Dad: Whats your future plan? Me: cockroach farm

When you poured in the roaches it looked like a scene from the mummy

I just want a feeder insect that doesn't jump at me when I'm trying to feed my beardies... damn crickets

Great video! No extra talking that has nothing to do with video!! Straight to the point, very informative and excellent video quality. Professional results. Thank you 😊

Tip: go to Ebay and order polymer watergel balls (original name being Orbeez). They are the exact same product as the more expensive (polymer) water storing crystals shown in the video, but just in the shape of little balls instead of little rocks. They come in different colors, but I went for the basic clear/transparent ones. I got a pack of 10,000 of them for only 1.22 euros (1.39 USD) , shipping included. They will last me for years if I can resist throwing them at my neighbor's kid in summer. LOL Cheers.

Teacher: So.. What do you kids want to be when you grow up? Me: *Southern Accent* IM GONNA BE A COCKROACH FARMER FOR MAH BEARDIE!

you forgot about #3 they dont smell or make noise. The smell of a cricket bin drives me nuts it so bad.

Hi man, I just wanted to leave a comment thanking you for your amazing video. I watched it in early 2017 and it inspired me to start my own colony. Proud to say I’ve been doing very well so far, still trying to learn as much as possible each day but you’re the one responsible for making me start after putting it off for yeeears. You rock!

Awww, the sound when you pour them back into their habitat gives me goosebumps. ^-^ I like those roaches a lot, I breed them for my tarantulas.

I love that you mentioned to feed them organic food.I have been feeding all my insect livestock organics over the years.The general foods are polluted by being fed with the cheapest foods available which are polluted with herbicides and pesticides

What got me into Dubia roaches is my stubborn Armadillo lizard who only likes roaches and darkling beetles. Although it made me realise that Dubias are much better than crickets. I have also learned they are much easier to clean up after, which is another great plus. Great video

Incredible video man, really thorough and helpful. keep 'em coming!

OMGGG, you poured sooooo many roaches back in!!!!!!! Hahahahaahah, I laughed when you showed that big ass container!!!!

Thank you so much for these tips! I'm planning to start a colony of my own soon and this is so helpful!

Think imma cop this from you Great video. New outlook on roaches now.

I love your hair style it looks really good on you

I recently started using Dubias as feeders and for some strange reason I think they’re so neat!! They are so clean and have no smell, I’ve always hated keeping crickets since they’re so nasty/smelly/loud/and die extremely easy.. but not dubias lol I know this videos old but as usual Great info!!!👏💯🙏👌

Great video! I don't mind roaches as long as they arenot crawling up my wall at 3 am but not gonna lie when you pulled out the bin, with the like, 5 mil roaches crawling all over each other, then dumped it in, and the cartons MOVED because of all the roaches, i got a bit freaked out.

a dubia roach just crawled in my ear and i figured a care guide would help me. thank you

"Florida or somewhere tropical" gang, where y'all at?!?

Cute little things. Looks much more simple than I was thinking. Going to start one for a new bearded dragon

very informational awesome video man deff gonna file this guide awesome for chameleon feeding

I just bought 100 of them, Hoping to breed them well. Crickets didn't work out well for me so one can hope these will :)

Thanks!!! This really helped me a lot, nice video!!

Thanks for the help... I just started breeding and this video helped

I haven't gotten around to watching your channel until now, but I have to say I am extremely impressed! This is very well put together and informative :) Great Work! I have to ask, how long did it take your colony to grow to a significant size? Or did you just blow a bunch of money on a bulk order? lol. My colony has been very slowly growing since I got them 6 months ago, but to be fair I haven't really provided them with a lot of heat.

Man there are soooo many in there! It's funny because I actually recorded a video to upload of my roach/cricket setup but you seem to have beat me to it haha.

Your channel is fantastic! Great job! :-)

great video thank you so much this really helped me out

Very interesting young man. Thank you!

Yo man that helped me a lot thanks!!!

THEY'RE SO CUTE! I might start farming them for my leopard gecko

Excellent video. Thank you

Very informative. Thanks!!

7:25 was beautiful

Just got mine together , good Vid .

Great video, thanks.

Great video!

Just recently bought 50 small dubias only to see if my tarantula or even my blue tongue or leopard gecko would eat them as I’ve never tried dubias before but my tarantula hasn’t eaten them makes me think she could be getting ready for molting but my skink loves them so I think I should get some more and try breeding hopefully it would be successful

Great informative guide! Intro reel was a bit drawn out tho

Only thing I could think about was Joe's Apartment when you put the Dubias back in there setup.

great video! very helpful

Cool video very helpful

Thanks for the info

Thank you for the video. My reptiles love roaches, more than anything else.

7:15 was tough. Not gonna lie. Nice video!

This is so awesome! I want the full grown male and female.

great video! thank you

Very informational. End of the video gave my cockroach phobia a bit of a panic attack but I am keeping these dubias to reduce my phobia. I am keeping these dubias with isopods as well in a tropical dirt environment. Is it important to have the crystal water or can frequent misting of the edges serve well enough to water the nymphs?

Very helpful!

oh the annotation saying 'technically not live hatchlings as they are live birthers' made me laugh! ;)

Don't feed exclusively however, as they can cause gout in your reptiles (ie. bearded dragons). They also don't trasmit parasites to the extent that crickets do. They won't attack your lizard at night if you leave them in the cage. (Crickets will chew on your reptiles if left in the cage overnight, harming eyes, toes, etc.). They DO make noise- it's a high-pitch squeaking- but nothing like crickets! :) So again, please do not feed exclusively, mix up your feeders for most nutrition (would you want oatmeal every day?) and the health of the joints, etc. of your reptiles. Also, keep them in dark bins- better heat absorption and they love the dark (dubias). For best nutrition and gut-loading- feed them kitchen scraps that are good for your lizard also- great video- thanks!

