Jackolantirn
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Hello! I've been working at a Boy Scout summer camp for the past 5 weeks, and I just came back home this past weekend. I live in Hawaii. It was a forest reserve, and home to a lot of creatures... like centipedes. They would occasionally make their way onto dry land (i.e. the lodge, tents), and instead of killing them, I attempted to store them in containers until summer camp was over. Some survived... Others didn't. Lack of understanding, improper housing, and dehydration were probably the causes (sorry!). One began molting, but it couldn't finish (I don't know why) and it died.
Anyway. Last year I captured a centipede while preparing a camp area the first week and named it Mr. Fuzzypants. I took some bark from a fallen Swamp Mahogany tree (Eucalyptus Robusta), and put it inside a small plastic container with Mr. Fuzzypants. I kept the bark damp, fed it a cricket every so often, and he survived until the end of summer camp! And then someone released it.
But this year, I bought my own KK, and used it to house a few of the centipedes. The first specimen... disappeared (container may have been too small, and the window was gone because I gave it to another KK that was missing a window (we had two other KKs with scorpions in them). Then the 2nd resident died over one weekend (no idea why). And then the third resident was captured the beginning of last week. And now its with me at home.
Yesterday, I purchased crickets and a bigger KK. I used dirt from an old compost plant pot in my backyard to cover the bottom of the new habitat. Its a thin layer of dirt (there wasn't a whole lot of dirt in the pot), enough to cover the bottom of the centipede's KK. And I have a Ti leaf in there to provide a place to hide under during the day. Its lacking a few things, I know... Just not exactly sure of what it is.
I placed some lettuce in with the crickets, who now live in the smaller KK with a very small piece of sponge and that egg-carton-thing that the crickets came with. I read centipedes get most of its water from the food it eats... I worry about my centipede's nutritional intake.
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To Do list:
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Hello! I've been working at a Boy Scout summer camp for the past 5 weeks, and I just came back home this past weekend. I live in Hawaii. It was a forest reserve, and home to a lot of creatures... like centipedes. They would occasionally make their way onto dry land (i.e. the lodge, tents), and instead of killing them, I attempted to store them in containers until summer camp was over. Some survived... Others didn't. Lack of understanding, improper housing, and dehydration were probably the causes (sorry!). One began molting, but it couldn't finish (I don't know why) and it died.
Anyway. Last year I captured a centipede while preparing a camp area the first week and named it Mr. Fuzzypants. I took some bark from a fallen Swamp Mahogany tree (Eucalyptus Robusta), and put it inside a small plastic container with Mr. Fuzzypants. I kept the bark damp, fed it a cricket every so often, and he survived until the end of summer camp! And then someone released it.
But this year, I bought my own KK, and used it to house a few of the centipedes. The first specimen... disappeared (container may have been too small, and the window was gone because I gave it to another KK that was missing a window (we had two other KKs with scorpions in them). Then the 2nd resident died over one weekend (no idea why). And then the third resident was captured the beginning of last week. And now its with me at home.
Yesterday, I purchased crickets and a bigger KK. I used dirt from an old compost plant pot in my backyard to cover the bottom of the new habitat. Its a thin layer of dirt (there wasn't a whole lot of dirt in the pot), enough to cover the bottom of the centipede's KK. And I have a Ti leaf in there to provide a place to hide under during the day. Its lacking a few things, I know... Just not exactly sure of what it is.
I placed some lettuce in with the crickets, who now live in the smaller KK with a very small piece of sponge and that egg-carton-thing that the crickets came with. I read centipedes get most of its water from the food it eats... I worry about my centipede's nutritional intake.
The nom noms: http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos...60571652519_1182125936_31580363_6850617_n.jpg
To Do list:
- Get more dirt. (I looked at Walmart, but I couldn't find any potting soil!)
- Another object besides a leaf. (I only saw Aquarium decor)
- Learn how to prepare its meals (crickets).
- Get a spray bottle ASAP! (where do I get a spray bottle? xD)
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