Yep Lyle, I'm still here. Mostly lurking, though.
Very interesting about the sow bugs. Never would have thought of trying to raise them. Easy to reproduce are they? I am used to seeing them under rocks and in damp basements. Do they dessicate easily in captivity? Can they climb glass? joe ---- Original Message ---- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [gecko] Orange Pill Bugs Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 10:11:06 +0100 >Howdy. >Isopods vary extremely in their quality as food. >The common sowbugs were never eaten by any of my animals except toads >and helmeted geckos (Tarentola chazaliae). I am even eager to get rid >of any sowbug coming with collected moss because they're notorius >eaters of softshelled lizard-eggs. >On the other hand here in germany a small white tropical sowbug (very >softshelled) is a well-used and often cultivated food for any small >animal, be it frog, cham, or gecko. > >A class of rollable Millipeds is often mistaken for the sowbugs that >can roll up. easiest-to-see difference is the count of legs on a >segment: while the isopod got one pair of legs/segment, the millipeds >got two pair/segment (DIPLOPODS). And the Millipeds are the toxic >ones. > > >Greetings from Hamburg > >Sven Vogler > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Lyle Puente" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [gecko] Orange Pill Bugs >Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:03:41 -0500 > >> >> Hi Mike, >> I haven't heard about any toxicity. Some species do exude and >> sticky noxious fluid when molsted. I don't know which and if this >> is toxic. I learned about their usefulness with chameleons years >> ago and have used them with unknown negative effects. Doesn't mean >> they don't have potential though. >> Any entomologists on the list care to comment ? >> >> >> >> On Jan 20, 2005, at 2:44 PM, Mike Martin wrote: >> >> > lyle - you say that people use pill bugs in their terraria to >help break >> > down organic matter and consume mites. for some reason, i think >i >> > remember reading somewhere that pill bugs are toxic, otherwise i >probably >> > would have attempted using them as a feeder or at least a >recycler in some >> > of my terraria. do you know anything about this as far as native >north >> > american pill bugs are concerned? i'd like to try them in at >least one of >> > my setups if you guys really think they're safe. >> > >> > mike >> >> Lyle Puente >> President >> Global Gecko Association >> >> My Brothers Banned >> http://www.mybrothersbanned.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Global Gecko Association >> http://www.gekkota.com >> Classifieds >> http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi >> gecko mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko > >-- >_____________________________________________________________ >Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. >From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. > >Powered by Outblaze >_______________________________________________ >Global Gecko Association >http://www.gekkota.com >Classifieds >http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi >gecko mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko _______________________________________________ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi gecko mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko
