Ive just yanked this little guy off of my cat's mouth, i feel so sorry for it. Is there any way for me to help it? It's very active (crawling on me as we speak) and i would rather not have to squish it :( sorry bad english
As the title states, I keep a variety of millipedes in a 35 gallon tank. Every few months, I find another has passed away. I just lost one of my African giants and am getting increasingly frustrated by this loss!
I keep A. gigas, thai rainbow, scarlet (Trigoniulus corallinus), and red spotted white tree millipedes.
They are housed on a soil comprised of organic top soil, worm castings, rotten hardwood, non-dyed sphagnum, hardwood leaf litter, and BioLife substrate from The Defiant Forest. Cuttlefish bone is provided. The tank is about 8" deep at the back, 4.5" at the front and all water used is distilled. Cage decorations include a deer skull cap, deer antler, cork bark tunnel, and bugleweed which the millipedes do not show any interest in.
We keep reptiles as well so out house usually stays in the 73-76 degree range.
Does anyone have any advice or input on why I might be losing millipedes intermittently? :( I love my little colony and each loss is truly heartbreaking!
This lil guy is a camel spider aka solfugid!! They've been an absolute dream invert of mine for YEARS and I am so so happy to finally have one!!! Thought you'd all appreciate his cuteness ❤️
Found them on the balcony of my bf. One mature P. scaber for the scale.
I think it's either P. Scaber morphs, or random members of Porcellio family
so my girlfriend and I really want to get a pet but dont have a lot of space. ive been wanting a jumping spider for awhile now and thinking about it more and more, but worried about the temperature and humidity regulation in our tiny apartment. we have window ac units and our heating system is kind of odd and therefore hard to manage exactly. we live in a high humidity area and even with two dehumidifyers on constantly, the humidity level stays around 70%. and like i said, the actual temperature is also hard to manage in our apartment too.
I have a scorpion who unfortunately has mycosis. I knew this when I got her and her stay with me is hospice care. In the months that I've had her, I've grown to really love her and the thought of her death is tearing me up. More than that is trying to plan for afterwards.
I know people often pin invert pets, but with her mycosis, I wouldn't feel comfortable with that risk. I also don't think I would be able to look at her body like that, even if it was safe for future invertebrate pets.
I rent and my housing hasn't exactly been stable, so burying her isn't an option. I would hate to have to leave her behind in a move or have to dig her back up.
I'm honestly at a loss. I want to be prepared when it happens, but I can't think how. Does anyone have any ideas?
Help! How do I get rid of them? A few days ago I got 2 beetle larvae, well turns out that there were fungus gnats in the soil because now there are tons of the buggers in my room!
When I first brought the grubs home, I thought I saw a couple tiny worm things in the soil but didn't think much of it, because there were also springtails in the cups.
I'm going to go buy fly tape for the adults tonight after work, but what do I do about the soil???
I contacted the person I got the grubs off of and she says the gnats are harmless, but with the number of flies that are there, they're just going to create more and I feel it will stress my grubs.
When we visit my partner's parents home, we catch the silverfish who come out at night and keep them. Here's them one month after collecting vs when we first got them! They are spoiled on oats and fish flakes and cardboard now... big and fat and fully scaled. I love them.
Seller lied to me about her age and care needs so unfortunately I only had her for a few months before she passed unexpectedly, but man she was so cool! My first ever spider, now I have a jumper who is getting pretty old and I wanna get another Eresus sp. once she passed.
THIS POST of her got quite some traction last year you folks might enjoy also.
Ive had one of these sitting around empty for a while and would love to finally set it up, any ideas for who could go in it? It doesnt seem suuuper escape proof.. so preferably not an escape artist critter
Hey guys, I have lots of reptiles but this is my first set of millipedes, and I did some research beforehand, and then bought an enclosure (30x30x55), some substrate etc, and 5 Thai rainbow millipedes, not considering that they would breed. How do I make sure they don’t overrun the tank? I really don’t want to hurt any of them and they are really cute, is there any way I can just maybe make them have a few babies every couple of years or something like that? Thanks
I have recently got a millipede, a red legged millipede, but I was misled by the seller, they stated that my millipede would be okay in this enclosure I have, I have now been informed it is not, the length and width are fine, however it is around 8 inches tall, and she is around 6 inches in length, I have no way of returning her. Can someone please advise me on how to care for her until I can get the larger tank, (a week or so)
So this is Umwelt, my female (I hope) Asian Forest Scorpion. She's exploring her new set up after I upgraded her tank after getting frustrated with an ant infestation. Now she's ant free and has a front opening tank!
So, im new to hissing cockroaches, ive recently picked up this guy, it was advertised/sold as a halloween hissing cockroach, now seeing other pictures of actual halloween hissers im not so sure, the person who sold it said she *thinks* its female too, either way I love them, but if anyone could help me out with an ID, I'd really appreciate it thanks!