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millipeded Anonymous
So, if i was to buy a millipede...well...how do you keep a millipede? theyre so awesome, all round and leggy. and do they bite? help me out /an/
>> Anonymous
why would anyone buy a millipede? go into your laundry cupboard and scoop one out.

i hate the things myself and wash them down the plughole when they find their way into the bath. but err yeah i think they eat decaying plant matter (ie: recyclers) and to my knowledge they are completely harmless unless you eat them. there ARE big ones (maybe pinky thickness) i've seen in dodgy pet shops, and apparently there are pacific (or is it portuguese?) ones which spit poison, though this could just be too much tv...

ah so yeah keep it in a jar with some soil and dead leaves to eat/hide under. hell keep a whole lot.
>> Anonymous
>>186818
is that it, really? and i dont have a millipede problem, im in texas <_<

there any type thats particularly...i dont know...friendly? not sure if insects can necessarily be friendly, but still.

would it be ok to stick one in a tank, fill it with a mulchy organic bedding, stick vegetables etc in with it and...be done with it?

and can you pick them up and let them crawl around you?
>> Anonymous
>>186822
ah right i'm in australia so they're in pretty much every temperate environment, that is to say in every home. urgh.

but yeah i guess you could have it crawl over you if you want. when startled though they coil up and play dead though. maybe some don't? oh well www.wikipedia.org good luck man.
>> Anonymous
i'd add: keep the tank damp
>> spiderman !!Q+JluTncCte
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i don't know much about them myself, as i've never kept one. i can say that they need moisture/humidity, so keep the substrate moist for them. which means you'll have to watch out for mites. maybe you should get some isopods too so they can clean up anything that may mold or otherwise potentially attract mites. they don't bite, but i think some of them can secrete some kind of poison that isn't really dangerous to people. not something you want in your eye..but even if you did, a good rinsing of the eye and you'd be fine i'd say. never heard of anyone becoming blind from them. haha

>>186818
people buy millipedes because it's not just as simple and going out back and catching one. there are particular species that are very attractive but aren't native across the globe. so if you want a specific one..you'll have to buy it or do a trade. biggest (diameter-wise) i know of is about an inch. again, i'm not really up on my millis.

OP get a centipede!
>> Anonymous
Centipedes are venomous. Millipedes are not.
>> spiderman !!Q+JluTncCte
>>186851

and? :P

srsly tho..read up on them as much as you can BEFORE you buy one so you have an idea of what to do, and what to do if something goes wrong or isn't working right.

learn about where your particular species comes from and try your best to replicate it's environment. primarily temperature and humidity. you don't need to go crazy with it as long as temp and humidity are in acceptable ranges. offer a different food to give them a varied diet which helps make sure they are getting whatever nutrients they need.
>> Anonymous
google 'giant black african millipede'
>> Anonymous
>>186822
I live in Texas, too. I was out in Big Bend one summer for a vacation and there was a gigantic millipede coiled up in the shade. The thing was easily as thick, if not thicker, than one of my fingers (but I have small hands). I dunno how common they are in other parts of the state, though.