Thanks

very helpful vid

thank you very much.

Also, just buy the cheap garden water crystals vs. the reptile brands- mine have done well with them. I usually just feed them water-filled fruit and vegs (oranges, cucumbers, peppers, etc.), and I haven't had to use water crystals for months- thats ONLY if you're feeding them fresh, as the food tends to dry up quickly so make sure you provide that daily. I may go back to the water crystals as my colony is growing, and I want to ensure they are properly hydrated.

Dubias are great feeders for my Tarantulas.. Problem with dubias is that they always act like possums and play Mexican standoffs with my Ts which waists tons of my time trying to observe my Ts eat. So i always throw my dubias in without observing to save time..

Thank you now i can now have alot of food for my tarantula.And How do you make them grow quickly?

They're cute🥺

Nice video

It's getting started with my colony but my question is how often would you keep an eye on the food source what would you just put more food in when the food is gone or do you let them go a little bit hungrier

Awesome

oh god...I am thinking of getting a bearded dragon (I own 2 snakes so far)...I would eat worms than touch the roaches...I don't have a fobia, I just feel so dissgusted of them :P hopefully if I start keeping dubia, I'll get over this feeling

I subscribed

I'm waiting for my colony to get up to size. I love these guys as feeders, but it's a pain getting my cave geckos to transfer onto them sometimes. Speaking of cave geckos, they have these little claws that they use to climb that actually sting a bit when you hold them. I've gotten used to it, but I don't think I'll ever get used to roach feet. They just hurt. Maybe I'm being a little overly sensitive about it, but I just despite having to pick them up, haha.

Preparing for a blue tongue along with a beardie wish me luck...

Wow! That's a lot of roaches! Thanks so much for making this vid, it was very informative! I honestly find crickets more gross than cockroaches. Always found roaches to be kind of cute haha :) I'm thinking of starting my own colony to feed my tarantulas with but a bit concerned about using heat mats as they are a bit of a fire hazard. Don't want to bump up the temperature of the entire room though as my invertebrate room is also my art studio. Any recommendations?

Hi i was wondering if there is a way to safely mark the roaches to help distinguish them?

i just feed then left over fruits and keep mine ontop of my lizards house because its hot up thereso they dont cost me a penny

Roaches are cute but they were itchy while walking in your hands and disgusting but I love them!!

Omg you have a blue touché skink

Hi, what should I do if the temperature in my area is 96 F? I'm pretty sure there's no cooling lamps.

I had one get out found him 2 months later he hadn't grown at all and the ones in the cage free 3 times there size

nice video man! dubia roach colony stink or have any bad smell ?

Great video. I stopped feeding my Ts with crickets a few months ago, and their main food now is cockroaches. But I also give them SuperWorms, WaxWorms and mealworms. This video has helped me with the feeding info, so I'm going to add cat food and fish food to the cockroaches as every now and then I discover an empty shell where they have eaten one of their own ! Is cannibalism normal behaviour ?

The water crystals are a huge no go. Fruit and veggies are the best way to hydrate by far.

U keep a gila! I didn't even think u could.

what about if i live in mississippi, its not as tropical but it still gets preatty hot

I got food jelly's for my Dubia roaches doi just dump it out or leave it in the container?

So you keep them in the same container the whole time?

could i keep these in a 10 gallon aquarium outside? i live in south louisiana so humidity and temp is about 50-80% and 70-100 degrees year round. in the winter it sometimes drops to the 40's

A question for you that I’m trying to solve a problem, if you put the water in the plastic tub they cannot come out. What is the best way to offer them water even this crystals so that they can get out.So what is the best way to deliver food and water crystals so that they can survive? Thank you for your answer

People are saying there are some chemicals in water crystals that kill roaches - what do you think?

What do you do with the adult roaches if you have too many? I know it's good to feed bearded dragons the nymphs, but the adults are too big for them and I'm just curious. I want to get a bearded dragon and start a dubia roach farm because it's cheaper than continuously buying roaches, but I don't have any animals to eat the adults. Thanks :)

Do they like if you keep them all together crowded in a relatively small place?

How long does it take for the nymphs to grow to sub-adult size? I have a leopard gecko and I'm starting to get super tired of crickets. I feed her mealworms too to give her some variety but I don't wanna use them only. I'd like to try dubia roaches but she will probably only be able to eat the nymphs as the adults are too large. I dont' want to buy a container of them only to waste a bunch because they're too big to eat.

intro ends at 0:45 in case anyone is wondering

should i start a colony right now even though my beardie is a juvenile or should i wait until hes an adult what would you reccomend

How do the roaches climb the Tupperware containers in order to feed and drink? I thought they couldn't climb smooth surfaces?

I Just cant find Water cristals. Do you know if I can use those colored Water balls?

I wish I could get cockroaches! But my parents will never let me! I’m the black sheep in my family I LOVE BUGS the only bug I can keep is isopods

i just started my 1st dubia roach colony and i got my temperature at 27 degree and 30 degree Celsius either side would that be warm enough to breed good?

What if i dont have a water crystal thing like that cuz i dont know where to buy stuff like that. Can i use cotton balls then put some water on it?

hi, what are fish flakes? are they the dried reddish fish food you get in the pet store? thank you

did u sell them its worth it

I use cotton balls to water mine& I cut one side of a Kleenex box and I feed them what the dragon doesn’t eat that day, and it works. Gut load 24hr before feeding to pets.

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What are your thoughts on using Bug burger bug feeder for their main source of nutrition and water?

Shooo I’m in Houston

If I started a roach farm as you did and only feed two turtles and a bearded dragon, would they breed so fast that I get inundated? I also bet they make good fish bait!