Bro those crickets chirping in the background had me thinkin I had an escapee
@ChiefSweetsUniverse9 ай бұрын
Hahaha breeding crickets is not fun sometimes
@joshpiercey84778 ай бұрын
Literally! Thought I was the only one lol had to pause it like 4 times.
@thebluedragon57827 ай бұрын
“My wife will kill me if I dont have a lid on it.” I feel you bro
@patrickbang30375 ай бұрын
even if it isnt possible, just the thought of 100-1000 different sized dubias just sitting there without a lid is making my skin "crawl" lmfaoooooo
@DoZiDoz.2 ай бұрын
my girl doesnt want me getting roaches at all lol
@typokytty8278Ай бұрын
My sister hates them so much but got to feed her dragon 😂
@kameronriddick9531Ай бұрын
Same
@alithorstad620610 ай бұрын
Great info and you presented it in an easy-to-understand way! I have a juvenile bearded dragon and it's getting to be obscene what I'm spending on roaches. Guess it's time to get over my roach issues. 😅 Thanks!
@ChiefSweetsUniverse10 ай бұрын
Happy to help! Haha yes I haven’t bought dubias in years.
@williammcleroy5582 ай бұрын
Same! We have a leopard gecko and I ain't paying $15 for 25 roaches. 😂
@TheAilaS10 ай бұрын
this is great info. I want to start my own colony. I have a bearded dragon, leopard gecko and crested gecko. I keep ordering insect all the time. so it is time to start my own colony. I stated mealworms.
@ChiefSweetsUniverse10 ай бұрын
Do it! It’s kind of fun. Like getting another pet haha
@Holypikemanz9 ай бұрын
Love coco coir for cricket bins for reducing moisture, but Ill add leaves to the coir in my dubia bins.
@ChiefSweetsUniverse9 ай бұрын
Oh very nice trick
@jennyle72736 ай бұрын
Do you have a link for the heating mat?
@Beardiedragons93210 ай бұрын
Hi, I love your videos keep up the great work
@ChiefSweetsUniverse10 ай бұрын
Thank you 😊
@loona71268 ай бұрын
I see most people don´t use substrate, but make self-cleaning bins. I love the idea of bioactive set-up if that means I do not need to clean it, but I heard that roaches dig in the soil, so it would be hard to find them. I would need to search for smaller ones, since I would feed them to my leopard geckos. Do you have a problem with this?
@Holypikemanz9 ай бұрын
@CheifSweetsUniverse any tips/videos on stopping dubia from falling on their backs on substrate and potentially dying?
@GabbyRocio8 ай бұрын
This is a really great video, thank you.
@ChiefSweetsUniverse8 ай бұрын
That means a lot thank you
@earlkeysaw31782 ай бұрын
Where did he get the side heating pad and what is it called so I can buy it
@todo4real10 ай бұрын
Great video man! Also First 😂
@ChiefSweetsUniverse10 ай бұрын
Thank you! Gang! 🥇
@kaylacole16199 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this video!
@ChiefSweetsUniverse9 ай бұрын
Your welcome 🙏
@wade2skate146 ай бұрын
How do you get rid of extra isopods? Just use like a strainer scoop or something? Then just flush them down the toilet, let go? what?
@FrankTrask955 ай бұрын
You can use them as feeders for a reptile
@IkeAboutReptiles10 ай бұрын
Will you ever get a green tree monitor? Because if you do and make vids you can know without fail ill be there
@ChiefSweetsUniverse10 ай бұрын
I would love to idk when I will tho
@ElGanchoMino2 ай бұрын
this is a late comment but you can use a deep water dish. My method is that I use moss to fill the water dish so that roaches and isopods can have a climbing surface to not drown. Hope it helps
@ChiefSweetsUniverse2 ай бұрын
Oh yeah that might work never tried it. You can definitely try it out
@UnwieldilyElephant6 ай бұрын
Pretty sure my cat would have a feast if I go lidless
@sammartin66525 ай бұрын
Love the content man
@camsgotbricks46282 ай бұрын
Im trying to find it in the video, but I can't find the exact spot. Did you say they will chew through fiberglass screen? Should I be spending the extra for aluminum screening for the hole in the top? Thanks.
@ryannewman65749 ай бұрын
Great video you did a great job educating about this. We are starting a small dragon business for the kids to run.
