Ok then! Dubia food

[Linda Fluekiger]

Hello,
I bough Dubia for food, since I really do not want to deal with crickets. I put one of the little buggers in my Rose Hair's and it went under the sub. WTH! Now what? Will she go find it? Tomorrow, I will stop and get a couple crickets and give her one. I really need to know about the Dubia.

I have added another heater in her home. I tested the heat and it is a tad on the chilly side, 69 at the opposite end of the heat. 88 degrees from the "mini heater" pad that sticks to the outside of her home. I am hoping that she moves a little more. She showed interest in the ****roach, but it had gone under before she found it.

Any and all info would be very much appreciated.
Linda Fluekiger

 

[MatthewM1]

Crush the dubias head and drop it near your rosie. It won't dig but will still kick its legs around and draw attention to itself.

 

[Denny Dee]

Or tong feed. The little buggers are great borrowers! Only drawback to Dubias.

 

[Linda Fluekiger]

Perfect!! Thank you. What about the one that is in her home?

 

[MatthewM1]

I would take it out. The risk of dubia harming a molting spider is extremely low, much less than crickets but it has happened

 

[Linda Fluekiger]

Perfect!! Thank you. What about the one that is in her home?

OMG!! I fed her!! It was AWESOME!!!!!!!

Thank you again!!!

Linda

 

[Linda Fluekiger]

I would take it out. The risk of dubia harming a molting spider is extremely low, much less than crickets but it has happened

I have no idea where it went. I will hunt around in the morning.

Thanks
Linda

 

[Therasoid]

Hello,
I bough Dubia for food, since I really do not want to deal with crickets. I put one of the little buggers in my Rose Hair's and it went under the sub. WTH! Now what? Will she go find it? Tomorrow, I will stop and get a couple crickets and give her one. I really need to know about the Dubia.

I have added another heater in her home. I tested the heat and it is a tad on the chilly side, 69 at the opposite end of the heat. 88 degrees from the "mini heater" pad that sticks to the outside of her home. I am hoping that she moves a little more. She showed interest in the ****roach, but it had gone under before she found it.

Any and all info would be very much appreciated.
Linda Fluekiger

I started a feeder colony of Dubia many years ago, when my collection was smaller, around 20. I had the same problem with Dubia burrowing, more so with the small& medium size, than large. Started crushing the heads and dropping them near the T.
During a discussion with another keeper, he said that B. laterlis were his choice of roaches and explained why. So I sent off for a starter colony, since then I never run out of feeders. Be warned though, if not controlled, they reproduce at an alarming rate. You can always sell off the excess, I have a LPS nearby and trade for crickets on occasion. [emoji1]
I have a B. albopilosum that I've seen dig up a superworm and eat it. She is such the "bulldozer". [emoji4]

 

[MatthewM1]

Lat's are definitely my go to feeder for slings and picky eaters but you can beat dubia for fattening up a freshly molted T.

 

[Tongue Flicker]

Get a slender stick and poke it out. Never had problems with burrowing feeders.

 

[Josh]

I get dubia that sometimes like to hide. Burrowing is a bit generous as they aren't great diggers but they do find a tight spot and stay put out of reach sometimes.

 

[Therasoid]

I get dubia that sometimes like to hide. Burrowing is a bit generous as they aren't great diggers but they do find a tight spot and stay put out of reach sometimes.

I agree, but they also freeze ( not moving) making, sometimes, difficult for the T to find it.

Thats one of the reasons I went to B. laterlis, black and red race cars. Lol!