Isopods are fun animals to keep and are also used in terrarium or paludarium to keep these neat and clean. They clean up food scraps, droppings and possibly eggs from mites. They are also a good supplement in food for reptiles and amphibians, because of their high calcium content.
What are dairy isopods?
Dairy Cow Isopods are large, active, and have a neat white and black speckled pattern. They are a larger, relatively fast reproducing isopod - many dart frogs will not be able to consume adult laevis, making them a great choice for the vivarium.Apr 29, 2020
What can dairy cow isopods eat?
As for what they generally consume, you can feed them oak and birch leaves that have been boiled, dead wood, fish food, sepia, cucumber, and mushrooms. Among all of these, leaf litter and sepia should be the most abundant. Sepia provides the necessary calcium that Dairy Cow isopods need.Jan 2, 2021
How do you set up a dairy cow isopod?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FzJdvuXF3s
What is a cow isopod?
Porcellio laevis (commonly called the swift woodlouse, dairy cow isopod, or smooth slater in Australia) is a species of woodlouse in the genus Porcellio. As the species epithet laevis as well as the vernacular name "swift woodlouse" suggests, the species is capable of quick bursts of speed when provoked.
Where do dairy cow isopods come from?
Isopods, originating from Europe. Although they are still young when we send them they are fast growers and can grow relatively big. We send them from a few weeks old which means they are between a few mm till 1,5 cm.
Where do dairy cow isopods live?
Porcellio Laevis, also known as the smooth or swift isopod, is characterized by the smooth dorsal surface of their shell and found throughout Europe and North America. These medium to large bodied isopods spend most of their time on or at the surface of the soil.