@ChiefSweetsUniverse9 ай бұрын
Thank you! Happy to help!
@CLT_Yudhis_108 ай бұрын
What's actually hard for me to keep feeder colony is, well.... Wild ants, especially fire ants and pharaoh ants. But actually it's quite easy to prevent that
@dbzcollector996310 ай бұрын
Love your videos this is something I’ve been wanting to do for a while. Dubai roaches aren’t exactly expensive I usually get like 200 mediums for 15$ and they last so much longer than mealworms and crickets combined lol I also don’t find them to smell as bad. Tho I think it would be cool to have a small colony, I could always save a couple bucks in this expensive hobby.
@ChiefSweetsUniverse9 ай бұрын
Yeah it’s almost like another pet tbh haha. I honestly find it fun
@brightmoon92477 ай бұрын
Quick question: I have a 5-gallon breeder and was wondering if a small colony would do well in that?
@ChiefSweetsUniverse7 ай бұрын
Oh yeah they will do fine in that
@brightmoon92477 ай бұрын
@@ChiefSweetsUniverse alright! Thank you so much
@resheram5416 күн бұрын
Hey @CheifSweetsUniverse do you have the link for the heat pad please looking to buy one to keep my dubias alive and breeding thank you so much
@theanimal24044 ай бұрын
Thank you for the very useful information
@ChiefSweetsUniverse4 ай бұрын
Happy to help
@RastaMan30005 ай бұрын
Hey man going to start a colony soon. Can't decide should I do 10 males 30 females or 5 males 25 females ? Would the only 5 males produce much slower ? Thx
@caitlinhughart19824 ай бұрын
how many isopods would you recommend to start out with as a good clean up crew? Dubia sells 10 ct and 50 ct
@ManmadeWorldАй бұрын
I saw they also use dermestid beetles, probably like 10 per 100 roaches but im no expert.
@whippyz54952 ай бұрын
Hi, ik im late to the video but i have a question. How would i get the female and male roaches if there’s no option in any website??
@JP_Names8 күн бұрын
If you're in the US, Josh's Frogs sells adults by m/f, outside however I'm not sure what your options are
@Sandra-lw9xu4 ай бұрын
I have the same bin you showed in this video. The baby dubia can crawl up the walls. I need a new bin.😱
@ChiefSweetsUniverse4 ай бұрын
Oh wow that’s so weird. Never happened to me
@goofytoonzgoofytoonz817510 ай бұрын
Amazing video thank u i didn’t know his to do this
@ChiefSweetsUniverse10 ай бұрын
Happy to help
@Theblankminer3 ай бұрын
How do you go about sorting your roaches when the population booms? Would the dirt not make it harder?
@ariframli13436 ай бұрын
What isopods species do you recommend that wont overpopulate?
@wingpikmin6263 ай бұрын
Huge help thank you
@ChiefSweetsUniverse3 ай бұрын
Happy to help!
@timbanianthunder2 ай бұрын
What do you do with the extra isopods??
@SicVid3 ай бұрын
@ChiefSweetsUniverse3 ай бұрын
Happy to help
@fangfatale5 ай бұрын
Omg is that an ECU shirt?? Fellow Okie?!?
@ChiefSweetsUniverse5 ай бұрын
That is! Haha yes fellow okie here!
@RubberDuckKid3 ай бұрын
If you only have one leopard gecko, do you think it's worth it to breed them?
@ChiefSweetsUniverse3 ай бұрын
Definitely not. It would be like thousands of roaches and it would be too much
@loveme527613 ай бұрын
I had to wipe down the inside of my tote because it was covered in a thin white powdery substance. I don’t know what it was because it wasn’t there when I started my colony. So mine were actually climbing up to the top!
@ChiefSweetsUniverse3 ай бұрын
Whoa! That’s super interesting! Never experienced that! You can get packing tape and line the top of the tank with it and they will slip to make sure they don’t do it again but that’s crazy
@lianashavalier63846 ай бұрын
Putting substrate at the bottom wont they bury down into the soil? Also do you have to give them roach chow?
@ChiefSweetsUniverse6 ай бұрын
They don’t usually burrow but babies like to hide around the dirt
@beardsbountifulbunnies16552 ай бұрын
Can you feed the extra isopods to your reptiles?.......
