I made two posts before in detail about some problems with pedes, but here are some unusual things that happened that I can't find anywhere else. Full threads here: https://arachnoboards.com/threads/p...ng-will-the-survivor-die.332305/#post-3044197 and https://arachnoboards.com/threads/two-dead-ivories-in-my-care-thoughts-my-fault.332335/
1: I had two AGBs and a Ghana Speckled. I used fairly well decayed oak leaves, primarily laid on surface since they don't burrow. In the almost year I had the AGBs,, I've only seen them eat a leaf once. They have only ever seemed to eat decayed wood (and then only the fungal hypae of the white rot fungus), mushrooms, and some fruit. They do not have compaction as they can still excrete frass defensively, although I find barely any frass in the enclosure, and they see to occasionally open their paraprocts as if to excrete but don't. Why are they not eating the leaves? They are WC.
See https://arachnoboards.com/threads/p...ng-will-the-survivor-die.332305/#post-3044197 for full details of my care.
Should you wish a picture of the leaves in the enclosure just say.
An examination of one fatality showed no external damage to the mouthparts. It may have been what they were fed at the suppliers, since other threads (citation needed) have mentioned that millipedes can struggle to adapt to drastically different foods.
HAS THIS HAPPENED TO ANYONE ELSE?
2: Had some Florida Ivories. They seemed to develop bizarre colouring within a few days of arrival. Ivories norm have a black dorsal stripe per diplosegment, that runs down to around the pleurite area. However, I found that in some of my individuals, this morphed into a series of grey blotches in those pleural areas. This is not mycosis, since (if the millipede flexes) these patches may move like a LIQUID beneath the cuticle. They seem to split like bubbles under stress. If it was exuvial liquid then it would be everywhere beneath the cuticle. Is this a malformation of the underlying cell layer (perhaps of melanocytes?) due to moult stress? Again WC individuals.
see https://arachnoboards.com/threads/two-dead-ivories-in-my-care-thoughts-my-fault.332335/ for full details.
Other than that, Ivories eat well, plenty of frass. I have circled these "bubbles" on the image. They form lines on the segment.
HAS THIS HAPPENED TO ANYONE ELSE????
1: I had two AGBs and a Ghana Speckled. I used fairly well decayed oak leaves, primarily laid on surface since they don't burrow. In the almost year I had the AGBs,, I've only seen them eat a leaf once. They have only ever seemed to eat decayed wood (and then only the fungal hypae of the white rot fungus), mushrooms, and some fruit. They do not have compaction as they can still excrete frass defensively, although I find barely any frass in the enclosure, and they see to occasionally open their paraprocts as if to excrete but don't. Why are they not eating the leaves? They are WC.
See https://arachnoboards.com/threads/p...ng-will-the-survivor-die.332305/#post-3044197 for full details of my care.
Should you wish a picture of the leaves in the enclosure just say.
An examination of one fatality showed no external damage to the mouthparts. It may have been what they were fed at the suppliers, since other threads (citation needed) have mentioned that millipedes can struggle to adapt to drastically different foods.
HAS THIS HAPPENED TO ANYONE ELSE?
2: Had some Florida Ivories. They seemed to develop bizarre colouring within a few days of arrival. Ivories norm have a black dorsal stripe per diplosegment, that runs down to around the pleurite area. However, I found that in some of my individuals, this morphed into a series of grey blotches in those pleural areas. This is not mycosis, since (if the millipede flexes) these patches may move like a LIQUID beneath the cuticle. They seem to split like bubbles under stress. If it was exuvial liquid then it would be everywhere beneath the cuticle. Is this a malformation of the underlying cell layer (perhaps of melanocytes?) due to moult stress? Again WC individuals.
see https://arachnoboards.com/threads/two-dead-ivories-in-my-care-thoughts-my-fault.332335/ for full details.
Other than that, Ivories eat well, plenty of frass. I have circled these "bubbles" on the image. They form lines on the segment.
HAS THIS HAPPENED TO ANYONE ELSE????