Dubias

[Herpguy]

No problem.

I would just get connected with other keepers at shows and such, I'm sure they could hook you up.

You don't want to breed crickets, trust me, it's horrible. I did it for years, and I would never do it again... They smell horrible, they never eat all their food and it gets so moldy. So much mold! My memories of breeding crickets still give me nightmares to this day.

[Gnag the nameless]

I'll start looking around my community for other frog enthusiasts, then I'm positive I'm not the only one.

I've had more than one run-in with mold and crickets oh, the smell.
From what I'm hearing about breeding crickets, now, I think I'll stick to buying them. They're cheap where I get them, anyways. I ask for 30 but usually they give me 60 or more!

[DeeDub]

Lol....I'm going to cut off some dubia heads right now!

I started with a small colony of 40 or so adults and a bunch of nymphs. I was feeding 4 juvie pyxies. Needless to say, the colony couldn't keep up. So I got another 300 adults over a period of a few months. I don't have to buy any other feeders, but I still do for variety. All my frogs are stapled on nightcrawlers and dubia.

With small frogs you HAVE to feed the freshly molted (white and very soft) nymphs. You can usually find several per day if you keep your roaches humid and warm.

I would start with a large colony of no less than 100 adults. Very easy to keep, very good for the frogs/other herps.

I have adult females that are about three inches. O erall I estimate about 2000 roaches in my multiple colonies at this point. They are a lot of fun to keep and breed.

One other thing. I only tong feed roaches. They can't burrow that way. Also for tong training they are better. They don't fall apart when you rub them on the frogs mouth.....my 2 ¢

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Thanks
DW

[unkempt1]

My frog is weird with dubia. When I tong feed them to him, he pretty much instantly gulps them down. But then he spits half of them out, waits with them halfway in his mouth, and gulps them down again. Maybe he's debating on eating them but then can't resist the urge?

Its pretty comical. I can't think of a time where he didn't do that. Oh, and he doesn't do it with crickets.

[JeffreH]

I looked into the legality of cockroaches in Canada a couple of years ago and at the time, virtually all tropical ("exotic") cockroaches and similar arthropods were coined illegal unless kept in an approved research or educational facility. There are a couple of conversations floating around with Douglas Parker of the CFIA.
Acts and Regulations - About the CFIA - Canadian Food Inspection Agency

You should be able to use local fauna... if you felt comfortable rearing the notorious german roach (Blatella germanica) you could isolate F1 generations and cull the founding population to eliminate issues associated with wild caught insects. Particularly important for this pest species that is notorious for finding its way into rather unsanitary locations.

[Theeblueking]

My frog is weird with dubia. When I tong feed them to him, he pretty much instantly gulps them down. But then he spits half of them out, waits with them halfway in his mouth, and gulps them down again. Maybe he's debating on eating them but then can't resist the urge?

Its pretty comical. I can't think of a time where he didn't do that. Oh, and he doesn't do it with crickets.

Oh yeah lol mine do this too! I'm pretty sure they are just readjusting the roach to go down in a particular direction (easier to swallow). My big Bertha also likes to chomp on it before she swallows so u get to hear that awesome crunch sound every time she eats one nomnomnom.