dose anyone know how to breed roachs?

[Locascio]

im trying to cut down on my feeding cost and im looking into breeding roachs ive never done this befor and could use some help ...what do i need to start how meany and proper gut loading ill be feeding 2 pixies 1male 1female and a pacman so ill be feeding every few days

[wesleybrouwer]

check out the member of the week ssection for this week

[Branman]

Here is a link on how to raise Dubia roaches. They are fairly simple to breed.
Blaptica dubia Roach Keeping, Breeding, and Feeding - Chameleon Forums

[arielgasca420]

its going to take you a month-two at least to successfully colonize them. I have had mine for three weeks and I havent taken any from the colony yet. I started out with 135 mixed adults and juvenile (cost was $40).
when you start your colony do not take any females out. they live up to a year and they should be your queens of the colony. tip: make sure there are 3 females for every male. If you find yourself with a lot of males than feed those ones to your frogs. too many males will have a fight to the death and stress out the colony.
you will need a heat lamp because the temp should preferably be at 90 degrees for them to breed rapidly. I have a 125 watt about a foot above the open colony. I do not have a lid on the colony because my blaptica dubias cannot climb smooth plastic surfaces.
I find that mine do not care for water crystals so I buy carrots, apples, and potatoes for their water source and change it every two days when the fruits dries out. I also feed them cat food and tetra fish flakes.

[GrifTheGreat]

its going to take you a month-two at least to successfully colonize them. I have had mine for three weeks and I havent taken any from the colony yet. I started out with 135 mixed adults and juvenile (cost was $40).
when you start your colony do not take any females out. they live up to a year and they should be your queens of the colony. tip: make sure there are 3 females for every male. If you find yourself with a lot of males than feed those ones to your frogs. too many males will have a fight to the death and stress out the colony.
you will need a heat lamp because the temp should preferably be at 90 degrees for them to breed rapidly. I have a 125 watt about a foot above the open colony. I do not have a lid on the colony because my blaptica dubias cannot climb smooth plastic surfaces.
I find that mine do not care for water crystals so I buy carrots, apples, and potatoes for their water source and change it every two days when the fruits dries out. I also feed them cat food and tetra fish flakes.

That's strange. My Dubias love the water gel. Especially the kind with calcium infused wit it.

[arielgasca420]

thats the kind I use. I have gone through three bottles of it between my roaches and crickets. I never see the roaches on the crystals, just the fruit. Id rather stick to fruit anyways since it is healthier for them. I tried throwing an orange in there yesterday and I havent seen it nibbled onyet

[Heatheranne]

Mine love the water gel too . They love oranges best though.

[Branman]

My roaches also like the water gel too. I go through water gel crystals like crazy. I have to add more every 2 days.

[SouPNaZi]

man you americans are lucky up here in Canuckville we are not allowed to have roach colonies unless you are part of a zoo or for educational purposes. i so want a dubia colony for my 2 pacmans and my Panther Chameleon when he gets bigger. i hate crickets so much.

[Bruce]

My dubias go absolutely crazy for that Repashy Bugburger stuff, they love it!