O.ornatus observations

[????josh????]

I noticed something odd about my Orthoporus ornatus, they like to eat meat, as well as plant matter! I saw them chewing on each others legs, so I decided to throw in some live crickets, and the millipedes "attacked!" They grabbed the crickets, coiled around them, and began feasting away. Since then I have been feeding them crickets/roaches weekly. I would like to know if anyone else has had the same experience with these millipedes, or if anyone would be willing to try feeding their millies crickets. BTW I use prekilled cricketss now, for the safety of the rnatus.

 

[Drachenjager]

I noticed something odd about my Orthoporus ornatus, they like to eat meat, as well as plant matter! I saw them chewing on each others legs, so I decided to throw in some live crickets, and the millipedes "attacked!" They grabbed the crickets, coiled around them, and began feasting away. Since then I have been feeding them crickets/roaches weekly. I would like to know if anyone else has had the same experience with these millipedes, or if anyone would be willing to try feeding their millies crickets. BTW I use prekilled cricketss now, for the safety of the rnatus.

generally millipedes are detriviors, they eat deas things. plant matter or animal matter they aretn too picky. if they are not getting enough protien they apparantly seek out more animal matter. I noticed that my pedes will ifnore fish flakes most of the time but occasionally they will pig out on it.