r/InvertPets

Hey all, I’m new to owning millipedes I have tarantulas, frogs , and in the past had a multitude of reptiles. I’m just slightly concerned with the behavior of my new millipede. I’ve had it for about 3 days now and it hasn’t burrowed at all. It also moves very slowly/not at all when handling or when putting him on a flat surface. Me and the guy at the local exotic pet store who sold it to me both noticed the lack of burrowing/movement when I bought it. He told me that if anything seems off within the next week to bring it back and he’ll exchange it for me. I’m just wondering if this is actually something to be worried about or if there’s an explanation for this behavior (ie maybe its about to molt) I’m also wondering if anyone could help me identify the species. I was told that as a nickname they can be referred to as a gummy worm millipede. However when I look it up I haven’t been able to find any pictures of species that look like it.

Ok I might be a helicopter keeper but, my BDFBs have sometimes been doing this thing where they seem to kinda jam their face into the dirt and then just, hang like that for a while. Are they sleeping? Trying to burrow? The humidity in their space is around 60%, which seems way too high but I don’t know how to lower it. Advice welcome 🩵

Hello! I recently brought home a vietnamese vinegaroon, and I very badly want to do the best job I can to keep them happy! I’ve noticed a lot of people keep giants, so if anyone has vietnamese specific input, I’d welcome it!

Also looking for input on the enclosure set up (see vid). 8 in. x 8 in. x 13 in. tall

About 2-3 inches long, not including all the appendages lol

My two Purple Ivory millipedes live together in a 10 gallon tank. I have only had them together for a few days but I plan on moving to a larger tank in a little while. I have two more millipedes in the mail that will be added to my current tank (they’re all from the same ecosystem and are able to live together. They are also all appropriate sizes to be in a 10 gallon tank for now at least).
My millipedes are very handleable and love to run around on my arms but I was feeding them some squash, and caught this interaction which they had not done beforehand at all. Is this behavior something I should be keeping an eye out for???

Let me know and please leave any additional advice about millipedes!!!

(Warning for mention of dead inverts)

I’ve never pity bought animals from a big chain store before, but that changed today. I HATE how petco treats their bugs, isopods and dubias especially. They don’t feed them, just leave them in cups to die.

I’m sick of trying to buy dubias for my leopard gecko and just sorting through cups and cups of dedicated dead bugs. Reguardless of their purpose, they deserve the basic respect of being kept alive. Im starting a dubia colony after this, I’m so done

I saw these cubaris isopods two weeks ago when I last went for feeder bugs, and again today when I was there for the same reason. 3/8 were dead on the substrate, and another is almost dead. The worker at the counter gave me a fairly steep discount on them because so many were obviously dead (to be clear, I don’t blame the employees, only the store and their policies). When I put them in their temporary enclosure they didn’t even run for cover, just started eating immediately while I was still shuffling things around, so I’m guessing they weren’t getting much out of their coco fiber substrate.

Why are these animals left like this? I’m sure they would’ve died and been discarded in another week if I hadn’t bought them. Why doesn’t Petco treat them like their jumping spiders, who at least receive some modicum of care?

It just makes me so mad. Even feeder insects deserve a life free of suffering before they’re fed. Why is anyone allowed to keep live animals without feeding them?

On a less depressing note, I’d welcome any advise on keeping Cubaris isopods. I’ve kept porcellio and armidilidium in the past, but u understand these guys can be a bit trickier

got her almost a year ago now and i thought she was gonna die off soon because her shell was severely damaged and literally had a hole in it. she ended up living all this time, idk how she died but she was so cute and unique 😔

Welcoming advice/feedback on my new BFDB hab. I’d like to add some plants, but am worried about pesticide exposure.

Was nice to see them come out but they took too long to attack so I couldn’t keep recording lol. When I checked on them later they were eating the bean beetle in their little web tunnel.

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