Archispiro
Arachnopeon
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- Jun 19, 2007
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I bought an Archispirostreptus Gigas a few months ago and noticed a week or so after obtaining him that four of his back legs on one side are missing. He's got a habit of spinning around to chew on them and for a while I thought he was ingesting them. It ran contrary to what I'd heard about them so I observed his behavior over a few more weeks.
It seems that they were simply missing beforehand and he's agitated by their absence, but I'm not certain. No more have gone missing since so it seems to indicate more of an annoyed behavior than anything else. I'm curious as to what people with more experience think of this.
If it's just a reaction to their absence is there anything else I should worry about? Do millipedes regenerate legs or gain replacements in the process of molting? I'm very new to this and I want to make sure he's doing as well as possible.
I don't have any pictures of the legs in question but I do like showing him off I realize that others here have more exotic and unusual arthropods but hopefully someone will enjoy seeing him.
Thanks for your advice!
EDIT: On closer inspection, the second photo provides a glimpse of this injury.
It seems that they were simply missing beforehand and he's agitated by their absence, but I'm not certain. No more have gone missing since so it seems to indicate more of an annoyed behavior than anything else. I'm curious as to what people with more experience think of this.
If it's just a reaction to their absence is there anything else I should worry about? Do millipedes regenerate legs or gain replacements in the process of molting? I'm very new to this and I want to make sure he's doing as well as possible.
I don't have any pictures of the legs in question but I do like showing him off I realize that others here have more exotic and unusual arthropods but hopefully someone will enjoy seeing him.
Thanks for your advice!
EDIT: On closer inspection, the second photo provides a glimpse of this injury.