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My First Beardie

Nope not here today, which means, they'll be here tomorrow. I fed him another roach to hold him. These roaches don't lay eggs, they are live births, which is cool. I'm finding all sorts of empty shells from them shedding. :D I can't wait to add a couple more full growns into there and see all the babies coming out. If this goes over really well, I'm getting another beardie :D hehe or something at least that can eat the roaches too.
 
Hello

Hello Amber!

Oh too bad they did not come today! Will they deliver on a saturday then? Oh which species of roach did you get as most lay eggs? Blatica dubias do live birth, is that what you have?
You must be feeding them well if you are finding lots of shed shells in there. I am sure they will be doing great & you will get lots of babies out of it.
Toby will love them.

Tracie
 
Yeah, I have the Dubias. I didn't want any that had even the small chance of being able to climb and/or fly...and those were the first ones I came across that did neither.

Yeah, they deliver on Saturdays....unless it's a holiday, or the day after a holiday. They should be here in the next hour or two. I can't wait.
 
Hello

Hello Amber!

Oh, ok, the dubias. Yeah they tend not to climb.
Did your shipment come in today? I hope so! Your new toys. :D Harmony's new pets! LOL

Tracie
 
No sign of the shipment yet. :( Hopefully by today then. If not, I guess I'll have to go to the bait shop tonight and pick up a few crickets. :D
 
Hello

Hello Amber!

Oh no, I hope that they did not get too hot with the shipping. Did they put a cold pack in there for them too? Geez, I hope you get them soon! That is funny that the bait shop has crickets there.

Tracie
 
Still no dubias..:( If they don't arrive today I'm contacting the place because I ordered worms too.

I've been feeding Toby off baby food for now so he doesn't get hungry. He seems to enjoy it. Eats like a piggie!

I hope they put a cooling pack in too....you would think people who sell things like live bugs, would watch the weather for the places they ship to so they know what to add to keep them alive. But who knows.
 
Hello

Hello Amber!

Any dubias yet? What is the hold up on them? I hope you get them soon! I hate to think that they could be stranded out somewhere.
I would hope that they put a cold pack in there though! Geez.
So, Toby is eating a little bit of babyfood here & there huh? That is good. I hope he doesn't get too hungry!

Tracie
 
The dubias finally arrived Thursday. I think they even had babies on the way because there were a TON of little ones inside along with the ones I had ordered. :D So YAY for babies. No cold pack inside though. So I don't know. There were no dead ones at least.

Now he's munching on worms and roaches. He's a happy little boy. I was moving him over to his bowl and then dumping the roaches in, but now I'm letting him "hunt" them.
 
Hello

Hello Amber,

That is great your roaches finally came! :D I bet that Toby loves them now!! There were babies in with them also, really? That is awesome. So now you are off to a great start!
Wow there was no cold pack in there, well, at least they were not dead from heat injury!
I am sure that he is a happy boy now.

Tracie
 
H Amber
I'm glad to read that your Tobias (I love that name) is dong well for you

The roaches love the heat and unless they are exposed to absolute baking temps-they thrive in it and breed like crazy!

Have fun with them!
I like the Dubia's the best for feeders

Sandy
 
I need to get a thermostat hooked up to the repti-mat I have attached to the roach cage. Just to make sure it doesn't go above 90 degrees F. Every now and then it reaches 96 in there, nothing more though. I can't tell if they are shedding or dieing right now. It looks like a bit of both. :(

I mist them daily, and make sure to aim the tops of their hiding places so not to get them with the water spray, then I aim for the ground. Their food is plain old dry cat food with the occasional sugar breakfast cereal and it's in a very small dish just enough that they can climb into it. Plenty of places to hide, or at least, I think so, they seem to do it very well. :p So I don't know why any of them would possibly be dieing. :( I'm hoping that it is ALL just shells. Either way, I just contacted somebody for some more. So hopefully that will get things moving even faster.
 
Hello

Hello Amber!

OH definitely don't let them get too hot, that wont be good for them. Do you have a fan to help keep them cooler?
They aren't too crowded, are they? What is the humidity in there?
The catfood & cereal is fine, as well. I hope that they start doing better in there. I hope it is all shells in there too.
Really watch those temps. Let me know how things are going.
How is Toby doing?

Tracie
 
Hello

Hello Amber!

Oh wow, those are somewhat high temps. Maybe you should put a fan in there to help with circulation. How are they doing?

Tracie
 
We are going to go get a thermostat to put inside. But for now, I just unplug the heat mat for a little bit and then make sure to plug it back in before I go to bed. So it's off for about half a day. They seem to be doing great. Babies are being born it seems every time I go in to clean, which is about once every two or three weeks, depending.
 
I now have a blanket over a little more than half the screen top of the cage blacking it out. I kept a small side of it open for air. They seem to be doing great because I just saw more babies the other day. I'm so excited!

We bought them this rock thing, that normally goes in a fish tank, and set it so they could climb inside, they love hanging out in there more than anything. We are thinking about getting a few more so they can hide in the dark all the time in case the blanket isn't always strong enough.

Toby is starting to fill out. I can't wait until he hits full grown capacity. :D I do need to weigh and measure him again though. I'm past due.
 
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