Anyone want my cursed Dubia colony?

wodesorel

wodesorel

Seventh Instar
I'm calling it quits on my cursed dubia colony as my second colony is doing fine. I was going to toss them in the freezer to cull them today, but then I realized that they might be okay as feeders for reptiles. (MIGHT BE - I'm not an expert and I don't know what's been going on with them.) I'm not making any promises on their health and I unfortunately can't guarantee they'll be make it there alive, but I won't ask for anything more than what it will cost to ship them. There's at least 75 adults and around 150 more nymphs all larger than a half-inch. For anyone who is serious I can sort through them (they are in a tank with substrate so it's not as easy as pulling egg crates and it'll take me an hour to separate them all) and get video to show how many there are and that they are alive. I'll also ship whichever method you prefer.

You can read about the health problems they've been having in all their sordid detail here: http://www.roachforum.com/index.php?showtopic=3983

Probably silly to even put it out there since there have been so many issues with them and I don't think anyone will want them, but I hate the thought of wasting that many, especially since I just bought a hundred of them a few months ago. They get a diet of fresh fruits and lettuce, horse treats, and occasionally dog food, and are on water crystals. Since I'll only mail out on Mondays and Tuesdays I can switch them over to a different diet (within reason) in the days leading up to that so they'll get a jump start on however you like to have them gut loaded.

 
Just curious but what's in horse treats? Where I live there are no farm animals so I nothing about pre made barnyard animal food.

I was going to say if you had any odd colored males, even just one or two I might have wanted those but I'd have to see photos first.

 
The treats: Wheat Flour, wheat bran, canola oil (preserved with mixed tocopherols), dried molasses, calcium carbonate, dicalcium phosphate, dried apples, dried carrots, salt, yeast culture, apple flavor.

Nope, no odd colored ones. Just ones that are smaller than normal!

 
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