@ChiefSweetsUniverse2 ай бұрын
You can indeed!
@AliciaOnlineGameplay4 ай бұрын
Can they eat pak Choi leaves? I have some that's soon gonna go bad that they could eat
@richardsanchez54447 ай бұрын
I only have like 12 right now i bought about 3 dozen and i feed them and the ones i haven't fed to my gecko are still alive but, how cam i make sire theyre actually eating. I put carrots, apples, bananas, saeet potatoes but it doesn't look like theyre eating. Maybe its too few to make it obvious? I keep them on paper substrate, at around 78 degrees, pretty low humidity and in the dark. Give them an egg carton. I just can't tell if theyre eating and thats my only concern cuz i want to gutload them properly
@ChiefSweetsUniverse7 ай бұрын
They take very small bites so it’s hard to tell you’ll have to look at the food and see if it has little nibbles
@sylokthedefiled901110 ай бұрын
Currently living in Louisiana, temperatures in my house are about 70-75. How hard would it be to grow them with the heating pad?
@ChiefSweetsUniverse10 ай бұрын
Not hard you definitely can
@sylokthedefiled901110 ай бұрын
@@ChiefSweetsUniverse awesome. Have an order of 100 X-Large from dubiaroches coming in a few days. Just need to get the heater and dimmer
@RestInPissESEАй бұрын
How often is it healthy to feed them?
@ChiefSweetsUniverseАй бұрын
I do mine every two days
@leogreaves52482 ай бұрын
Adding substrate makes it that much harder for when your ready to set them plus soil collects waste and can hold too much moisture if not properly vented
@techwithbec6 ай бұрын
How often do you feed them and do you take out rotting food and how much do you feed per feeding?
@ChiefSweetsUniverse6 ай бұрын
I feed every two days and yes remove all old food
@곽성현-o1r10 ай бұрын
What's the reason for throwing away the eggshells?
@ChiefSweetsUniverse10 ай бұрын
From the egg crates?
@JennP555 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@ChiefSweetsUniverse5 ай бұрын
Happy to help thanks!
@Drew180002 ай бұрын
Do they smell bad?
@ChiefSweetsUniverse2 ай бұрын
No
@andrijacvijin197010 ай бұрын
Pozdrav, moje su dubije velike i lepe ali neće da se razmnože, a imaju dovoljno vlažnosti! Šta je razlog?
@LeyaLorenzo-p3v7 ай бұрын
what are these leaves?
@Mudring769 ай бұрын
Do they have a bad odor like crickets I mean obviously if you don't clean up after them of course there's going to be some odor. I guess what I'm asking you said about in your other video once a month cleaning up the enclosure is it take your breath away or when you open the door to the room can you smell them when it's time to clean it
@ChiefSweetsUniverse9 ай бұрын
If you do it like this there is no smell at all it’s great!
@Mudring769 ай бұрын
@@ChiefSweetsUniverse ok thanks I've been wanting to start up one to feed my tarantulas
@richardsanchez54448 ай бұрын
I saw someone use oatmeal as a substrate. Whats up with that. What if I don't necessarily wanna breed them but just wanna keep so I don't have to buy them every week? Do I haha to go this same route? I got everything except the substrate, roaches and egg cartons.
@ChiefSweetsUniverse8 ай бұрын
Oh yeah if you don’t want to breed them you can do everything except substrate for sure.
@mr.h30848 ай бұрын
How do you deal with the fruit flies they generate? Maybe I'm doing something wrong but my farm generated dozens of them daily. I couldn't take it anymore and had to kill out the whole farm
@ChiefSweetsUniverse8 ай бұрын
Some people will put some stuff in the soil to kill em off but it doesn’t work
@clownfern5 ай бұрын
Springtails, if well established, can outcompete fruit flies and fungus gnats in some cases i think
@DogTrainerDave944 ай бұрын
I put fly paper above where I have my bins and run a cheap air filter on high. It’s regulates them I still see some
@SpicyRamen6027 ай бұрын
Do people still use water crystals? I used to keep roaches years ago. Got back into reptiles after getting my shit together.
@ChiefSweetsUniverse7 ай бұрын
Yeah they do still! I don’t cause I’m like eh I’ll use the real stuff. Awesome that you’re getting back in
@PULAG9 ай бұрын
Can you feed the isopods to a bearded dragon?
