Roach care and breeding. (Blaptica dubia)

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[@porta7340]

2 weeks dude leave them at least 2 months before doing this you will end up stressing them out and they will stop breeding and die. Trust me been breeding these for a long time now and i did it myself with first colony. I write date on the box and exactly every 3 months i sort them out and end up with thousands of babys. i'd recommend a minimum of 2 months though personally.

[@dennisiosreptileworld5046]

what are the sizes of holes that you used for the buckets?

[@ikarosmelan8917]

lol the roaches go thru the ride of a life time

[@cerleo0719]

it's better to let the baby roaches stay with mature roaches baby will eat mature roach's excrement

[@JKilpatrick-k9g]

Rick Hyett adults will breed more without nymphs and they eat any frass so they can eat other nymphs

[@MoreChannelNoise]

exactly, who is going to teach them good manners!

[@dirtycxnt3235]

MoreChannelNoise lol

[@thegirlwithkaleidoscopeeye1827]

That bucket system is pure genius!

[@rqtypegaming9241]

It's basically like how you separate the larger and smaller pieces of hash through a lot of bags.

[@jfamking9691]

I love your leopard geckos can I have female it can be what ever but I am hopping it can be a Funky jungle max snow radar

[@wackovideos5716]

I can't have these where I live the city won't let me and no pet stores sell them, the crickets here die before anything so all I can do is worms.

[@kaoticlizard7383]

hey what are the measurements for the holes in the buckets plez respond thanx

[@LoverDino]

If you are interested in cockroaches, check out this video Cockroaches

[@alexanderrobles9287]

What size holes do you recommend cutting into the containers

[@Kitten-ht8sh]

I have Dubia roaches coming in the mail to me as babies:) hopefully ill successfully raise em up to adulthood for breeding purposes for my pacman frog. Also doing mealworms starting with 1100.

[@kerryhayward4519]

Shelbeylynn1997 Lee hows the colony going?

[@Readytogoautollc]

You feed these Roach's to your Geckos?

[@blackbeard6663]

do you sell and ship any of them.? i was looking at the pet shops around my place and non of them sell them.

[@danabelcher5369]

Tony Howell where do you live?

[@gabrielyeap19]

You sir are a bloody genius like i can't even ...

[@arthurguzman7755]

Please post the Drill bit / hole sizes.... !! thanks !

[@Stoopudjurcee1]

"You'll have that where they'll just die." Ha ha, you sure it's not because you gave them brain damage? :P They all looked alive to me when you were first cleaning the cage up!

[@LtDanSon]

Can you please help me out... I live in a desert(so there is like no humidity) how would you recommend keeping humidity up? Also what do you use to heat them if you do at all?

[@SamanthaSmith-mw7hi]

i liked the breakdancing one lol

[@SamanthaSmith-mw7hi]

Btw i love this vid as a tutorial, i just ordered a batch of these and this helped me know what to do a lot :3 ty for thhe vid man!

[@SouthBayFamily]

Great video How much do you sell Quarter sized dubias or bunch of them for? Getting into breeding myself

[@UKPurplePanther]

@SaSobek Reptiles - I see this video is 6yrs old, so not sure if you still use KZbin. I need to ask a Q about Dubias...... would you be willing to try and help please ?

[@matthewwinstanley2448]

How big are the holes in the bucket, and how to do you get the holes cut into the bucket?

[@Inducements]

that mac miler

[@milldabeast519dabeast9]

i wonder if they breed faster in smaller or bigger colonies... i wonder if they breed faster if you seperate adults from nymphs??

[@san_bat_ca_mau_69]

like

[@beckyannestewart687]

at first i was like oh my gosh people actualy keep roach colonies?but then i looked in the comments and thats when i saw that they are feeders for lizards whew,relief

[@syc0pthicmaniac914]

I see it has been asked many times but I have not seen the answer.. What are the hole sizes you use for each bucket? Thanks for your help!

[@jeffdouglas3374]

How often to you go through this process? It appears there was a small amount of poop for the yield you got in babies.

[@51324588615]

lmfao break dancin roach cracked me up

[@N1ghtChao]

I think when they have a set up like using racks they will have heating pads in the back. Reason being why the put the egg cartons to the back of the container so they trap heat. I believe he's a gecko breeder and has a colony so that why he has that many racks, if you only have 1 or 2 you probably only need one rubber maid container. Search the roach farm, they got a nice tutorial for starting a colony.

