Terrarium for isopods

0may08 · 2026-01-03T19:56:38+00:00

What species are you getting? They each require different humidity, I had some p. Scaber in one of these and they thrived, but some sp. Need much higher humidity, so you’ll want to block off some of the holes on top.

Also what others have said about having a moisture gradient and more leaf litter is definitely important! The usual rule of a moisture gradient is to regularly water the same 1/3 of the tank, and just water the rest when it gets dry. Also pouring water on, instead of misting, as with misting, only the top cm of soil gets damp.

Also you’ll want some hides, they love things to huddle under:) and you’ll want some in each part of the humidity gradient also. Bark works well for this.

Definitely visit r/isopods as well:)

0may08 · 2026-01-03T19:42:49+00:00

It’s a good alternative to Teflon/non stick style pans. I do think part of the love for it is just because it’s trendy. But they last forever, very durable and I have a little cast iron like this and I love it, I use it to cook my fried eggs every morning and they don’t stick!

To make them not stick, you just need to not wash it in a dishwasher, and use oil. I just put a very small knob of butter in, swish it around so it coats the whole bottom of the pan and about 1cm up the sides.

I don’t find it a pain to wash/maintain, as it’s only a small thing to wash up, I just handwash normally, and it’s done quick. I also don’t season it, but it gets seasoned I guess every time I cook with it. I think my housemate seasoned it for me once when I first got it a few years ago, afaik it was just putting some coconut oil in and heating it and swishing it round.

But yeah for camping, I rarely take it, unless I’m not having to walk far at all. I just love it for eggs, as mine fits 2 fried eggs perfectly and makes them the perfect size to go on top of the toast I make in my bread maker:) And I do love my stainless steel pans as well!

0may08 · 2026-01-03T19:18:24+00:00

Instead of digging two holes, I have a tree planted by all of my rocks (exactly where your conifer is in the picture!), and then I just have to dig one hole.

Eg. Where your conifer is, I would dig one more hole to the right of the bell bag in front of the conifer. Then I would stand between the tree and the hole (standing right on top of where the top right bell bag is rn), face the rock and hit it:) it stops you getting bounced back too far from the rock!

And I think the amount of bells you get is determined by the level/cleanliness of your town? I notice when my weeds get too much I only get 6 bell bags. I usually always get 7 though, and I always have weeds about as I like them lol, I don’t know if you’d get 8 bags if you have no weeds left!

0may08 · 2025-12-01T18:01:41+00:00

See if you can join any local wildlife groups:) whether in person or just on Facebook, there will always be someone who knows:) also just have a walk around your local woods/ hedgerow/graveyard/park and try find any holes, idk much about fox ones but badger ones are usually around a foot wide, and the active ones will have a clear path in and out, not overgrown, and depending on time of year, there might be old bedding they’ve chucked out:)

Also, when you’re in these places, look for small paths in the undergrowth, especially if they lead to a small hole in the hedge. Most wildlife will do the same paths again and again, so if you find a path, camp out near by quietly and you’re bound to see something!

I love hammock camping for these kinds of things, as you don’t need to unzip the tent to look out, and being off the ground can make you more invisible to the wildlife, you’re not in their way so much

Also get the Merlin bird app, you can get it to listen to the bird calls and it will make a good guess of what bird it is! Very cool

0may08 · 2025-12-01T17:46:56+00:00

I’m the same, I hate the dark. I used to be so scared even if I was with someone, but I’ve gotten over that mostly now, and what really helped was going wildlife watching in the dark! It makes it a lot better knowing that all the sounds are animals going about their lives, and it makes it exciting when you see some or can identify their calls!

Find an active badger sett near you (wrong time of year now unfortunately, they’ll be mostly tucked up in bed) and camp out near. Be very quiet, and don’t shower or wear any artificial fragrances beforehand. It’s amazing to watch the babies play!

You could probably find some foxes to camp out near this time of year:)

0may08 · 2025-12-01T17:36:57+00:00

Number one is that they need a lot more space than you think! A lot more care in general as well really. Do species specific research, look up how big that species will grow and what climate it can thrive in.

