Dubia Roach Breeding

[KAWiggy]

The price depends on the size. I buy small to medium dubias and he only charges $3 for 20. Most places in my region charge around $7 for 10 smalls and some small businesses charge .50 per small roach and $1 per large. My co-worker breeds them for his bearded dragons.

[kackerman]

Those prices seem kind of high. Dubias last a lot longer than crickets so you can buy them in bulk cheaply from a website like discountdubias.com, and just feed them as needed.

[wcbpolish]

Hmm this is tricky.. why don't you get a few pairs from him, breed it off while at the same time get the usual amount you buy from him to feed off. That way you won't be tempted to feed off your existing colony. You could always find someone to buy the excess roaches

This is good advice... do BOTH. Worst case scenario, you decide that you don't like rearing them and feed them off to your pacman (feed off the adult females first and the colony will stop growing right away!)

You won't end up with more dubias than you unless that's what you're trying to do.

I agree- it took me some time to get my colony started. It's easy to regulate colony size by deciding who to feed off.

The price depends on the size. I buy small to medium dubias and he only charges $3 for 20. Most places in my region charge around $7 for 10 smalls and some small businesses charge .50 per small roach and $1 per large. My co-worker breeds them for his bearded dragons.

I sell my adult males locally for $.10 so I think you might find them cheaper. Adult females I generally get $1 each for, but even then, that's just my asking price... people who get bugs from me several times a year get an even better deal... If you have a warm location and if you generate "healthy" table scraps, you may as well start a colony and see how it goes.