Parasitic Treatments - A Discussion

[Edan bandoot]

i transferred four mating pairs to individual containers that I bleached and rinsed, then added substrate and decayed leaves that I had autoclaved. Maybe that will reduce their parasite load or something and they’ll pull through. I’m worried that maybe all wild adults have nematodes, maybe that’s why they don’t live very long?

I’ll figure out a way to anesthetize them so I can look at them at high mag on the microscope without them moving around. There was a paper from Pearsons that said their spiracles had a lot of nematodes, I’llcheck there, and also their mouth and butt. not sure how else to check their gut without hurting them?

If you end up collecting new specimens (which i suggest) make sure you don't co-habitate them with any of the old specimens

 

[ArthropodLegs]

You can use CO2 to knock em out for a bit.

Perfect! We have CO2 fly pads. You’ve tried CO2 on millipedes and they wake up and are fine?

 

[MrGhostMantis]

Perfect! We have CO2 fly pads. You’ve tried CO2 on millipedes and they wake up and are fine?

Yep, usually are fine. I don’t know much on the subject so maybe research it more.