The other day I went into one of the local petco’s to price frozen mice. Any time I go I check out what critters they are selling. Quite surprisingly I saw they had millipedes. No scientific name but they were called North American millipedes or something. The one in the cage was maybe 4 inches and it was a brown/Black. They are selling them for $10. Millipedes are not where I am most familiar, could this be orthoporus ornatus? Has anyone else seen petco or petsmart selling millipedes before? Ive never seen them have any inverts besides the occasional t’s and Asian forest scorpions labeled as emperors.
Petco millipedes
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kjgalaxy
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They are available to Petco, it just means someone decided to order a couple. If they are like at my petco, they're the North American Millipede, Narceus Americanus. I had just gotten into millies and discovered petco had some and ended up talking to the girl who'd ordered them. They also sexed them for me.
Ah, interesting, maybe I’ll go and buy one.
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I have been finding more and more at the LPSs around here. Hopefully the growth in popularity will continue.
***LPS=Local pet store OR Littlest Pet shop***
***LPS=Local pet store OR Littlest Pet shop***
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I haven’t seen one in a pet store for over 10 years. I guess I better start paying more attention.
However, IMHO, creatures with such specialized care generally don’t fare well in pet stores.
However, IMHO, creatures with such specialized care generally don’t fare well in pet stores.
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Oh man! Don’t EVER buy frozen mice from Petco! They cost a fortune there.
Where do you advise I buy them? I saw a pack of 3 for $5 which isn’t too bad since I just have one green tree to feed. I know you can buy in bulk online though.
desmess3000
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I got my first millipede from petco ...an African giant black back in 2005. He just passed recently from a tragic fall unfortunately but I have him and petco to thank for igniting my passion for myriapods.
Glad to hear there back at it.
Glad to hear there back at it.
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My Petco never gets the scorpions. They're getting Tarantulas in again, and they had a millipede once, labeled as Narceus Americanus. I bought it. It'd been with petco for a few months and they were ready to get rid of it, so I got it on a deal. imo they're pretty much bulletproof. Bought some millipede substrate and we've been going good ever since. I love his precious little face.
Whoa. They sexed them. That's too fancy. :wideyed: I had to sex my own, no one even remembered it was in the cage when I made inquiry. It sold. No it's there. Did it get moved to the back? No it's up front. There was a lotta head scratching before someone finally located it under the massively oversized food dish. Not confidence inspiring. Glad your store sounds more competent!
I bought an African from them around the same time. It also died from a fall.
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There's a Petsmart near me selling A. avicularia, and a Petco selling an "emperor scorpion" (can't confirm that it isn't an Asian forest scorpion though)
I've always hoped I could find a myriapod there of any kind, especially millipedes but haven't seen any yet.
I've always hoped I could find a myriapod there of any kind, especially millipedes but haven't seen any yet.
Emperor scorpions have bumps all over the claws and the stinger is orange in color, not black.
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It was hiding under a log so all I could see was a general "scorpion" shape
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hahaha you guys are lucky.. here in my country pet shops dont sell any exotic animals/insects not even spiders, scorpions or frogs hahaha, well they sell a lot of cats/dogs and fishes. we have so many big, beautiful different species of millipedes/centipedes but they are consider as pests. you can only buy one from another collector/owner or caught one for yourself in the wild. I was so lucky I found this forums where I feel I belong reading/talking to ppl with same hobbies. glad to be here.
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Reptile stores are almost always cheaper. Where in CA are you? And what size was the $5 pack?
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Painted Reptile in Reseda has pinkies for $1.25 each. So you’ll be able to get 4 for the same price
Take it from someone who used to feed a monitor. She could eat 7 mice in a single sitting!
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@Lithobius My son recently bought 2 Emperor scorpions from our Petco, and they're the real deal.
Ok, thanks for the info!Painted Reptile in Reseda has pinkies for $1.25 each. So you’ll be able to get 4 for the same price
Take it from someone who used to feed a monitor. She could eat 7 mice in a single sitting!