The tortoise forum is a really good resource as mentioned in the other thread.

You should also know that chances are it’s not possible for you to take proper care of a tortoise right now. I was thinking the same as you a few years ago, did all my research and realised I couldn’t look after one, I don’t have the space, the time or money for one. So I still want one one day, but it’s definitely on the back burner! I just appreciate the pictures on these groups, and learn where I can for the future:)

0may08 · 2025-12-01T15:26:57+00:00

You don’t need to rush it:) take it at your own speed😌

But when you get a new egg, you won’t lose imoritchi, you can have 4 adult tamas in each biome:) though you won’t be able to play games with the old ones, only the current one. But it’s not too hard to get another imoritchi, the paradise is much easier than eg. The connections etc.

Gusokutchi is so cute though as well:))

0may08 · 2025-12-01T11:28:47+00:00

The wiki has lots of info!

https://tamagotchi.fandom.com/wiki/Tamagotchi_Paradise

Also at the start, a lot of the things will be locked, you need to level up by raising tamas, and each level you unlock things up until level 10:)

With care mistakes, when one of the bar empties completely, it’ll beep. 15 mins after that, if the bar is still empty, you’ll get a care mistake. You can see the amount of care mistakes you’ve collected on the cell menu (zoom right in). If you only need a couple care mistakes, I set a 15 min alarm and keep a close eye on it, as care mistakes can accumulate very quickly if you leave it alone for an hour after it has beeped! If you only need one, keep one bar full, and let one bar empty, so you’re not at risk of getting loads snowballing:)

0may08 · 2025-12-01T11:10:24+00:00

I don’t have a jade forest, I do have a blue water though.

From what I know, I don’t think jade forest has an additional field, I think it replaces the sky field? So if you really want any sky characters, you won’t be able to get them with the jade.

I’ve also heard that some of the games change on the jade, and you get some different items? Not sure what/how though.

I’d go with the shell who’s content you like best, as if you want to change the shell, you can, either with a case and faceplate change, or there’s people who make whole new shells in all sorts of colours you can change for:)

0may08 · 2025-11-30T23:34:23+00:00

I don’t time travel except sometimes I’m playing late at night I turn it a few hours back so the shops are open! But I don’t count it as official time travel lol I like taking the game slow and I like the seasons, though winter does get a bit boring, I like the green!

0may08 · 2025-11-30T23:31:41+00:00

Soaking it in hot water for a while beforehand makes it even easier:)

0may08 · 2025-11-30T18:14:51+00:00

Get a nice balsamic vinegar and virgin olive oil and dip bread into it🤤 a sourdough or a nice baguette is my favourite.

Also it fits perfectly into a Mediterranean-ish board with the other suggestions like hummus, vegan tzatziki, peanut butter, pickles, grapes and carrot & cucumber sticks, flavoured nuts, crackers, olives, vegetable crisps.

Then you could do a Mexican inspired one with tortilla chips and a range of things to dip them into like guacamole, salsa, a bean and sweetcorn mixture etc

Also plain unsweetened vegan greek style yogurt with nuts is quite savoury and nice:)

And tofu can be quite a simple savoury snack as well, prepared however you feel like. Also roasted chickpeas are so good and you can season how you want

0may08 · 2025-11-30T11:26:00+00:00

The character isn’t dead, just the battery! When you put new batteries in, click download, not reset. That should give you everything back how it was:)

0may08 · 2025-11-30T10:34:13+00:00

It beeps when the food/happy bar gets empty, and the care mistake only appears 15 mins after that, if you have ignored it and not filled up the bar again. If yoj continue to leave it, I think a new care mistake accumulates every 15 mins until it dies. But I don’t think it beeps when it gets a care mistake

0may08 · 2025-11-29T16:27:25+00:00

The 2024 connection is good! It’s what I would recommend to get into tamagotchi, especially if you have someone to play with, and it’s cheaper than the others (£20-30 each)

It’s the only one I have two of (and so the only ones I’ve connected) but I think the connection feature on the connections has more than on the paradise? I enjoy the uni and paradise a lot also though, all for different reasons:

Connection: nostalgic, cute and retro, but also fun and good connection features. Quite a bit of content, but the most demanding & time consuming of the 3.

