Centipede diet

[Madsspiders]

Hey everyone! I’m curious about what you all feed your centipedes. I always thought they were strictly insectivores, but I recently saw a video of someone feeding their centipedes mango. I know they’re scavengers, but I found this really fascinating! Has anyone else observed this behavior or tried offering fruit? Thanks in advance

 

[dragonofend]

Watch ThePureLife on YouTube. He feeds his fruit. There’s a link on yt of a galap eating a cooked beefsteak. I’ve seen a vid on yt of a gigantea catching and eating a live baby chick. And yet another vid of a white leg catching and eating a live mouse. I feed my juvie galap crickets and discoids, but when he’s bigger I wanna add in warm blooded creatures on rare occasion.

 

[Madsspiders]

Watch ThePureLife on YouTube. He feeds his fruit. There’s a link on yt of a galap eating a cooked beefsteak. I’ve seen a vid on yt of a gigantea catching and eating a live baby chick. And yet another vid of a white leg catching and eating a live mouse. I feed my juvie galap crickets and discoids, but when he’s bigger I wanna add in warm blooded creatures on rare occasion.

Thank you for your reply! I'll make sure to check out ThePureLife

 

[Wolfram1]

i second @ThePureLife

i feed mine mosty roaches i breed myself, with occasional pieces of fruit and very rarely small chunks of chicken, fish or shrimp.

i dislike feeding meat since i have no control over the production and the last thing i want to do is give it food poisoning from raw meats.

In my experience they don't eat much of the fruit, but they do like to nibble on it a little, at least mine have never finished even small pieces of fruits like mango, persimmon, peach, banana, ...

feeding them some fruit is beneficial to them, but you can also gutload the prey with them insted.

0.0.1 Scolopendra dehaani ~6"

• Wolfram1
• Dec 17, 2023
• 2
• dehaani scolopendra scolopendra dehaani

sold as "red", considering the colours are variable, i am unsure if it is a different locale or...

here is mine nibbling on a piece of persimmon

 

[dragonofend]

feeding them some fruit is beneficial to them

Out of curiosity, what part of eating fruit is beneficial to them? Also your Dehaani is beautiful

 

[Madsspiders]

i second @ThePureLife

i feed mine mosty roaches i breed myself, with occasional pieces of fruit and very rarely small chunks of chicken, fish or shrimp.

i dislike feeding meat since i have no control over the production and the last thing i want to do is give it food poisoning from raw meats.

In my experience they don't eat much of the fruit, but they do like to nibble on it a little, at least mine have never finished even small pieces of fruits like mango, persimmon, peach, banana, ...

feeding them some fruit is beneficial to them, but you can also gutload the prey with them insted.

0.0.1 Scolopendra dehaani ~6"

• Wolfram1
• Dec 17, 2023
• 2
• dehaani scolopendra scolopendra dehaani

sold as "red", considering the colours are variable, i am unsure if it is a different locale or...

here is mine nibbling on a piece of persimmon

Cool, thank you so much for the response! Your dehaani is beautiful! I'm hoping to add a centipede to my collection soon

 

[dragonofend]

Do you know which ones you’re looking at? When you get it, you could try a little experiment to see if they prefer fruit in their native area versus otherwise.

 

[Ratmosphere]

Roaches, crickets, banana, cantaloupe, mango!

 

[Madsspiders]

Do you know which ones you’re looking at? When you get it, you could try a little experiment to see if they prefer fruit in their native area versus otherwise.

I'm not sure yet, but that's a good idea!

 

[Wolfram1]

Out of curiosity, what part of eating fruit is beneficial to them? Also your Dehaani is beautiful

they feed on fallen fruit in their native habitats as well.

personally i don't analyse it more closely than that.

its more for enrichment and health than as a food source.

a diverse diet is a healthy diet.

I feed my juvie galap crickets and discoids, but when he’s bigger I wanna add in warm blooded creatures on rare occasion.

be careful with anything that can fight back, juvenile mice can already bite and that chick was a huuuge meal, way more than i would feed them in a single sitting.
Also kind of sad to see them go like that...

anyway, not much of a reason to feed raw meat except as a rare treat.

Cool, thank you so much for the response! Your dehaani is beautiful! I'm hoping to add a centipede to my collection soon

Np, glad to help, i have only kept Scolopendra for about 1,5 years so i am still very inexperienced compared to some of the other people here, but i got lots of help and by now i feel like i am on the right track to keep them well & will likely get some more if i find ones i am looking for.


Also be careful, while they are very interesting to keep, their venom is no joke. Especially the asian species.
Be sure to read bite reports before you decide to buy one. You should read up on that with any venomous animal really.

You probably know that already, just thought i would mention it.

 

[Brewser]

Insects and Fruit