to the room can you smell them when it's time to clean it
Now I will say they are pretty hardy as well they can survive low humidity but if you find the females aborting there babies then yes boost that humidity.
I saw someone use oatmeal as a substrate. Whats up with that. What if I don't necessarily wanna breed them but just wanna keep so I don't have to buy them every week? Do I haha to go this same route? I got everything except the substrate, roaches and egg cartons.
Adding substrate makes it that much harder for when your ready to set them plus soil collects waste and can hold too much moisture if not properly vented
Yeah depending on the age, if it’s an adult feed 6 roaches twice a week. Roaches in my opinion are the best source of protein for bearded dragons. (NOT superworms or mealworms).
How do you deal with the fruit flies they generate? Maybe I'm doing something wrong but my farm generated dozens of them daily. I couldn't take it anymore and had to kill out the whole farm
@ yeah it is super strange and I was feeding them good stuff too. And yeah there was leaves and soil and eggs crates and oranges and they decided the isopods instead. Of course the most expensive thing in there haha
Bro those crickets chirping in the background had me thinkin I had an escapee
Hahaha breeding crickets is not fun sometimes
Literally! Thought I was the only one lol had to pause it like 4 times.
“My wife will kill me if I dont have a lid on it.”
I feel you bro
even if it isnt possible, just the thought of 100-1000 different sized dubias just sitting there without a lid is making my skin "crawl" lmfaoooooo
my girl doesnt want me getting roaches at all lol
My sister hates them so much but got to feed her dragon 😂
Same
Great info and you presented it in an easy-to-understand way! I have a juvenile bearded dragon and it's getting to be obscene what I'm spending on roaches. Guess it's time to get over my roach issues. 😅 Thanks!
Happy to help! Haha yes I haven’t bought dubias in years.
Same! We have a leopard gecko and I ain't paying $15 for 25 roaches. 😂
Thanks!
Happy to help thanks!
Love coco coir for cricket bins for reducing moisture, but Ill add leaves to the coir in my dubia bins.
Oh very nice trick
this is great info. I want to start my own colony. I have a bearded dragon, leopard gecko and crested gecko. I keep ordering insect all the time. so it is time to start my own colony. I stated mealworms.
Do it! It’s kind of fun. Like getting another pet haha
Thanks for this, I've had success breeding crickets, mealworms and superworms but it just wasn't happening with the roaches, think I was keeping them in too cold a tank so fingers crossed a heat mat will help! 🤞🏻
Hi, I love your videos keep up the great work
Thank you 😊
This is a really great video, thank you.
That means a lot thank you
Thank you so much. Great advice, very helpful. :D
Great video you did a great job educating about this. We are starting a small dragon business for the kids to run.
Thank you! Happy to help!
Thank you so much for this video!
Your welcome 🙏
@CheifSweetsUniverse any tips/videos on stopping dubia from falling on their backs on substrate and potentially dying?
Love the content man
Where did he get the side heating pad and what is it called so I can buy it
Do you have a link for the heating mat?
I see most people don´t use substrate, but make self-cleaning bins. I love the idea of bioactive set-up if that means I do not need to clean it, but I heard that roaches dig in the soil, so it would be hard to find them. I would need to search for smaller ones, since I would feed them to my leopard geckos. Do you have a problem with this?
Pretty sure my cat would have a feast if I go lidless
this is a late comment but you can use a deep water dish. My method is that I use moss to fill the water dish so that roaches and isopods can have a climbing surface to not drown. Hope it helps
Oh yeah that might work never tried it. You can definitely try it out
What do you do with the extra isopods??
Will you ever get a green tree monitor? Because if you do and make vids you can know without fail ill be there
I would love to idk when I will tho
I had to wipe down the inside of my tote because it was covered in a thin white powdery substance. I don’t know what it was because it wasn’t there when I started my colony. So mine were actually climbing up to the top!
Whoa! That’s super interesting! Never experienced that! You can get packing tape and line the top of the tank with it and they will slip to make sure they don’t do it again but that’s crazy
Thank you for the very useful information
Happy to help
I have a beardie and inherited a leopard gecko from my brother and I’ve just added 5 pairs of female and male adult Dubia roaches to two different bins to start breeding each of them their own bucket but every video I’ve watched is saying they breed insanely so I’m kinda worried because I think I overdid it side note : I fed one of the male roaches to my beardie because of people talking about the male to female ratio
Love your videos this is something I’ve been wanting to do for a while. Dubai roaches aren’t exactly expensive I usually get like 200 mediums for 15$ and they last so much longer than mealworms and crickets combined lol I also don’t find them to smell as bad. Tho I think it would be cool to have a small colony, I could always save a couple bucks in this expensive hobby.
