#rolliepollie

Isopod upgrade!!

I started two isopod colonies collected about 2 weeks ago (idr?) from when I cleaned out the leaf litter in our dried-out pond. I separated the two groups into “pale with speckles” and “dark with speckles” initially, but the rollie pollie pictured is the only plain one I kept because he’s just SO CUTE AND FRIENDLY!! I love him too much to banish him to the cold, hard outdoors. He’s HUGE, too. Like the size of my pinky nail. So, he’s just grouped in with the dark ones, and I DEFinitely didn’t name him Big Papa, I swear.

I’ve been feeding these guys all sorts of stuff (including homemade eggshell calcium supplement!!) and they’re so adorable how curious they are. So far, their favourite was cauliflower stem slices (it looked like swiss cheese the next day!!)

But enough babying, they needed natural items to keep them busy and entertained (as well as moist and feeling safe.) So today, I cleaned up a bit, gave them each some more dirt (from the compost), sphagnum moss, crushed homemade leaf litter, and decaying wood (and “hides” from that, too.)
Big Papa came out to inspect the renovation right away, but I have yet to see the others be so daring. Hopefully they like it, and start breeding some more speckley babies for my future bioactive tank.

#invertebrate #invertebrates #inverts #isopod #isopods #isopodpets #rolliepollie #rolliepollies #rolypoly #wildisopods #bioactive
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