@ChiefSweetsUniverse9 ай бұрын
Yeah mine don’t like them tho lol
@KennyCaretaker5 ай бұрын
My dubia colony is growing so fast mine love strawberries
@ChiefSweetsUniverse5 ай бұрын
Very nice
@kylegozy75594 ай бұрын
What else could I use instead of the soil
@ChiefSweetsUniverse4 ай бұрын
You don’t have to use anything then just clean the poop out
@LizaBuhler9 ай бұрын
If I accumulate too many isopods can I fees them to my beardie
@ChiefSweetsUniverse9 ай бұрын
Your beardie probably won’t like them
@WeirdFlex5 ай бұрын
can chameleons eat the isopods??
@ChiefSweetsUniverse5 ай бұрын
They can
@nightmarezero846510 ай бұрын
Finally! Well seems I did most things right. But I need to go bioactive cause im having humidity issues.
@ChiefSweetsUniverse10 ай бұрын
Now I will say they are pretty hardy as well they can survive low humidity but if you find the females aborting there babies then yes boost that humidity.
@seedymcfly50139 ай бұрын
I wish us Canadians could get these! It’s ridiculous that they’re illegal here
@elibach69414 ай бұрын
Where do I go to buy egg crate carton online for a reasonable price??
@ChiefSweetsUniverse4 ай бұрын
It’s pretty hard Walmart sells them in the pet section
@avienda7717 ай бұрын
Is potting soil ok or does it need to be top soil?
@ChiefSweetsUniverse7 ай бұрын
Yeah potting soil is fine.
@AlexAllenKale10 ай бұрын
I would breed these guys but that’s illegal in Canada but this is still a great video
@ChiefSweetsUniverse10 ай бұрын
That is crazy to know! But I do have many other roach care guides to make 😁
@GaboonBEATS3 ай бұрын
having a lid on it is good though cause they will smell terrible if you don't clean their place enough.
@ChiefSweetsUniverse3 ай бұрын
I have mine on some soil with isopods and springtails. It’s awesome no smell at all. If you don’t do that yes definitely have a lid lol
@Mountain_Dad4 ай бұрын
So what isopods you use?
@ChiefSweetsUniverse4 ай бұрын
Sandstone isopods
@Hudavejankins2 ай бұрын
Is it ok if I just feed my bearded dragon dubia roaches
@ChiefSweetsUniverse2 ай бұрын
Yes but dust with calcium
@Hudavejankins2 ай бұрын
@@ChiefSweetsUniverse thank you
@ManmadeWorldАй бұрын
Yeah depending on the age, if it’s an adult feed 6 roaches twice a week. Roaches in my opinion are the best source of protein for bearded dragons. (NOT superworms or mealworms).
@HudavejankinsАй бұрын
@@ManmadeWorld thank you too
@weksny8 ай бұрын
Do you need to have isopods
@ChiefSweetsUniverse8 ай бұрын
Not at all
@alexkoskinen7753Ай бұрын
You go to ECU ?
@ChiefSweetsUniverseАй бұрын
I graduated in 2018 from there
@alexkoskinen7753Ай бұрын
@@ChiefSweetsUniverse Nice! we moved from there to the Wewoka area a few years ago.
@ZainQrix10 ай бұрын
Adult bearded dragon care next video???
@ChiefSweetsUniverse10 ай бұрын
Trying to get that one done but it’s gonna be after a few more haha
@JdvdBerg59910 ай бұрын
Hi can i feed ma Dubia Roaches and turks rabbit pellets if i use them as feeders for tarantula's
@ChiefSweetsUniverse10 ай бұрын
You can technically feed them anything just remember they do need water and I give mine water through lettuce
@JdvdBerg59910 ай бұрын
Thanks i give them lettuce and carrots aswell
@soniac3268 ай бұрын
Do you have a site for your breeding business? We have a 6 and 2 year old bearded dragons
@ChiefSweetsUniverse8 ай бұрын
I do have a morph market page but this year won’t have any dragons for sale only uromastyx
@soniac3268 ай бұрын
@@ChiefSweetsUniverse I'd love a link to your site, if you're able to share it
@W-H-O3 ай бұрын
If you're feeding them all those vegetables, then they should be safe for human consumption, have you tried cooking and eating one yourself yet?