Yeah it’s almost like another pet tbh haha. I honestly find it fun
Where do you buy them? That’s a great price
Do you have any tips for taking babies out?
Thanks man! I started a mealworm farm
Let’s go! Good luck! You got this!
Amazing video thank u i didn’t know his to do this
Happy to help
Great video man! Also First 😂
Thank you! Gang! 🥇
could i use dairy cows for cleaners in the colony or would they be too aggressive? would you suggest dwarfs or powders instead?
Once the colony is established it won't matter how aggressive they are
how many isopods would you recommend to start out with as a good clean up crew? Dubia sells 10 ct and 50 ct
I saw they also use dermestid beetles, probably like 10 per 100 roaches but im no expert.
How do you get rid of extra isopods? Just use like a strainer scoop or something? Then just flush them down the toilet, let go? what?
You can use them as feeders for a reptile
They're good feeders for chickens, baby reptiles/tarantulas/centipedes/carnivorous plants. You can also leave them in the sun to die and give them to your birds in their bird feeders.
Thank you, I've started a farm of 20 + 5 months ago and now I'm about 100+. Black Tiger roaches are my next experiment.
Happy to help! You got this tiger roaches will be a breeze
Im trying to find it in the video, but I can't find the exact spot. Did you say they will chew through fiberglass screen? Should I be spending the extra for aluminum screening for the hole in the top? Thanks.
I seen another one of your videos on storing the roaches and it was pretty much the same info except you didn’t use the sand and dirt combo I’m wondering now after seeing this video which was is better let me know
I think the sand and dirt with isopods is the best way. It works so well and you don’t have to clean it very often
@ thanks
Do you give them any kind of dry roach chow or just fruits and vegetables?
What's actually hard for me to keep feeder colony is, well....
Wild ants, especially fire ants and pharaoh ants. But actually it's quite easy to prevent that
What number would you recommend for single, young bearded dragon? 50 seems a a lot 😅
If you have one dragon I’d just buy them from a shop haha you would have way too much over time haha
@@ChiefSweetsUniverse oh no, I want too breed them so much 😅
Huge help thank you
Happy to help!
Hi, ik im late to the video but i have a question. How would i get the female and male roaches if there’s no option in any website??
You can buy them at pets smart I know pets smart is not the bast pet store but they do sell them ther
Do I cut the orange in half? Just the peeling? Throw the whole thing in? Please help! Lol
Quick question: I have a 5-gallon breeder and was wondering if a small colony would do well in that?
Oh yeah they will do fine in that
@@ChiefSweetsUniverse alright! Thank you so much
I only have like 12 right now i bought about 3 dozen and i feed them and the ones i haven't fed to my gecko are still alive but, how cam i make sire theyre actually eating. I put carrots, apples, bananas, saeet potatoes but it doesn't look like theyre eating. Maybe its too few to make it obvious? I keep them on paper substrate, at around 78 degrees, pretty low humidity and in the dark. Give them an egg carton. I just can't tell if theyre eating and thats my only concern cuz i want to gutload them properly
They take very small bites so it’s hard to tell you’ll have to look at the food and see if it has little nibbles
Thanks
I have the same bin you showed in this video. The baby dubia can crawl up the walls. I need a new bin.😱
Oh wow that’s so weird. Never happened to me
Can they eat pak Choi leaves? I have some that's soon gonna go bad that they could eat
Hey @CheifSweetsUniverse do you have the link for the heat pad please looking to buy one to keep my dubias alive and breeding thank you so much
Hey man going to start a colony soon. Can't decide should I do 10 males 30 females or 5 males 25 females ? Would the only 5 males produce much slower ? Thx
what are these leaves?
Putting substrate at the bottom wont they bury down into the soil? Also do you have to give them roach chow?
They don’t usually burrow but babies like to hide around the dirt
Do they have a bad odor like crickets I mean obviously if you don't clean up after them of course there's going to be some odor. I guess what I'm asking you said about in your other video once a month cleaning up the enclosure is it take your breath away or when you open the door to the room can you smell them when it's time to clean it
If you do it like this there is no smell at all it’s great!
@@ChiefSweetsUniverse ok thanks I've been wanting to start up one to feed my tarantulas
Finally! Well seems I did most things right. But I need to go bioactive cause im having humidity issues.
Now I will say they are pretty hardy as well they can survive low humidity but if you find the females aborting there babies then yes boost that humidity.
How do you go about sorting your roaches when the population booms? Would the dirt not make it harder?
Does anyone know if you can use the water gel for crickets for their water?
Yes you can
Do you just use leaves from outside?
Yeah from my yard
How many roaches would you get if you’re only feeding one bearded dragon?
50
What isopods species do you recommend that wont overpopulate?