[@JoshuaBanks12]

you breed to feed!! Feed them to your geckos or your bearded dragons or even spiders. Dubia Roaches need a warm climate, are poor climbers making them a perfect breeder roach to feed your animals to save you money. If they did manage to escape, or rather you dropped one on the floor, they are slow moving and would not live in your house long enough to colonize. You would be safe. I have a bearded dragon and he cost me five dollars a DAY in live crickets.

[@honnoand0001]

no it does not...it is easier to do for simplicity purposes. For example, i have a tub for my adult colony and another tub for my nymphs. It is a lot easier to get the right size to feed my smaller lizards. also, the adults tend to breed better if there are not a bunch of babies with them..but if you don't need a large scale production, and just enough to sustain your personal reptile collection, then you only need 1 tub.

[@milldabeast519dabeast9]

ive bred dubias for around 10 years and i never give them a water dish. is that just for humidity??

[@aaroncrousseau]

Well they aren't cockroaches, but I understand your concern. There is actually very little chance of them escaping as long as you are careful since they can't climb up smooth surfaces. Even if one does escape it's not hard to pick it back up.

[@TheBoorisha]

Generally roaches are not percieved as cute and nice, but awful, disgusting animals. Poop is also considered at the very least nasty. Now it cannot be a good thing when you deal with both. It was kind of a lame joke, never mind..

[@NotaGoblin91]

This is very helpful! I'm about to start a red runner colony for my Panther Chameleon, which seems similar to the Dubai roach process you show here. However I am curious why you separate the babies from the adults, other than easier cleaning purposes?

[@milldabeast519dabeast9]

hard part is separating very small nymphs from roach shit....there about the same size

[@MrsKythea]

I have males but my other roaches are not as big as yours. Would they be able to have babies or do i have to wait till my females are as big as yours?

[@TheRagnarok1210]

Dubia roaches are tropical insects so they need a certain temperature to live so if some did escape they wouldn't live long enough to infest if you are living in a non tropical environment

[@schizocdboy]

I can't even understand why I liked this video so much. I mean I wanted a chameleon colony at one point. I had a few pet mantids for a while.... Now I really want a mantis colony.

[@mintyriley9969]

aren't you afraid their going to escape and run all over ur house??? like anybody who breeds cockroaches im not saying there nasty but i don't think it would be nice either

[@breannortiz4070]

5:58 UHHH THERE FRIKIN ROACHEZZ!!!!!!!!!! LMFAO

[@bobcarly9500]

You guys make me laugh in the wild they are eaten and you guys are making no deal but when he shakes them a bit you guys are having heart attacks!

[@N1ghtChao]

I think the reason they do that so is you can keep them in a separate container so you don't have to dig them out when you want to feed them to your pets.

[@JoshuaBanks12]

Dubia roaches have minimal smell. really don't smell at all. that's why people breed them. I have both. My Dog's shit that i pick up is ten times worse.

[@ShinyHunterRyan13]

Also, one question, how do you heat your colonies? I noticed you saying something towards the end, and was wondering how you did that. Thanks!

[@lukewhittingham651]

Hi im looking to buy a leopard gecko but my dad wont let the live food inside any segestions on where to keep crickets thats suitable and warm

[@arandomvirus9817]

I have hissing roaches

[@xxnyspicexx]

Best detailed video I've come across and your voice isn't annoying. Do you have any tips for getting over roach fear? LOL. I have a small colony right now and I cant touch them at all!

[@jameswalls2696]

If you are serious about the handling, I have an idea that may help you. Try using a pair of surgical rubber gloves to get you used to the handling. Nothing bad will happen and you can then possibly progress to bare hands (must wash them afterwards though) LoL. Fears can be overcome - just mind over matter. Give it a go and good luck.

[@TheBoorisha]

But man, cockroaches and poop all in one pile of shit. I'm not saying dog shit is yummy, but this just must be horrific

[@sabretyger]

Wow. I never knew it would be interesting to watch the cleaning of a roach colony habitat. Lol!! You are one brave dude.

[@buffalo1901]

Hey man nice vid u gave me an idea for cleaning roach. I have a big colony over 2000 and It gets dirty pretty fast.:)

[@alexxxdgr8]

when you say egg sack do you mean from when the babies were growing inside? dont they give birth to live babies?

