Anchorage, Alaska: free millipede

shoujax

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i bought 4 florida ivories + some pillbugs. i thought i'd be able to care for them; but slowly, one by one...i know i shouldn't have gotten them in the first place, but the one that's left...it deserves better than the conditions i'm providing for it now.

if you're willing to take it off my hands, feel free to contact me. my email is shoujax@outlook.com
 

SDCPs

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I'm sorry to hear about this...if it makes you feel any better, Ivories are the species I've had the most trouble with. They seem have a tendency of slowly dying off as you've described. Not a fun experience by any means...
 

shoujax

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I'm sorry to hear about this...if it makes you feel any better, Ivories are the species I've had the most trouble with. They seem have a tendency of slowly dying off as you've described. Not a fun experience by any means...
ty... ^_^;
i'm hoping this one lasts long enough to find a new owner. : \
 

shoujax

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don't have a camera, and the pics on phone/3ds camera aren't exactly the best quality... ^_^;
(that, and i'm kind've embarrassed about it:if they haven't been faring well; that means there's probably something wrong, and i'm likely to get an earful or something about it) /)_(\
 

Mastigoproctus

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don't have a camera, and the pics on phone/3ds camera aren't exactly the best quality... ^_^;
(that, and i'm kind've embarrassed about it:if they haven't been faring well; that means there's probably something wrong, and i'm likely to get an earful or something about it) /)_(\
I'm not here to give you an earful, I'm here to find the conditions you are keeping it in, figure out what's wrong and tell you how to correct it. I keep some super touchy centipedes that Ivories can't even compare to when it comes to care difficulty level like subcrustalis, Malaysian Jewel and a few others. You just have to mimic there natural environment and keep it clean. If you tell me what you are keeping it in, substrate depth, temp and humidity I can give you the corrections needed but it will be up to you to make them. I'd take the ivory off your hands but I'm dealing with over 200 centipedes at this point so I simply have no room.
 

ErinM31

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don't have a camera, and the pics on phone/3ds camera aren't exactly the best quality... ^_^;
(that, and i'm kind've embarrassed about it:if they haven't been faring well; that means there's probably something wrong, and i'm likely to get an earful or something about it) /)_(\
We are here to help, even as many of us are still learning ourselves! You already realize that the conditions are not working so no one needs to tell you that. You might also take a look at @Cavedweller's caresheet as it should help you improve the conditions for your Ivory. Since four of the original five have already died, there is a good chance that this last one is on its way out as well but I still think you should try. Hopefully it can be saved, and then you can decide whether you want to keep millipedes after all or send it off in good health. As it stands, the millipede is stressed at the very least and shipping is an additional stress that it would probably not survive in its present condition.
 

shoujax

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We are here to help, even as many of us are still learning ourselves! You already realize that the conditions are not working so no one needs to tell you that. You might also take a look at @Cavedweller's caresheet as it should help you improve the conditions for your Ivory. Since four of the original five have already died, there is a good chance that this last one is on its way out as well but I still think you should try. Hopefully it can be saved, and then you can decide whether you want to keep millipedes after all or send it off in good health. As it stands, the millipede is stressed at the very least and shipping is an additional stress that it would probably not survive in its present condition.
*just now sees after shipping*
 

shoujax

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i found someone to look after it, but i'm not sure how to close this thread.
 

ErinM31

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Hopefully they'll arrive okay and with good care will do well. :) Threads are not closed, but simply allowed to settle into the sediment, buried by more active threads, until they are one day eaten by digital diplopods and the electrons thus recycled...
 
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