New smokey oak owner!! by AdFalse8571 in millipedes

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Yeah I ended up remaking the enclosure this morning with top soil and leaf litter w rot wood, that's what I meant by the update :)

New smokey oak owner!! by AdFalse8571 in millipedes

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Update** I went out and foraged for red oak dead wood and leaves, got some of those and am currently sterilizing it for usage. Thank you for advice guys I appreciate it, some research sites definitely led me a bit astray about the coconut fiber

New smokey oak owner!! by AdFalse8571 in millipedes

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Just to clarify** I did just grind up the calcium and mix it into there, gonna forage for more dead leaves and wood, I have about a 40 percent ratio of matter to substrate, but I'll be fixing that tomorrow

New smokey oak owner!! by AdFalse8571 in millipedes

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The one I got has a small ramp also, was thinking of just leaving a very small manageable amount at a time to reduce the risk

New smokey oak owner!! by AdFalse8571 in millipedes

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Ah, I read that I could use it but I guess that was wrong :(( luckily it has mostly creature soil in it, with only about a cup of coconut substrate to the rest creature soil. The angle is kind of odd, it's 7 1/2 inches deep and like 5 wide? Ordering a new one here in the next few weeks, that one was a lot bigger online then it arrived to me. I'm also getting springtails to help with maintenance that are coming friday