Dubia roaches - are they really better?

[Riverside Reptiles]

Originally Posted by gasteriaphile

Actually no I don't heat mine, at least now. I have in the winter. My problem with dubias remains their slow, sedentary nature once they are introduced into the vivarium. My anoles do not recognize them as food. I think thru sheer starvation pressure, one of my anoles has begun to eat them, sparingly. They are not his favorite.

As for the faster roaches, I am not even going to go there!

Go with lateralis. They breed quickly and their active nature totally stimulates the feeding response of most lizards and geckos. Or the other thing you can try is to put the dubia in a "gladware" type bowl with a small piece of fruit like an apple. If there's apple around, they won't play dead and if they're in the bowl, they're easy pickin's for your anoles or other lizards.

[gasteriaphile]

Originally Posted by Riverside Reptiles

Go with lateralis. They breed quickly and their active nature totally stimulates the feeding response of most lizards and geckos. Or the other thing you can try is to put the dubia in a "gladware" type bowl with a small piece of fruit like an apple. If there's apple around, they won't play dead and if they're in the bowl, they're easy pickin's for your anoles or other lizards.

I found that when I put food like you suggest in the feeding bowl with the dubias, the roaches HID under the food so the lizards couldn't see them!!!

[Riverside Reptiles]

Try a smaller piece of food! Something small enough that they can't hide under it. Or try putting in more roaches...enough so that they can't all fit under the food.

[pleh]

I'm feeding dubias to Crested Geckos, and I'm using clear tealight glass containers from Ikea, 6 for $3. The dubia can't crawl out and the geckos feed out of them avidly.

[raisdbywolvz]

gasteriaphile, the dubias are a tropical roach. They need heat and humidity in order to grow and reproduce properly. With proper conditions and feeding, they should be fat and plump, not flat.