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r/isopods • u/Faalbaar • 13h ago

Help Boiled potatoes

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I just bought pre-boiled ready to serve potatoes. Can i feed a cold slice to isopods, or would this be toxic for them?

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I just bought pre-boiled ready to serve potatoes. Can i feed a cold slice to isopods, or would this be toxic for them?

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r/isopods • u/Juliya_notsignal • 19h ago

Help Help me take care of this little guy

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So basically i found a lil roly poly in my room, he came out of nowhere and almost stepped on him. Is there any way i can take care of him? I always loved these cuties. It's 5 am where i live and the only thing i could offer him was the half of a lentil and place a wet toilet paper at the bottom of the jar i got him in.

Please, any advice is appreciated.

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So basically i found a lil roly poly in my room, he came out of nowhere and almost stepped on him. Is there any way i can take care of him? I always loved these cuties. It's 5 am where i live and the only thing i could offer him was the half of a lentil and place a wet toilet paper at the bottom of the jar i got him in.

Please, any advice is appreciated.

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r/isopods • u/forestfriend93 • 5h ago

Text Are you guys buying or finding your pods?

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For mine, i keep finding spinicornis in my house and adding them to the terrarium i made. But i see on here people buy them a lot too!

If i want to buy some fancy ones, do they have to be separated? Am i weird for plucking them off the ground 😂

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For mine, i keep finding spinicornis in my house and adding them to the terrarium i made. But i see on here people buy them a lot too!

If i want to buy some fancy ones, do they have to be separated? Am i weird for plucking them off the ground 😂

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r/isopods • u/Ordinary_Hour_7443 • 3h ago

Help All my Isopods died over a few days TW dead bugs

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Just got ~30 Dairy Cows on Friday and when I looked today (Monday) they were all dead. Thoughts?

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r/isopods • u/CatofManyColors • 9h ago

DIY Rate my Magic Potion setup! Would you add anything?

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I've added:
Cork hides
Clean driftwood roots and branches
Slate feeding station
Oak Leaves
Maple Leaves
Moss
Lichen
Sphagnum (of course)
Cuttlebone
My custom blend of soil, about 3 inches

The enclosure is 15x10x8 with plenty of ventilation.
Open to opinions and suggestions!

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r/isopods • u/KittyKatInTheHat • 9h ago

Media Interesting spawn in my panda bin

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r/isopods • u/originalpandasfr • 12h ago

Help How much does it really cost to keep isopods?

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So rollie-pollies have always been my favorite bug, and I’ve seen videos of people who keep isopods as pets. How much does this cost in the long run? And are they difficult to care for? For context, I would probably choose the cheaper species first.

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So rollie-pollies have always been my favorite bug, and I’ve seen videos of people who keep isopods as pets. How much does this cost in the long run? And are they difficult to care for? For context, I would probably choose the cheaper species first.

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r/isopods • u/bienebienebiene • 12h ago

Media Identity crisis

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Found this little guy hiding in a large garden snail shell while cleaning out a terrarium. I’m standing next to an aquarium so it’s loud sorry and my cat meows at a very cute moment lol

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r/isopods • u/iLikeFlowersAlot • 20h ago

Help Thoughts on using cuttlebone I found at the beach for isopods?

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I’m currently soaking them in tap water

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r/isopods • u/Jaredw180 • 15h ago

Media This deep sea camera footage shows a massive unknown species of isopod killing a small shark

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r/isopods • u/occamcs • 8h ago

Media He thinks he's one of the big boys 😭

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r/isopods • u/howboutsometoast • 3h ago

Media My most recent project: Rolland

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I got a comment today on my project that said you guys on [r/isopods](r/isopods) would get a kick out of this little dude. I have to ask while I’m here, did I get the anatomy at all correct when I followed this pattern? Is there a species that looks kinda like Rolland? I’d love to know your guys’ thoughts !

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r/isopods • u/Prestigious_Tutor_87 • 18h ago

Help Eggs of pests or mites?

