Millipedematt
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So i know i just recently made a thread but i went into my N. americanus cage and found them breeding (at least i think there breeding) @LawnShrimp @mickiem what do you think?
N. Americanus breeding (so soon)
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Yes, they are! The lighting in this photo is also good. They need lots of wood to make egg capsules and for the young to grow. Congrats!
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Thanks will do there is already a decent amount of wood in the substrate but i am i am going to add some larger pieces to the surface of the cage. I am super excited tho cant wait to see babies
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Hey, congratulations! That's awesome! My Florida Ivories recently surprised me with babies - and the dang things are consumate escape artists! I've had to rehouse them from the plastic tub I had them in to a regular screen-top cage because they kept squeezing out the air holes. Baby millipedes seem to be able to climb plastic rather well, so something to keep in mind as yours begin hatching!
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That first pic was so deceptive! I thought you had some pure whites 
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Rule #1 = NEVER, Ever, Ever, Ever DIG!
Quick question when breeding larger millipedes like these N. americanus do i dig through the substrate looking for egg capsules? Or should i let everything be? i know its most likely a little to early for them to have brooded eggs but just figured i would ask @mickiem
There's nothing you can help them with, but you could hurt a lot. Sometimes our curiosity kills us, but really, see Rule #1! Once they encase the eggs in fecal material (or frass or poop; all the same) it's hard to tell the eggs apart from frass anyway. When curious, I feed them thin, round slices of apple or cucumber and that large white surface may have 'smaller' frass on it in the morning (a tell tale sign) - that's a way to know you have pedelings. I feed at night before their most active period (around 10 p) and look at the slices in the morning. Also, if you lift a slice, sometimes you find babies congregating beneath it in the morning. I guess they eat until they pass out. Some say that certain species will even lay their eggs near a food source so I place supplemental food in the same spot. I rarely find this to be true, but I still do it because I am OCD that way.... I do find that most species will scatter so even if the eggs are in one spot (often on the surface), they won't stay there long.
Excited for you!
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Thank you ill keep an eye out