Can roaches be kept with millipedes?

IguanaMama

Arachnoangel
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I have a small colony of porcelain roaches, Gyna lurida, and they seem to have the same requirements as my millipedes. I was wondering if I could house them together? Anyone know, or have done this before? I am going to cross post this in the myriapods section, btw.
Jodi
 

ShadowSpectrum

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I know some millipedes have pretty strong defensive secretions and they could possibly kill the roaches if they pestered them too much and they may eat each others' young.
 

kraken

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I know someone that did it,and they did fine for over a year(he broke it down and gave them away).The roaches was hissers and stayed up on branches he had in there,and the millies stayed burrowed and on the substrate.They raraely interacted.
 

Scythemantis

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I kept my African black with one female hisser and one giant cave roach (I have colonies of neither...I actually like having just one or two cockroaches that I know as "individuals") until the latter two died of old age.

Curiously the pede has been FAR more active around the cage since then, so maybe they did bother her a little.
 
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