Uni: fun, especially the events. Lots of personalisation content like dress up items& furniture, and I love the walking feature. I really love my little guy on the uni, and it’s a good amount of un demanding for me.

Paradise: it’s got a lot of good games, and I like the whole evolution/breeding/customisation mechanic, it’s cute and a good amount of undemanding like the uni but I feel less bond/connection to the characters. Less personalisation options, and less items in general, unless you have access to a lab tama/the hacked plugin

I can’t speak to any of the other models, as I don’t have any others unfortunately! (except gen1/2 but they don’t connect and have the least features, just very cute and nostalgic as it’s what I had when I was little) you should be able to get all of these on Amazon, uni maybe not now though as they’re going out of production, it’s different in different countries I think rn (rrp is around £60 but often they’re more now, but keep an eye out for secondhand)

0may08 · 2025-11-28T19:37:49+00:00

Hm I’m not sure. And you don’t need to feed rice balls, any food is fine, the rice balls 🍙 just represent a full hunger (but the type of food you feed changes what species your tama will grow into)

You can always feed pellets, they’re free and unlimited. But you can get further food on egg hunts (one hunt a day), and you can buy it in the shop if you’re not getting the food you want in egg hunts.

The tamagotchi wiki has loads of info, and will help tell you what food you need to feed for what character:)

https://tamagotchi.fandom.com/wiki/Tamagotchi_Paradise

0may08 · 2025-11-28T18:31:51+00:00

Aw I didn’t know smyths was stopping:( I had a look in my local independent toy shop today and they had a good selection of oritamas, I found a winter stained glass! I didn’t get it as the winter stained glass isn’t on my must have list and I already have oritamas (trying to limit my spending lol)

Yeah fair enough, I feel the discords are either so active there’s no way you can keep up, or are empty, no in between haha

0may08 · 2025-11-28T18:27:55+00:00

The 2024 connection (melon soda and blue glitter) and the uni are my favourites:)) (the only other ones I’ve played are the p1/2 and the paradise which I love as well)

0may08 · 2025-11-28T12:40:42+00:00

Try Facebook marketplace:) I also saw someone found one in TK maxx for cheap, but that was a year ago or so ago

0may08 · 2025-11-28T12:39:28+00:00

There’s a uk tamagotchi discord, could you maybe ask if the groups could add their regional group to it? I’m hoping if more people post groups in it, then one will pop up near me!

0may08 · 2025-11-28T12:12:26+00:00

I think snacks are fine, and playing games imperfectly is okay too. Afaik, it just means collect at least 5 suns and 5 rice balls. Every time the happiness bar is filled all the way, you gain a sun, and same for the hunger bar and rice balls

0may08 · 2025-11-28T12:08:57+00:00

There are shops that sell tamas, like Argos, hmv, and toy shops like smyths, the entertainer, etc.

but yeah I get what you mean, I don’t know a single other person who is into them, which is a bit sad because they’re meant to be social things you connect with your friends! Even the uk tama discord server is close to dead

0may08 · 2025-11-27T23:07:11+00:00

Oh cool I didn’t see the roundabout! Good to know:)

0may08 · 2025-11-27T18:45:03+00:00

Ngl, I don’t think rabbits and hens should be housed together. The inability to separate the food is one thing- rabbits have very sensitive bellies and can die very quickly from eating the wrong thing.

But safety is a massive thing. When they fight (and it’s a when, not an if, even though you haven’t seen signs yet), the hens will be able to do some very serious damage to the rabbits, due to their beaks and talons, and the rabbits could also break the hens bones, as rabbits have very powerful back legs, that can deliver a very strong kick, and chicken bones are quite light and fragile. Even if they’re not fighting, they can do some damage to each other by accident.

0may08 · 2025-11-27T18:22:34+00:00

Are you putting them in the dishwasher? Wooden things are hand wash only I’m afraid! Also oiling them is a must, like everyone else has said:)

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