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Old 02-19-12, 04:14 PM   #1
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Dubia roaches killing eachother

I went to feed my dubia colony today and I found a dead skeleton or 2 no meat on them just skeleton! Are they eating eachother? What am I doing wrong? Anyone know ?
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Re: Dubia roaches killing eachother

They're shedding.
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Old 02-19-12, 04:24 PM   #3
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Re: Dubia roaches killing eachother

Oh! Haha I really thought they were eating eachother.... What do I do with it! Do I take them out
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Nah, you don't have to. I don't.
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Do they eat them?
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I would guess so, because I don't remove them, yet I don't have a huge amount of them.
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Oh snap! I just put fresh fruit and vegetables in everyday! Maybe gonna put oatmeal in there to
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Old 02-19-12, 05:03 PM   #8
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Re: Dubia roaches killing eachother

They will cannibalize each other, but generally only if food is in short supply. If you found a complete (or mostly so) exoskeleton with no contents, then, as BB said, you found a molt.

Make sure they have a source of protien in their diet too.

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Yah, I just found a skeleton thingy, there was no flesh on it at all! I always have food in there always!
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