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<blockquote data-quote="Nunua" data-source="post: 165106" data-attributes="member: 4947"><p>I have a colony of Dubia roaches and a box of mealworms for my 19 tarantulas.</p><p></p><p>Mealworms are in the fridge in a oat flake / fish food mix and before using I pick few of them to another dish with veggies and/or fruits in it to load them with nutrients. I use these usually with small slings or as a first post molt meal for juvies. (Adults get superworms as post molt meal, but those I don't have at home all the time because I just buy few of them when I need.)</p><p></p><p>For roaches I keep small cat food pebbles available all the time because it's an extremely easy and efficient way to provide them protein. They also get fruits and/or veggies every now and then to get other nutrients and water. The colony seems to be thriving, though I should get them a bigger box to live in. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>I started my colony by buying 10 adults (few gravid females, non-gravid females and males) and few smaller ones from a hobbyist nearby.</p><p></p><p>Dubias can be a pain in the ass because they prefer playing dead but that problem is easily solved by crushing their head which makes them to walk and twitch around. I don't feel too bad for them because Ts will kill them soon anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nunua, post: 165106, member: 4947"] I have a colony of Dubia roaches and a box of mealworms for my 19 tarantulas. Mealworms are in the fridge in a oat flake / fish food mix and before using I pick few of them to another dish with veggies and/or fruits in it to load them with nutrients. I use these usually with small slings or as a first post molt meal for juvies. (Adults get superworms as post molt meal, but those I don't have at home all the time because I just buy few of them when I need.) For roaches I keep small cat food pebbles available all the time because it's an extremely easy and efficient way to provide them protein. They also get fruits and/or veggies every now and then to get other nutrients and water. The colony seems to be thriving, though I should get them a bigger box to live in. :) I started my colony by buying 10 adults (few gravid females, non-gravid females and males) and few smaller ones from a hobbyist nearby. Dubias can be a pain in the ass because they prefer playing dead but that problem is easily solved by crushing their head which makes them to walk and twitch around. I don't feel too bad for them because Ts will kill them soon anyway. [/QUOTE]
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