[@TheEziet]

Dude, if i could, i'd like this video a billion times, because the way you clean saves me a lot of time!

[@motorcityh1tman905]

Thumbs up if you would find it funny if someone ran in with a can of raid and sprayed the whole colony down

[@a003732]

1,2,3,4 some crazy-ass kids come and knocked up on your door so Let em in, let em in, let em in (hey)

[@kalebdotson2471]

i breed meal worms and starting to breed crickets but man i HATE roaches!!! Still awesome video.

[@frederikhylle]

i have had my dubias in like a month or more and they still not breeding why doesnt they breed?

[@brycerush98]

why do you separate them? i am just starting my colony.Does this have to be done?

[@NotHumanful]

Knock Knock let em in knock knock let em in Wow haven't heard that song in a while

[@HarithBarber]

put a pair of geckos in there...let me see if the geckos like or not.....

[@rikkibobby8762]

Great video! We raise dubias too and only have one large tub.

[@kennyjohnson5110]

not to mention its pretty cool having your own colony of insects/reptiles

[@maydavies888]

What size holes did you use in the different buckets?

[@Coreywre]

do you go to any reptile shows and set up to sale or do you go to watch?

[@Freemansrus]

what size holes do you drill into your buckets? Cheers for the videos!

[@LegiTTxBoss]

so you don't spend $100000000000000000 on live food for your reptiles

[@st3v33100]

Wow, genius way for breeding roaches...But do this species can fly?

[@milldabeast519dabeast9]

i hear the ration of males to females should be around 1:7

[@m1guelini]

what happens if you don't separate them and just leave them as is?

[@Calapox]

someone should sell those buckets with the pre-driller holes lmao

[@tees2cents]

If they can't climb how do they get up into their water dish?

[@travschmidt8376]

What size of holes are used in each bucket?

[@spydermonkey281]

reptile food .com you get the egg crats and mealworms?

[@constantinecoclin2647]

What sizes are the holes in the bottom of the bucket

[@tees2cents]

And food dish? Are they textured on the outside of them?

[@lazcano420]

what would be a good amount of dub's to start a colony?

[@TacosAreFresh]

Not being Bad or Anything, Why did i click on this? ._.

[@MisachMa]

How big are the holes in the buckets?

[@gladiatorbeastboy]

lol had to give u a sub for knock knock

[@TheBoorisha]

You deal with roaches poop. That must be terrible

[@thorgecko707]

Cool video. Those buckets are a great idea.

[@ajgrauer8839]

What container is that that you are using?

[@kennyjohnson5110]

these roaches are cleaner to breed than crickets

[@justpete4225]

Great vid bud! added! I've just bought my first 30 small nymphs to rasise up to be a breeding colony (thought it would be better to raise them well fed etc).... I have maybe an odd question, will my 30 be ok for a continuous cycling feeding and breeding colony, or will I need to add some from a different gene pool at some point?

[@Theryansmithproject]

The bucjets are the best idea ive ever seen!!!!

[@DawnyDarko]

Have u ever flipped a tray onto the floor? Lol

[@imabadspeler]

nice video and setup! I love your cam.

[@ycjp2]

Can i feed dubia roaches fruit that I bought from my local store?

[@Awgichew]

yes

[@Hufekf32]

Out of 100 nymphs, how many would you say would be females? I can't find anything about their male to female birth ratio.

[@HarithBarber]

I Really Hate Roaches....O.o

[@williehanks1489]

i love mac miller knock knock love it lol

[@selinarittenhouse1181]

Can you feed the roaches, dog or cat food?

[@TheFio7]

Where are you putting eggs for gecko pliss

[@johnpaulingress6012]

Jus curious... why the dishes?

[@clintbougher4428]

What size holes are drilled in the buckets

[@Ooohsome]

Does anybody know where I can find extra egg crates?

[@LuisMartinez-tv1rg]

Costco

[@srdjanbozin1708]

do you feed these to your leopard geckos

[@duckonquack3538]

do they suck the water out of the napkin or do they eat the napkin?

[@spotek275]

Duck On Quack both

[@tennesseedelight]

Hope your colonies are growing :) when they get larger 5 gallon buckets become too small. 4 dollar totes from walmart made the same way work well also

[@myeroku4182]

BEST ROACH BREEDING/FEEDING VIDEO EVER!! Thanks so much for sharing this!!