I just want to add after reading some of the other posts that I do sift and sort through everything to make sure there's no larger bugs that might eat/out compete with the isopods. I'd also like to add that they're not overly predated upon because they're not appetizing I forget why I had something like they taste bad because they're crustaceans.
Yeah but you know, in general in Georgia doesn't happens this:Why would you want to live in a place like this? 0/10 would recommend. I'd love to live in italy why would you give that up
And unfortunately the import export laws here don't make that even remotely practical.
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I wish I could find driftwood around here, but if I'm collecting wood outdoors, my options are all rotting logs on the ground, so they're guaranteed to be full of stuff I don't want in my enclosures. I pick leaves right off the trees though, so I don't need to worry about those.
it says ontario on your profile....full of lakes....wait till summer and search the edges or backs of beaches or sandy areas....riverbeds can be good when water is low....wood congregates at riverbends.
There's a big difference between getting a few bits of wood to decorate a tarantula enclosure and gathering leaf litter to feed animals. Feeding leaf litter without any processing is more like feeding a tarantula wild caught insects. You're just hoping nothing bad happens, but not taking any steps to stop it happening. This isn't like panic baking everything in sight because there were a few mites. It's selectively cleaning food items before adding them.
Yes, Ontario. And if I were anywhere other than smack dab in the middle of downtown Toronto, that would be a valid option. Even *if* I could find bits of driftwood on the lakeshore before the hipsters took it for their cafe flower arrangements, I wouldn't trust anything that came out of that part of the lake.
Yup. The wood has to be properly processed. If you're picking leaves off the trees like I do, then simply scrubbing the surface with water is fine. I wouldn't pick up leaves off the ground here because of where I live, but if I did, you'd better believe I'd be inspecting that.
This happened in Canada and hundreds were seized because of the city the person was in. They killed his whole collection and only 3 were left. And he got a huge fine and went to jailYeah but you know, in general in Georgia doesn't happens this:
Aveva due tarantole velenose in casa, rischia multa fino a 300mila euro
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Aveva due tarantole in casa, denunciato dai carabinieri forestali
C’è chi ha il cane o il gatto, lui in casa aveva due grossi ragni, precisamente una Tarantola dalle ginocchia bianche (Acanthoscurria geniculata) e una Tarantola zebra (Aphonopelma seemanni). Possono raggiungere i 20 centimetri Nell’ambito dei periodici controlli sulla detenzione di animali...
Two 'normal' T's (so not even CITES protected species kept without the proper CITES paper), T's seized by the army, and the risk of a fine of 300.000 € to pay which are at the change, more or less, 357.213,00 $ (!!!).
Pues mierda,, at least you have edible food there.Yeah but you know, in general in Georgia doesn't happens this:
Aveva due tarantole velenose in casa, rischia multa fino a 300mila euro
Nei guai un uomo residente a Lerici
Aveva due tarantole in casa, denunciato dai carabinieri forestali
C’è chi ha il cane o il gatto, lui in casa aveva due grossi ragni, precisamente una Tarantola dalle ginocchia bianche (Acanthoscurria geniculata) e una Tarantola zebra (Aphonopelma seemanni). Possono raggiungere i 20 centimetri Nell’ambito dei periodici controlli sulla detenzione di animali...
Two 'normal' T's (so not even CITES protected species kept without the proper CITES paper), T's seized by the army, and the risk of a fine of 300.000 € to pay which are at the change, more or less, 357.213,00 $ (!!!).
"At least we have free healthcare"
Just out of curiosity, do you mean fungus in the enclosure or on the isopods themselves?