Dubias

[MatthewM1]

You can find them at several sites online. Your best bet though is an expo, i got 100 small nymphs for 10 bucks. And I got well over 100 of them.

And not only are they better for your frogs they are much cooler than crickets, they are really easy to handle, i'll bring one into work with me every now and then and my residents and coworkers really get a kick out of em(I work with developmentally disabled adults)

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[Herpguy]

Matt, you have a picky pac!

I would recommend looking on arachnoboards (the invertebrate community has been switched over for about 3 years) and/or faunaclassifieds, but I don't know how many Canadians are on there.

I agree with you though they are actually very cool just to hold sometimes! I used to do shows at local schools and the kids always loved them.

[GrifTheGreat]

Many Pacs don't like them because of their spikey legs. Thats why they spit them out. As HerpGuy said though they are far better than crickets nutritionally, but the downside is that dubia love to burrow and will do so quickly once they hit the Coco fiber.

I still use small crickets for babies just because they are far less likely to burrow, but still can. Baby dubia will burrow immediately. Tong training or feeding in a separate container is best when offering dubias. I prefer to use Night Crawlers because they are pretty much the most nutritious and easiest feeder for them to digest. There are pros and cons to every feeder though.

[Herpguy]

Yeah Grif the burrowing is annoying but I use Blatta latteralis for that, they also never "freeze" like crickets and also don't smell like crickets. I have never had a frog picky enough to spit them out due to spiny legs, but then again I have always chosen not to keep cranwelli.

[GrifTheGreat]

Yeah Grif the burrowing is annoying but I use Blatta latteralis for that, they also never "freeze" like crickets and also don't smell like crickets. I have never had a frog picky enough to spit them out due to spiny legs, but then again I have always chosen not to keep cranwelli.

Yeah it is usually the Cranwelli that normally spit them out the most. Mine have never spit them out, but they didn't want another after they accepted one. Probably just due to the fact that they're spoiled. Even my Joaz and Ornata are like this so I assume its the spoiled frog issue.

Dubia will freeze. They will also sometimes play dead and not move for a long period of time. I've never tried latteralis. Are they similar in size?