Care Sheet for CrustaceansAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 4.00 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 08/21/2008 |
Main Category: | Non-Reptile/Amphibian |
Sub Category: | Crustaceans |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | Reptilianb0y |
Years Experience: | 1 to 2 Years |
Species: | Woodlice |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | I honestly dont know |
Sexing and Characteristics: | N/A |
Mostly Active During: | Night |
Substrate and Water Needs: | Soil or bark. Needs to be moist at all times |
Lighting and UVB: | None |
Temperatures and Humidity: | Room temperature, but to keep humidity mist vivarium 7 times a day. |
Heating and Equipment: | None |
Caging Provided: | Critter keeper, tupperware, butter container, etc. |
Diet: | Omnivorous |
Description of Diet: | They’ll eat almost any plants, fruits, vegetables, decaying wood or dead insects.
If you plan to gut-load them feed them stuff like romaine lettuce, apple, strawberries and other good nutritious fruits, veggies and herbs. |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | I keep them to gut-load them for my toad. I keep them for about 2 days. Dust them with reptile vitamin powder. |
Maintenance: | I keep about 5 at a time, when i fed them to my toad, i take out uneaten rotting plants, so there is no mold. |
Some Words on this Species: | They like to chill under a rock or an old piece of wood. It wont look like they eat, because they have small mouths, but they’re eating what you give them.
They need to be moist because they breath through gills, they are crustaceans like crabs, lobsters, crayfish and shrimp. |
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