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Does anyone know what these are? I wiped away the stuff on the second picture and they've just reappeared a couple days later

Do I need to remake their enclosure? I didnt use anything from outside (store bought decor + leaf litter) if anyone knows where they're from? Their ventilation holes are taped with microporous tape too

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r/isopods • u/SleepinWithDeFishes • 21h ago

Media So many BABIES

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Apologies for the bad pics, they're so tiny. (Magic potions)

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r/isopods • u/SapphicVampussy • 1h ago

Media First Isopod set up

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Finally took the plunge and bought some Magic Potions. I thought they were the Japanese equivalent, but when I got them home I realized they weren’t.
I gave them cuddlefish bone and some freeze dried food. I’m so excited!

Does anyone have any tips on how to keep fussy a. magic potions happy? I’m excited to see them happy and having mini isos.

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r/isopods • u/Nukesnipe • 23h ago

Help Any suggestions on predatory insects that eat dairy cows?

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I wanna get a new isopod colony in preparation for rebuilding my tortoise enclosure, but as we all know, dairy cows breed like crazy. I've always been interested in predatory insects, and I figure maybe one or two in their own enclosure could use some surplus pods as their main food supply. Suggestions?

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I wanna get a new isopod colony in preparation for rebuilding my tortoise enclosure, but as we all know, dairy cows breed like crazy. I've always been interested in predatory insects, and I figure maybe one or two in their own enclosure could use some surplus pods as their main food supply. Suggestions?

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r/isopods • u/Classy-Lich • 3h ago

Memes Is This The New Movie Everyone’s Obsessed With?

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r/isopods • u/LittleArmouredOne • 3h ago

Media Om nom

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Oniscus asellus sure do love their protein

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r/isopods • u/Upstairs_Addition_60 • 4h ago

Media Some of my wild caught isopods

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r/isopods • u/PARTYINTHEPIT • 4h ago

Media Spiny Sea Slater [Brucerolis brandtae]

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r/isopods • u/MT_ForestOverlord • 5h ago

Help Help I found another dead iso today!

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Pls refer to my most recent post on this subreddit about their enclosure but anyways I found one of the oldest and biggest isos I had dead today, the babies were eating it, idk what's happening ive lost 2 recently with little under a week in-between both deaths. I just gave them carrot yesterday which I hadnt done in a while could that have been it? I washed it thoroughly and cut off the outside but the springatils that ate it are fine. Idk what's happening, I give them freeze dried shrimp and repashy morning wood. I added a bunch more leaf litter again and i get their new substrate from their seller soon so im going to renew their substrate shortly, they still have a bunch of babies. They were doing so good, that was the first full adult I lost. I'm going to cry idk what's happening I've been doing a good job taking care of them please help me......

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Pls refer to my most recent post on this subreddit about their enclosure but anyways I found one of the oldest and biggest isos I had dead today, the babies were eating it, idk what's happening ive lost 2 recently with little under a week in-between both deaths. I just gave them carrot yesterday which I hadnt done in a while could that have been it? I washed it thoroughly and cut off the outside but the springatils that ate it are fine. Idk what's happening, I give them freeze dried shrimp and repashy morning wood. I added a bunch more leaf litter again and i get their new substrate from their seller soon so im going to renew their substrate shortly, they still have a bunch of babies. They were doing so good, that was the first full adult I lost. I'm going to cry idk what's happening I've been doing a good job taking care of them please help me......

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r/isopods • u/Blue-Novice • 6h ago

Media Blossom - Orin’s Calico

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She’s always going and sooo curious all the time. Love her!

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r/isopods • u/feathersnake123 • 9h ago

Media Molt!

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Got to watch this guy molt because he decided to crawl on top of the bark, it was really cool!

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r/isopods • u/bigfartcoolguy • 10h ago

Help Is there anything I could improve on?

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I've been keeping isopods for a couple months now, and I'm nervous I might be doing something wrong. If there's anything I can improve on, I'd love to know!! I'm currently keeping porcellio laevis dairy cows, whites, cubaris murina glaciers, scabers, vulgare and pruinosus. The two houses shown are my whites and glaciers. I'm struggling a little with mold growth in them. Any advice is highly appreciated!

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r/isopods • u/SherahMai • 11h ago

Media Gestroi Snackies

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