What to feed a centipede that is less than 3 mm in length?

Bunyan van Asten

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So, because of the unexpected addition yesterday, i just put my baby Lithobius forficatus in a small container but i don't know what to feed it. 20170329_162415.jpg
 

pannaking22

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Fruit flies or springtails would probably be your best bet. Not sure how well pinhead crickets would work but that could be another option.
 

Spidermolt

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Id try the smallest pinhead crickets you can find. In general banded crickets are smaller so you could these.

fruit flies are another option but I hear they aren't as nutritional.
 

Nightstalker47

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Offer pre killed of whatever you got
and in small portions, it will only eat a certain amount at that size, if you put too large a corpse in there it may foul up the enclosure. Offer food regularly for faster growth, when I first got my pair of S. alternans they weren't far off from that size. Also keep it nice and moist they are fragile at this size. Good luck!
 

Smokehound714

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You can feed them pretty much anything. even little bits of raw chicken. they even accept slices of grape
 
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