oranges with dubia and laterlis increase mating?

On geckoforums (I'm a member there), hundreds of people did tested this, and it was proven that they reproduce faster with citrus fruits, but it brings down the health when feeding to herbs.......... on bearded dragon.org too........ not sure if it's true but hope this helps

 
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Although I would love to believe such trials, if somebody only has one colony, numerous factors could be affecting production.

For example; Many of the reports I've heard about dubias producing better after having citrus go something like this:

"So my dubias haven't been producing since I got them, so I gave them some oranges, and yesterday I found babies!"

Now, one could say the citrus made them give birth. Or one could also say any fruit could have encouraged a female to drop her babies, especially after months of carrying an ooth and not having any.

The best way to go about testing this would be to set up several bins, starting with a batch of subadult nymphs (maybe 100 or so) in another bin. Per day, as subadults mature, they would be removed and put into corresponding bins in equal amounts (3 females and 1 male per bin per day, for example) to ensure that all the roaches are at the same level of maturity. From there, each bin could be given unlimited access to food/water and supplemented with select fruits on a schedule (the fruits could be offered in excess to allow the roaches to eat their fill.)

 
I feed my roaches varied fruit diet.

@vfox: Try feeding your Hissers with papaya or banana they like it. It worked on mine.

 
I know this is an older topic, but I have a follow up question, and request for help from it.  

I know I have found an article in the past about why oranges (and other citrus)  should only be fed to breeder roaches, due to the what the acid in the fruit turns to and that the roaches have no way to expel that from their bodies, however it is used for the formation of the oothicas.   So at breeding age it is helpful for the females.   The acid converted form is also not good to be fed to reptiles.   Perhaps gout related?  

ANYWAY!   My ability to properly google and refind this information is failing and I'd love if anyone is able to help me find this article again!  

I'll keep looking too, it was a good article and put it into good perspective.

 
Ok, so for the reptile gout and other uric acid buildup concerns article, this is the link. Don't know if that's the one you were thinking of...

 
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Ok, so for the reptile gout and other uric acid buildup concerns article, this is the link. Don't know if that's the one you were thinking of...
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Blimey. I have a lot to catch up on.  :blink:

I don't know if it's because I'm starting small with about 60 varied nymphs, but I can't seem to get my dubs much interested in (well washed) fruit, citrus or otherwise. It's a contrast to the roaches - and crickets and worms - I used to keep.

 
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