Sounds like you could just drop the prey in from a great height and not give them the chance to touch the tongs. If you are doing cage maintenance, you want the pede to come out anyway.They can also climb up a lot of sealents on the sides of aquariums as well as any cage furniture. Got my first pede a few weeks ago, and I have other cages on top of it at all times. When they can get some leverage, they can be quite strong. Sometimes enough for it to lift the top to where it's slim body can wriggle through. I also have heard of many instances when they will climb up tongs in feeding response and it can be an easy way for it to escape if dropped and it is leaning against the inside of the enclosure. They are very crafty and regarded as a more intelligent insect. My new fav though; love mine to bits
LOL IM DYING YOU MADE THREE DIFFERENT SPELLING ERRORS IN THE SAME MESSAGE TRYING TO CORRECT YOUR ORIGINAL ERROR
Yeah, she settled down very quickly. Seems she likes to roam the enclosure anytime I make a big change to it, then she settles into a burrow or under a hide.
They love to burrow, or to enjoy the protection of a piece of cork bark (where my female hide pretty down under for gave birth to her pedelings) the Asian ones are pet hole, basically... even if when they're out in the open, they love to remain out for hours I have to say, more than obligate burrowers T's, on that sense :-s
Mine more than a month, she disappeared under the cork bark, where she made a nice burrow (that today she "closed" with dirt) then she went out after her pedelings were able to crawl on their own. With me, catching 25 S.subspinipes pedelings that were jumping out from the air holes, ah ah
Prior to her nesting, did you notice any signs she was gravid? I just received my girl two days ago as a WC specimen from a local shop. They really didn't have tons of info on her (not even sure it's female haha). I wouldn't mind if she was, just want to be prepared if it does happen!Mine more than a month, she disappeared under the cork bark, where she made a nice burrow (that today she "closed" with dirt) then she went out after her pedelings were able to crawl on their own. With me, catching 25 S.subspinipes pedelings that were jumping out from the air holes, ah ah
They are amazing, even so little. Incredible, and total different stunning colors. But sadly 25 pedelings (one died) were a bit much to deal for me (for space issues) so I've packed them and shipped those, after two weeks, to a breeder I know.
That's the main issue, man. Unlike for T's, where exists a great market and demand (in Europe as well for the U.S, no matter the difference or who's better, prices, availability etc) with centipedes is the opposite. Check every T's online, and not, shop.
eh eh). All of those are pure finest WC, and sold as unsexed: the only info available is their size, more or less. Sadly, the demand of centipedes is very low... just check here, on this site; plenty of users with lots of arachnids/inverts, but few centipedes owners.
You can sex centipedes but you have to really know what your doing as it can be dangerous for your pede. I can only seem to find S. Polymorpha, and the Vietnamese centipede where I live, although I did just order a scolopocryptops sexspinosus that I'm real excited for. People don't get into pedes because of fear. I was pretty hesitant buying my first pede