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I've wanted to try keeping pillbugs since I was in preschool, but I haven't had the best luck with em.
My first batch of pillbugs met an untimely end come summer, my apartment at the time had very little insulation and a big glass door facing the sun
Last year I gave it another shot, but I had several deaths within the first week, figured I was doing something wrong, and released the rest back where I caught them. Afterwards, someone (I can't remember who) told me an initial dieoff was normal with a newly caught batch of isopods.
I'd like to try it again this year, and make sure I do everything absolutely right. I was just going to keep them like millipedes; a 50% cocofiber, 25% leaf litter, 25% rotten wood/aspen shavings substrate mix, with extra leaf litter on top. Low ventilation. A slab of wood to hide under. Maybe some springtails.
Any suggestions or tips?
My first batch of pillbugs met an untimely end come summer, my apartment at the time had very little insulation and a big glass door facing the sun
Last year I gave it another shot, but I had several deaths within the first week, figured I was doing something wrong, and released the rest back where I caught them. Afterwards, someone (I can't remember who) told me an initial dieoff was normal with a newly caught batch of isopods.
I'd like to try it again this year, and make sure I do everything absolutely right. I was just going to keep them like millipedes; a 50% cocofiber, 25% leaf litter, 25% rotten wood/aspen shavings substrate mix, with extra leaf litter on top. Low ventilation. A slab of wood to hide under. Maybe some springtails.
Any suggestions or tips?