Slings vs dubia roaches

[Tarantulateeth]

So, this may be a silly question, and I apologize if it is....

But I know from experience (I used to keep a colony of dubia roaches for my beardie) that dubia roaches are quite tough/crunchy would a sling be able to eat/puncture one? Would they be best waiting until they're bigger? Or does size/age not matter too much as long as the roach is an appropriate size for the sling? Or would a freshly molted/white roach be better as it would be quite soft?

I'm just wanting some variety for my Ts, and I know dubia husbandry already (I hate crickets so please don't suggest them I'm open to anything else pretty much)

 

[Casey K.]

I've used dubia quite a bit for my tarantulas. The baby dubia are much more soft than the adults. I think as long as the dubia is proportionate in size with slings or tarantulas you feed then it should be ok. The freshly molted dubia are even better for slings.

 

[Astrozombies]

I find dubia hatchlings a bit too big for most spiderlings. I use Turkistan (red runners) roaches for the smaller (parahybana, albopilosum etc...) spiderlings.

 

[x_raphael_xx]

Yeah the tiny babies should be fine. I've fed a couple to my slings.
The difficulty is catching the little buggers

 

[DustyD]

In my exuberance, I may have gone big with the dubia for this sling awhile back. I believe i prekilled the dubia, or disabled it.

 

[ArachnoLady]

how many small baby dubia roaches can i feed to my sling in a single feeding

 

[x_raphael_xx]

how many small baby dubia roaches can i feed to my sling in a single feeding

It would depend on the size of them both.
I fed an adult female roach to my Goliath, and she must not have caught it in time as suddenly there were loads of tiny baby roaches in the enclosure