HybridOne890
Arachnopeon
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- Mar 23, 2016
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Hello all,
I come to you all with a question regarding my Vietnamese yellow leg giant centipede. I keep it in a 10 gallon vivarium with plenty of substrate and moisture to keep it happy. I've had this critter (first centipede) for approximately a month now and have started to grow a bit concerned.
Since I know these enclosures should be rather high in humidity, I took precautions and added a colony of springtails for some bio control. However, today I arrived to find an infestation of freaking mites... My question is, what should I do? With my tarantulas, I just dry the enclosure and that usually gets rid of them, however I know that lack of moisture kills these animals. Should I add isopods as well? More springtails? Will the mites harm the centipede? I am just concerned and want to make things right. He's been roaming a lot and refuses to go in his hide or touch the bottom of the enclosure at all.
Please help me help him
Ps
Yes the enclosure was freshly misted when pictures were taken, last picture is a pic of his hide.
I come to you all with a question regarding my Vietnamese yellow leg giant centipede. I keep it in a 10 gallon vivarium with plenty of substrate and moisture to keep it happy. I've had this critter (first centipede) for approximately a month now and have started to grow a bit concerned.
Since I know these enclosures should be rather high in humidity, I took precautions and added a colony of springtails for some bio control. However, today I arrived to find an infestation of freaking mites... My question is, what should I do? With my tarantulas, I just dry the enclosure and that usually gets rid of them, however I know that lack of moisture kills these animals. Should I add isopods as well? More springtails? Will the mites harm the centipede? I am just concerned and want to make things right. He's been roaming a lot and refuses to go in his hide or touch the bottom of the enclosure at all.
Please help me help him
Ps
Yes the enclosure was freshly misted when pictures were taken, last picture is a pic of his hide.