Centerpede

[Geklor]

This is my centerpede, it is 18cm long and feeds on garden skinks.

 

[$NaKe PiMp]

do centipedes require a moist environment in an enclosure?

 

[PhilK]

Yeah they require moist substrate and lots of hiding spots.
Geklor: that is really cool! Mine is 17cm long and only arrived today. Where did you get yours from? I will post pics of mine when I get home from uni.

 

[WombleHerp]

myne is about 20cm or something like that? not too sure.. i feed it mealworms, i put cockroaches in there if i find them lol mum likes that idea, and its in a very moist environment with a couple of rocks for it to bury under. heres a picc if you like not very clear shots im sorry...

 

[Inkslinger]

Great looking critter

 

[PhilK]

Wicked. Where did you guys get them from?

 

[WombleHerp]

hehe not telling :shock:

 

[PhilK]

Curses... did you catch them?

 

[WombleHerp]

ummmmm noooooooooooo..... but im not sayin someone else caught it for me either... ok the jig is up.. at the garden section at work a guy found it and if he didnt give it to me, they would have killed it. he was waiting for like 2 days for me to come into work to give it to me soo funny. and im thankful for it to. im known at work to be the 'snake girl' lol and other so called creepy crawlies!

 

[WombleHerp]

heres what they kept it in for those days --------->

 

[Geklor]

I found mine under a rock , they are crazy little critters, it killed and ate a skink that was double its size

 

[Viridae]

I found mine under a rock , they are crazy little critters, it killed and ate a skink that was double its size

Jesus.

 

[hornet]

why feed it garden skinks? There is no need to, roaches, mealies, crickets all do fine.

 

[PhilK]

Mine isn't even looking at the cricket I've given him.. Is there a minimum/maximum size of food item?

 

[hornet]

i have had best success on mealworms but others use earth worms, ik have had some do well on woodies, also big ones love DEAD pinkies

 

[PhilK]

They'll eat dead? Are crickets too quick for them?

 

[WombleHerp]

i chuck heaps of mealies in wit myne.. i dnt know if he's eating them but he hasnt died yet so somethng is happning lol

 

[Brettix]

I find them all the time when out herping,
is it true they can give a deadly bit to humans?

 

[PhilK]

The Aussie pedes aren't deadly. Hurts but.

 

[hornet]

for insects feed live but for mammals or herps if you must make sure they are dead otherwise suffer a painfull death. I think the mealies and worms have best sucess because they are burrowers like pedes.