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Haven't been on here in forever... anyway I have a Chilean Rose Hair female and I'm getting ready to move from Southeastern Idaho back to Southern Indiana. This will be a change in altitude (among other things) and three long days in the car. My parents are actually letting her come...

They are cool, I have to admit. What special care needs to be taken of nymphs. Can anyone help? Nai

Well I'm already trying to pawn them off on classroom teachers that come through. *sighs* They are kinda cute though. Is there special care I need to take? Nai, who thanks to her birthday present from her Mom (The Compleat Cockroach) and the recent experience now knows what an egg...

So I have Hissers. Eight of them. and I didn't want more. But I wasn't paying attention or something. So I have like ten or twelve babies running around the cage now. Anyway, I really can't do much with all these babies -- I don't have any spiders at the moment (as soon as I get...

I've tried to keep the smaller native born millipedes for OE -- I too, cannot keep them alive. Any suggestions at all? Nai

I'll put up a heat lamp then -- he's in a ventilated container we use for benthic marcroinvertabrates we catch in the pond -- but the MPB (Multi Purpose Building where the nature center is) is not being kept overly warm at the moment due to the construction AND I don't want the roaches getting...

It's been a bit chilly of late in the nature center here at camp where he's being kept (I am an outdoor environmental education teacher at a YMCA camp -- he's being used to educate kids about spiders) -- they've been redoing, etc... Should I put up a heat lamp? Nai

Found a fly (or the kids did) and put it in. No luck yet. Just curious -- would the temperature have anything to do with a lack of appetite? :confused: Nai

So I obtained a jumping spider (the perks of working as an outdoor educator) -- and it's keeping ok in the tank (I can give you the scientific name in a bit when I grab my book and copy it down) -- problem is it won't eat! It has a woodroach and ladybug in the tank so far -- it's been too...

Ok. But they can become accustomed to being handled? Warm and fed is not a huge problem -- we have heat lamps in the nature center -- and I can hunt crickets easily. I'm glad I found this one and that I read that they maul their prey -- in short a VERY good trait for an OE (Outdoor...

I've searched already and I need some help. I've been teaching Forest Ecology here at camp for the past two days -- caught some very pretty centipedes (and released) and some cool millipedes (I've still not gotten the hang of caring for those, but fun for the kids to see) -- anyway I caught...

I have hissers. *smiles* Eight of em. And they're still spending all their time (that I can see) in a toilet papaer tube. At least it's a good hiding spot. Nai

Thanks. Still learning about these fascinating creatures. Nai

It's a nice plastic box with clip on sides and all that. I'll post pictures later. I added the holes in the top and then put aquarium gravel down and some other stuff (a few oak leaves and a stick to climb on) -- they seem happy enough. This morning I got up, went to the roach tank and...

Here's the problem. It's not just a matter of surviving... They're trying to stop exotics in the wild -- of course, up here it's not a problem -- I'm super careful with my hissers because they'd die outside right now (it's snowing)... They imported LadyBugs for pest control and the...

Ok so small dish. I gave em a bit of dog food this morning as it's what I have on hand... Should be ok (I have a spoiled pug too)... Keep on with the tips. I'm loving it. Nai, though enjoying the roaches, still half wishing she had won that lovely Chilean Rose, but may get one...

Well the literature also said to put a sponge in there. Is this the best thing for water? Or not? Had a happy time playing with one of the females this morning. They're growing on me. And all the teachers that saw them at the conference were like "oh those are great for classroom pets"...

actually info on pros and cons of any of the above stuff is good. And they're kinda fun. Growing on me quite nicely. Nai

So... I was going to purchase my new millipede tommorrow and all that and fate has intervened. See, I've been at the HASTI conference (Hoosier Association of Science Teachers Inc) and they were doing like a TON of drawings for stuff. Carolina Biologicals made an announcement saying they...

I don't know about breeding just yet. And yeah, I plan on taking them out. Hands on education is my thing. I'll do the clear sterilite thing then... Sounds cheaper and easier to deal with-- have one at camp but there's no lid on it -- we kept crayfish in it last fall. (Kids love...