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Hey my husband wants to get into centipedes and was wondering what would be a great beginner from him or should he start w/millipedes first.
To be honest, we can't really answer that as they are completely different animals to keep and look after, its like saying should he start with mantids first? The only thing they have in common in terms of looking after is that they have lots of legs! Millipedes arent my thing at all, but if you like them, it tends to be for different reasons than for likeing pedes. Millipedes are very docile, eat vegetables and fruit, and dont bite. Centipedes are the exact opposite.rosehaired1979 said:or should he start w/millipedes first.
Any north american spp. wouldnt be bad its when you get into those really big asain centipedes that start causeing trouble, I like the Texas tiger myself, anyways, starting with millipedes wouldnt get him ready for a very fast moveing centipedes, Check out invertepet or swiftinverts(i think they got north american spp. of centipedes).After keeping one of them he should be ready to care for a few of the larger ones.(get a texas tiger if you can they are good looking and not as fast)rosehaired1979 said:Hey my husband wants to get into centipedes and was wondering what would be a great beginner from him or should he start w/millipedes first.
it's a matter of what pedes beeing offerd,... i guessdanread said:Although gigantea are probably a good starter pede in terms of temprement and ease of care, they really can't be considered a starter simply due to their cost and rarity. You'd have to be mad or very rich to start off in a hobby spending hundreds of dollars on your first pede.