howdy do! first post, and i'm very happy to have joined the community.
i picked up a couple of millipedes from a local pet shop after reading about their care for a while. they simply said "millipede" and sold for 11$ a pop. I have two of them, they're brown with very light yellow bands between their segments. they have beigey-yellow ish legs. they are maybe 6 inches and 9 inches respectively. i don't have my cam right now, but i'll submit pics later for id. i like them both a lot, and i think they're simply the most charming little animals ever.
I have them caged in a tupper-ware ish container that is twice as long as they are, and not so tall. for their bedding, i have them in peat moss with a little bit of orchid sphagnum mixed in. a bit of leaf littler (oak) and some orchid bark.
i've been trying to mist it down about once a day, and give them a little bowl for food and water. i'm offering cucumber with a bit of iguana food, which is what the petstore was feeding them.
My question is that the peat moss is devloping a cobweb mold problem. I don't know if this may be harmful to the babies or no, so i thought i'd ask. it started out on a peice of orange that i left in their cage, and has spread to their peat. it isnt very thick at this point, but it is definately spreading fast.
i'm not sure if this is going to cause problems for the 'pedes or no. So i thought i'd ask.
if this is a problem, what can i do to avoid it?
are there any problems with my cage set up?
do they need a heat source? how hot?
-j.
i picked up a couple of millipedes from a local pet shop after reading about their care for a while. they simply said "millipede" and sold for 11$ a pop. I have two of them, they're brown with very light yellow bands between their segments. they have beigey-yellow ish legs. they are maybe 6 inches and 9 inches respectively. i don't have my cam right now, but i'll submit pics later for id. i like them both a lot, and i think they're simply the most charming little animals ever.
I have them caged in a tupper-ware ish container that is twice as long as they are, and not so tall. for their bedding, i have them in peat moss with a little bit of orchid sphagnum mixed in. a bit of leaf littler (oak) and some orchid bark.
i've been trying to mist it down about once a day, and give them a little bowl for food and water. i'm offering cucumber with a bit of iguana food, which is what the petstore was feeding them.
My question is that the peat moss is devloping a cobweb mold problem. I don't know if this may be harmful to the babies or no, so i thought i'd ask. it started out on a peice of orange that i left in their cage, and has spread to their peat. it isnt very thick at this point, but it is definately spreading fast.
i'm not sure if this is going to cause problems for the 'pedes or no. So i thought i'd ask.
if this is a problem, what can i do to avoid it?
are there any problems with my cage set up?
do they need a heat source? how hot?
-j.