Hey,
I find centipedes to be fascinating creatures. However, they don't seem to live that long. Yes, I have had the oddball centipede live a few years, but most don't seem to make it over a year. I've had captive born centipedes just randomly die on me. I know centipedes are moisture dependent, so I didn't neglect them. It just seems at any random time a centipede could die. I currently have an E. trigonopodus that has done just fine for a year now.
I'd like to get back into the centipede hobby, but I can't afford $50-$100 for a centipede that could just die at any time when I could use that money to buy a T that could live several years.
Do centipedes not live too long in general? Why else would centipedes just randomly die?
I find centipedes to be fascinating creatures. However, they don't seem to live that long. Yes, I have had the oddball centipede live a few years, but most don't seem to make it over a year. I've had captive born centipedes just randomly die on me. I know centipedes are moisture dependent, so I didn't neglect them. It just seems at any random time a centipede could die. I currently have an E. trigonopodus that has done just fine for a year now.
I'd like to get back into the centipede hobby, but I can't afford $50-$100 for a centipede that could just die at any time when I could use that money to buy a T that could live several years.
Do centipedes not live too long in general? Why else would centipedes just randomly die?