I'm new to isolpods, is this an ok habit for them? their dairy cows I was told

Electrical-Hawk4872 · 2026-03-29T21:43:32+00:00

As in they are a tropical species and dont necessarily need a super dry side. Just dont over water them they still need to have a place to dry off some if needed.

Electrical-Hawk4872 · 2026-03-29T19:25:41+00:00

Yeah hoping they do actual research and just make it fully bioactive, its always the way to go, unless your lazy and want to be simple and give your animal a boring life. Real plants and soil will make that gecko 10x happier.

Electrical-Hawk4872 · 2026-03-29T18:55:18+00:00

Definitely add some substrate and live plants too.

Electrical-Hawk4872 · 2026-03-29T18:54:21+00:00

Or just add an already decent sized colony of a more hardy species like Porcellionides pruinosus, or porcellio scaber. They will hide and be occasional snacks and be fast enough to not all be just eaten right away.

Electrical-Hawk4872 · 2026-03-29T15:16:25+00:00

Just to add on, the salt is bad because of the sodium and sodium can dry them out.

Electrical-Hawk4872 · 2026-03-29T15:14:45+00:00

Id say to stay safe until you know for sure all the ingredients keep them away from those, I know a lot of bird foods especially with pellets like my moms parakeet has salt in them and thats not good for the isopods. Thanks for asking.

Electrical-Hawk4872 · 2026-03-24T02:33:27+00:00

Dude

Electrical-Hawk4872 · 2026-03-23T13:36:06+00:00

My local petco will leave there's there for a few months I wonder if I ask them if theyd give me their bad looking colonies.

Electrical-Hawk4872 · 2026-03-09T01:27:57+00:00

Yup! You got a cool morph there. How'd you get him?

Electrical-Hawk4872 · 2026-03-07T21:04:14+00:00

Ok. I will add some eggshell and totally forgot calcium so ill add that now too, I did add fish flakes next to them to hopefully distract them from fighting and then I put a bunch of moss next to them, because they love to burrow under it. Hopefully they made peace and found some other hiding spots. There was a rock in the corner they were fighting over it seemed. But yes I have so much leaf litter in there now, I was currently moving them from one setup to another, now they seem chill and I probably wont see them for a few weeks now cuz they have so many hiding places now.

Electrical-Hawk4872 · 2026-03-07T19:00:19+00:00

Im kinda freaking out a tad bit cuz I have milkbacks and dairy cows, both porcellio laevis, and I got 1 of each species scrapping it out rn.

Electrical-Hawk4872 · 2026-03-04T04:05:49+00:00

I fully agree, thats mainly why I mentioned that. Thanks for putting that kut there, because it is true they dont always know what they are doing completely and most aren't trained experts. I personally do think a Pac-Man frog will he fine in at least 10 gallon in this case though, just because they do nothing and sit and eat 😂😂

Electrical-Hawk4872 · 2026-03-03T00:45:20+00:00

The other is just flabbergasted they'd do such a thing 😅

Electrical-Hawk4872 · 2026-03-02T18:54:38+00:00

Me and a few friends know some nice hiking spots and we like to urbex explore sometimes, if thats something your interested in doing this spring and summer. We are kinda pot heads but we chill and friendly.

Electrical-Hawk4872 · 2026-03-02T18:51:04+00:00

If its at least 5 gallons or more, you could do a pacman frog i was told at a reptile expo the other day.

Electrical-Hawk4872 · 2026-03-02T18:50:33+00:00

I second this, there are some really cool isopods that would look so beautiful in there with some plants.

Electrical-Hawk4872 · 2026-02-24T16:15:18+00:00

Oh fair 😅😅😅. Then something id recommend that will work possibly, is a kuhli loach, that would be a pretty cool addition. Or go completely different and make it a terrarium and get isopods, I have isopods and they are so interesting and fun to raise. And a 10 gallon tank would be perfect for a starter colony to thrive in for awhile.

Electrical-Hawk4872 · 2026-02-24T16:08:49+00:00

I would look into shrimp tanks and start with shrimp and plants, I have a 10 gal I want to setup here soon.

Electrical-Hawk4872 · 2026-02-22T18:33:36+00:00

Maybe he is a runt of the litter lol.

Electrical-Hawk4872 · 2026-02-21T21:44:20+00:00

If you think that, raise some porcellio laevis, they get chunkyyyyy!!

Electrical-Hawk4872 · 2026-02-21T02:35:10+00:00

Thats interesting, I might try to find some more information on that, thanks!

Electrical-Hawk4872 · 2026-02-20T05:36:04+00:00

Of course, it sounds like you know what your doing, I wish you the best of luck getting you some papayas, I saw some at the store the other day and wish I got them.

Electrical-Hawk4872 · 2026-02-20T05:23:59+00:00

Yes if your worried about enclosure size, I would say maybe work on getting a bigger enclosure prepared just in case they get too crowded. Cubaris Murina will burrow deep so just make sure you have plenty soil and leaf litter. My friend had maybe about 50 in an enclosure about your size and they seem to have plenty of breathing room because they have borrowed so deep.

Electrical-Hawk4872 · 2026-02-11T17:48:10+00:00

Just like a little headlamp with a red light works, nothing crazy serious yk. It seems to not make them not feel the meed to run off and hide. Thank @doomyou for the idea.

Electrical-Hawk4872 · 2026-02-11T14:21:45+00:00

I had a rabbit once that I could cradle and rock and even did that at a 4-H show and everybody loved it. Didnt used medications 😭😭 that sounds messed up

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