Are milipedes and centipedes good pets

[PanzoN88]

After i gain more experience with tarantulas i plan on branching out and trying my luck with milipedes,
Centipedes, and other inverts, so i am curious as to if centipedes and milipedes are good pets to add
to a collection?

 

[Cavedweller]

I've never kept centipedes, but I consider millipedes a pretty good pet. They're more delicate and harder to keep than Ts, but also more active. My starter species recommendation is Chicobolus spinigerus (Florida ivory millipede). They're not big, but have nice markings and are active and some of the hardier millipedes in my experience. I hear Narceus americanus can be a good starter as well, but I've never kept them.

 

[roachkid]

Millipedes are fantastic pets and in my experience relatively easy to keep (but I live in a very humid area). I've kept Narceus americanus and train millipedes which are both easy to keep (once again in my experience). Just make sure you have a terrarium twice the width of the pede, keep the substrate very moist, and feed them lots of vegetables! Millipedes are fun to hold too. I think they are adorable!

I don't have as much experience with centipedes but I have kept them. They're kind of cranky and aggressive. I've also had a hard time getting them to eat they can be picky. They took super worms pretty well though.

 

[SDCPs]

Millipedes are awesome! They're cheap to keep, and relatively easy too.

 

[CrawlinChaos]

Well, that depends. What are you looking for? If you are looking for the 'Let's just live life one step at a time' vibe, then millipedes are definitely a good fit. If you are more interested in a 'OHMYGODGOTTOKILLKILLKILLKEKEKE' sensibility, then centipedes might be right up your alley.

P.S. I don't actually own any centipedes, so my apologies for my bias to those who do. I'm sure that in person, centipedes are actually incredibly charming creatures and not twitchy, ornery bundles of coiled aggression.

 

[Elytra and Antenna]

I'm sure that in person, centipedes are actually incredibly charming creatures and not twitchy, ornery bundles of coiled aggression.

Then you'd be wrong

 

[SDCPs]

Then you'd be wrong

Haha! I think the consensus is that large centipedes are a bundle of evil...I hope I didn't go too far with that statement?

 

[CrawlinChaos]

Evil might be a strong word for any animal. Probably better to think of them as just being really, really pissed off all the time.

 

[timisimaginary]

i have 4 N. gordanus. i see them pretty much never. certainly never during daytime. for the past couple months, i haven't seen them at all, but just this past week 1 or 2 have re-emerged on the surface. don't know if they were molting, mating, or just playing hide-and-seek. from what i understand, n. gordanus may be one of the more reclusive species.

 

[CrawlinChaos]

I really think it depends on the conditions and/or the age of the millipedes. I have 4 or 5 N. gordanus and there's usually at least one roaming around on the surface in the evenings. Sometimes they'll be 3 or 4 of them all up at once. However, it is definitely true that you tend not to seem them during the daylight hours. Which is fine with me, because I'm at work then anyway, lol.

 

[SDCPs]

i have 4 N. gordanus. i see them pretty much never. certainly never during daytime. for the past couple months, i haven't seen them at all, but just this past week 1 or 2 have re-emerged on the surface. don't know if they were molting, mating, or just playing hide-and-seek. from what i understand, n. gordanus may be one of the more reclusive species.

I think you're right compared to something like the ivory milllipede which is often out and about. Or flamelegs (when they are adults) as opposed to Philippine blues...which behave like gordanus often. But gordanus are pretty cool.