B. Dubia Theory 2 month results
So i started an experiment about 2 months ago to find the answer to the question. DO ROACHES REQUIRE HIGH PROTEIN DIETS? this includes dog food, fish food and cat food. I have 6 containers with 3 equal sized roaches ranging between new born and up to 1 inch long. each container with 10 roaches in each. 3 containers i fed nothing but fruits and veggies the other 3 i gave cat food, fish flakes and dog food along with fruits and veggies.
What i found was no difference in growth. overall which is the exact result i was expecting to see. In fact the vegetarian roaches have a healthier appearance. (Looks like there exoskeleton structure was less flaky and clean so to speak)
out of the high protein containers i suffered 4 deaths. out of the vegetarian containers 0 deaths.
for these two months i added none nor took away from one of my breeder bins. normally in one month i got 2,000 babies out of it. For the 2nd month of the experiment I got over 5,000 babies, this is a 60 percent increase. which the theory that high protein hinders breeding has a little more evidence now.
Now when i moved the babies into my nursery bin for one month feeding nothing but oranges. the day i moved them into the larger nymph bin a majority of them were already almost 1/2 inch in length. they actually grew faster then my experiment roaches that i had in the containers. And i only fed them one type of food that has almost no protein at all.
Out of the primary bin when i fed high protein foods i normally pulled out 40+ dead roaches out each cleaning, this did not include the two breeder bins . Since i have been feeding them nothing but fruits and veggies i have cleaned my bins 4 times i have pulled out 20 dead roaches total for all of my bins. This is a huge difference.
I know that this experiment is very inconclusive. But my theory is greatly swaying in the direction of being correct.
I am personally convinced. You would have to see for your selves to truly understand the differences that i am seeing through this experiment. even though i have thousands i totally believe even someone with a colony of 300 will be able to see the difference.
This concludes my experiment gotta get ready for the San Diego reptile show.. however a new experiment is about to begin.......
If any one has any questions or inputs please feel free. Your opinions are highly encouraged. With this i would like to thank Yoshimi and Jeff for there helpful advice and support.
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