I saw someone use oatmeal as a substrate. Whats up with that. What if I don't necessarily wanna breed them but just wanna keep so I don't have to buy them every week? Do I haha to go this same route? I got everything except the substrate, roaches and egg cartons.
Oh yeah if you don’t want to breed them you can do everything except substrate for sure.
How often do you feed them and do you take out rotting food and how much do you feed per feeding?
I feed every two days and yes remove all old food
Can you feed the isopods to a bearded dragon?
Yeah mine don’t like them tho lol
Currently living in Louisiana, temperatures in my house are about 70-75.
How hard would it be to grow them with the heating pad?
Not hard you definitely can
@@ChiefSweetsUniverse awesome. Have an order of 100 X-Large from dubiaroches coming in a few days. Just need to get the heater and dimmer
Happy to help
Can you feed the extra isopods to your reptiles?.......
You can indeed!
If I accumulate too many isopods can I fees them to my beardie
Your beardie probably won’t like them
What's the reason for throwing away the eggshells?
From the egg crates?
What else could I use instead of the soil
You don’t have to use anything then just clean the poop out
Adding substrate makes it that much harder for when your ready to set them plus soil collects waste and can hold too much moisture if not properly vented
two got loose in my bearded dragon tank and i keep finding more every night...
You can put packaging tape around the top of the inside and that will stop any acrobats
Omg is that an ECU shirt?? Fellow Okie?!?
That is! Haha yes fellow okie here!
How often is it healthy to feed them?
I do mine every two days
Is it ok if I just feed my bearded dragon dubia roaches
Yes but dust with calcium
@@ChiefSweetsUniverse thank you
Yeah depending on the age, if it’s an adult feed 6 roaches twice a week. Roaches in my opinion are the best source of protein for bearded dragons. (NOT superworms or mealworms).
@@ManmadeWorld thank you too
I wish us Canadians could get these! It’s ridiculous that they’re illegal here
Where do I go to buy egg crate carton online for a reasonable price??
It’s pretty hard Walmart sells them in the pet section
Hi can i feed ma Dubia Roaches and turks rabbit pellets if i use them as feeders for tarantula's
You can technically feed them anything just remember they do need water and I give mine water through lettuce
Thanks i give them lettuce and carrots aswell
How do you deal with the fruit flies they generate? Maybe I'm doing something wrong but my farm generated dozens of them daily. I couldn't take it anymore and had to kill out the whole farm
Some people will put some stuff in the soil to kill em off but it doesn’t work
Springtails, if well established, can outcompete fruit flies and fungus gnats in some cases i think
I put fly paper above where I have my bins and run a cheap air filter on high. It’s regulates them I still see some
My dubia colony is growing so fast mine love strawberries
Very nice
Do you need to have isopods
Not at all
Is potting soil ok or does it need to be top soil?
Yeah potting soil is fine.
If you only have one leopard gecko, do you think it's worth it to breed them?
Definitely not. It would be like thousands of roaches and it would be too much
can chameleons eat the isopods??
They can
Do people still use water crystals? I used to keep roaches years ago. Got back into reptiles after getting my shit together.
Yeah they do still! I don’t cause I’m like eh I’ll use the real stuff. Awesome that you’re getting back in
I would breed these guys but that’s illegal in Canada but this is still a great video
That is crazy to know! But I do have many other roach care guides to make 😁
So what isopods you use?
Sandstone isopods
Adult bearded dragon care next video???
Trying to get that one done but it’s gonna be after a few more haha
Do you have a site for your breeding business? We have a 6 and 2 year old bearded dragons
I do have a morph market page but this year won’t have any dragons for sale only uromastyx
@@ChiefSweetsUniverse I'd love a link to your site, if you're able to share it
Pozdrav, moje su dubije velike i lepe ali neće da se razmnože, a imaju dovoljno vlažnosti! Šta je razlog?
having a lid on it is good though cause they will smell terrible if you don't clean their place enough.
I have mine on some soil with isopods and springtails. It’s awesome no smell at all. If you don’t do that yes definitely have a lid lol
You go to ECU ?
I graduated in 2018 from there
@@ChiefSweetsUniverse Nice! we moved from there to the Wewoka area a few years ago.
Do they smell bad?
No
My Dubia roaches ate all my isopods 😭 even though I was told they wouldn’t do that and it was a bioactive setup 🤦🏼♀️
That is very strange mine don’t do that. Did you add leaves in as well?
@ yeah it is super strange and I was feeding them good stuff too. And yeah there was leaves and soil and eggs crates and oranges and they decided the isopods instead. Of course the most expensive thing in there haha
If you're feeding them all those vegetables, then they should be safe for human consumption, have you tried cooking and eating one yourself yet?
I have not but yeah they definitely are I bet
2nd!
Gang! 🥈