WC Roly Polies (Pill bug, Wood louse)
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chameleoman
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yes they are edible but wc could have mites or parasites
harmona1
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Do you know if they are more of a risk than other WC species?
chameleoman
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at my house the pill bugs are next to snails/slugs and slugs have tons of parasites its completely your choice to feed wc
chameleoman
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you can inspect the pill bugs rinse em off i started my own culture i had tons of babies but the ants ruined it
they infested my colony some people on here feed alot of wc things just remember there could be a $500.00 vet bill thats why i wouldnt bother risking it
they infested my colony some people on here feed alot of wc things just remember there could be a $500.00 vet bill thats why i wouldnt bother risking it
Motherlode Chameleon
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I would run a google search. There is a place online that sells cb pillbugs (Sorry I forgot the name).
chameleoman
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kenthebugguy sells them
harmona1
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Awesome. Is there anything that CAN'T be found in her blog?!? LOL
camaleonte82
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we have two. and you can tell the females bc of their pouch. the bigger and more yellow it is the more pregnant they are. and they have babies really fast. i feed the wild caught ones as well as the new born ones but i kept and fed them for about a week just to be on the safe side that all pesticides were gone
sandrachameleon
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First generation was good enough for me. After I had lots of babies, I removed all of the wc adults/parents. As soon as the babies were big enough to feed off, I did so (keeping half to mature as new breeders). Each spring I capture a few new wild adults already carrying young the next spring, and add those young to my colony.
camaleonte82
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best place to find them in my experience is old tree trunks. we have a tree stump down the road that houses millions of these buggers
Miss Lily
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Here's a link to one of my threads about female woodlice - the pics show a female's brood pouch. https://www.chameleonforums.com/female-woodlouse-pics-84081/ And here is my thread with baby woodlouse photos! They are so tiny! https://www.chameleonforums.com/baby-woodlice-84924/
https://www.chameleonforums.com/female-woodlouse-pics-84081/ And here is my thread with baby woodlouse photos! They are so tiny! https://www.chameleonforums.com/baby-woodlice-84924/
harmona1
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Here's a link to one of my threads about female woodlice - the pics show a female's brood pouch.
None of the pics would show up for me.
But I am so glad I'm not the only one that's so excited about these little critters! LOLI was lying in bed this morning minding my own business, when all of a sudden there's a roly poly walking on the sheet right next to my face! They fall into my bathtub and get stuck sometimes, but this is the first I've seen one in the rest of the house. When I annouced yesterday to anyone who would listen that I'm starting a breeding colony, I figured I'd have to go out and catch them. I didn't think I'd get any volunteers!!!
Miss Lily
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My Dad thinks it's highly amusing! He told me I am strange, lol! I love collecting them from Mum and Dad's garden! In fact I will be hunting for more tomorrow as a lot of my colony has died. Mum holds the rocks up while I frantically grab as many as I can without squishing them! I often wonder what the neighbours think!
I love collecting them from Mum and Dad's garden! In fact I will be hunting for more tomorrow as a lot of my colony has died. Mum holds the rocks up while I frantically grab as many as I can without squishing them! I often wonder what the neighbours think!
harmona1
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I often wonder what the neighbours think!
Haha! I'm the resident animal quack in my neighborhood, so I doubt anything I do surprises them! Last fall I fostered a pot bellied pig for a few weeks til he got adopted, and one evening while I was gone he got out of the fence and was apparently running the neighborhood. When I got home, he was in the wrong section of the yard, and one neighbor came over and said, "He was out running around. We weren't sure where he came from but figured he probably belonged here, so we put him back in your yard." LOL!!! So seeing me outside scraping bugs off the bottom of rocks will surprise no one!
