GIANT ISOPODS & CENTIPEDES... My Gecko's Clean Up Crew!
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- In today's video we are looking at the clean up crew, what mine consists of, what they do, as well as moving the Giant Isopods in with the Geckos, doing a Q&A and talking about keeping Isopods as pets.
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Ohh the reason why your isos dont curl up is because the species you have is a porcellio species, if you have armadilidium species they will curl up into a ball. Hope this helps
thanks :) yeah when i was researching them they had the same 'look' as the pill bugs that curl up, i think its their curled bulky body haha
Lew Paul I think the grey ones are porcellionides sp. (looks like pruinosus but there’s no surefire way to tell)
Sow bugs have different antenna, slightly different legs, and don’t curl into tight balls. Pill bugs do curl into balls.^^
Leopard Gecko would the isopod still be able to function on eco earth or do i need a more nutritious soil
Can you use pill bugs (rolly pollies, doodle bugs) for clean up crew?
Giant isopods don't make it in my vivs. I'm not sure if this is due to predation by the crested.
Dwarf species breed prolifically for me.
What eats the clean up crew poop? Just curious.
Sripol Asanasavest umm I don’t think that the cleanup crew gets eaten by poop...
I might be too excited about bugs
Squishy Mooney // Me too mate.
same haha
Same
I love rollie pollies!😄❤
haha they're strangely cute :)
LOL, that's what I can breed right now! xDxD
hi I was wondering if you could help me. I just got a crested gecko can they pass on mange. like can they catch it from a human and pass it on?
Me too
Leopard Gecko Try feeding them fruit or leaf litter and wood soaked in water. THEY adore fish food!!!
I keep 4 species of isopods currently! They’re awesome cleaners and wonderful pets.
I keep isopods as pets. I also have a couple little milipedes with them.
And somehow one slug... Idk how I made my own substrate but yeah you inspired me to do that
Nice video! It is a very interesting topic.
thanks :)
These aren't *giant* Isopods. They're just regular Isopods. Giant Isopods live in the ocean and are the size of an American football.
What about keeping millipedes with reptiles in a bioactive tank?
Woodlice can bite, but they have little jaw strength and don't even come close to breaking or even hurting the skin. They mostly go to taste you since they really enjoy protein, just think of it as isopod kisses!
I’m actually making a bioactive terrarium for my crested gecko and I’m trying to order bugs (silk worms, earth worms, moths, spring tails, ferns, vines, etc) live plants that will form coexisting ecosystems, I think he’s going to be very happy as he’s going to get something very close to being in the wild!
👏Bug Review👏
Nice. I’ve been collecting species to use in my enclosures. :)
nice :)
So would this be okay if I put a clean up crew in my Leo tank
I'm thinking of getting myself a leopard gecko but I'm doing research of the best way I can take care of one and where I should buy one... All that good stuff, I don't know where the best website or place is to buy them. I know pet stores are no go's
Eunice I got my Leo last Thursday! The best way I researched before was by this channel! It’s so useful & basically has videos on everything you need to know, try looking for a breeder. It’s your best option, good luck
Eunice watch everyone of Lepoard Gecko videos! You will learn everything you need to know. 1 yr ago I knew nothing, but by watching her videos I'm happy to say I have a healthy Lepoard Gecko and know ALOT more than what I did 8 months ago . I got B'ela as a Love gift 8 months ago.
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Try a reptile expo, local breeder, adoption, or a good local petstore :)
Wait for a repticon near you or a reptile convention. Go on the conventions website and see if leopard gecko breeders will be there and visit those breeders' websites. If you like what you see you can go to the reptile convention for a small fee and buy one there. I did this for mine some years back and he's healthy and the breeders were reputable. Reptile conventions also have all sorts of tanks, insects, and accessories your gecko might like. Ofc you should have the tank ready before you get the gecko tho
Though I would recommend avoiding them some pet stores aren’t bad
The centipedes wouldn't be a big deal if i wasn't phobic
do you keep different types of isopods together
Yees she does, Ik I’m not leopard gecko but she hasn’t replied so...
Thanks Bowser
Roger and Vicki Weeks Tarantula's no problem man
Where can i buy some
*_isopod hour_*
What do you enjoy keeping more, leopard geckos or crested geckos? Im curious to know and hope i can get an answer 😜
SharkBAIT RUDY my friend has both and he said “Leo’s are easy to take care of but they don’t really do anything, they cool sometimes though...cresties are really fun”
Mustard Cat that’s y i got a crestie
The Lightning Cuber how easy is a crested gecko to tame though?
@@user-yn1bd4yf3h very easy.
We got our crestie at about 6 weeks and he was a bit jumpy and extremely easy to tame. He's so adorable and docile I take him to the grocery store, pharmacy or out to visit friends. Well depending on weather and not in covid times of course. But yeah we go to the pharmacy and they're asking where Meat Loaf is lol. No experience with leopard geckos though.
Porcellionides Pruinosus “powder blue” (your grey ones) are crazy. They breed so much. I have both the wild morph and orange morph and they are crazy.
Do you need a cleaning crew? What if you just clean the cage itself? Is like a cleaning crew a you-must-have-for-leopard-geckos So do I need a clean up crew?
Including the bob the drag queen clip automatically made this video 1000% that much better 😂 anyways just wanted to thank you and all your dedication to these videos. I’ve now got 2 leos and 1 juvenile crestie! You’ve taught me so much and i wanted to thank you for giving me the confidence and knowledge to be able to care for these beautiful babies 🙏👏🏻👏🏻 literally love EVERY video, keep it up ❤️❤️
This is obviously an old video and you've prob updated your care by now. But I'd recommend not keeping Isopods so damp, a lot of them don't like their whole tub damp. Just dampening down the moss every couple days or so is sufficient. Also they need loads of leaf litter as that makes up most of their diet along with rotting wood and they could really use more/bigger hides, cork bark is great. P.laevis, the orange ones you have, are not great as cleanup crews as they can chew on your animals as they are VERY protein forward. If you wanted more info I'd recommend checking out Aquarimax Pets on RUclips, he's great! Not sure if you still have these, but just wanted to say incase.
I LOVE GECKOS SO MUCH OMG I'M SCREMING THESE GECKOS ARE SO CUTE OMG AAAAAAAAA
Giant American Millipedes and crested geckos???? Please help!
Lyra loves you :-)
if you have the "cleanup crew" do you still clean the tank?
Hi, I just got my first crested gecko like last week and on the third day he shed, but there is a tiny little piece of shed still stuck on his "eyelash" and I have no idea how to get it, because I do not want to hurt him.
I just got my gecko a week ago mine is about to shed to
Jobert Rolly if it’s just on the eyelash i wouldn’t worry too much. it seems quite minor. if you MUST get it off for peace of mind however, stroke the area with a moist q-tip
Jobert Rolly you can put some warm water on a qtip and try to help get it off
Those centipedes killed my adult woodlouse even the baby centipedes did i literally watched it eating one
Do crested geckos prefer a certain variety of isopod over the other? Been thinking about them as an irragation crew but not sure what size for an 18x18
I dont think so lol, I dont really notice Lyra interacting with them much.
I got a new leoord gecko and he has no Nails will they grow back
possibly, it depends. If the tips of the toes dropped off because of multiple unsuccessful sheds then no, and if he had none at all this may mean hes lots the tips of his toes. If its just the nails then they should grow back.
No they do not regenerate nails, just tails. He probably got stuck shed around the toes, circulation was cut off and they fell off. It will just make it hard for him to climb and grip the substrate but it is nothing major. Sorry but he will not grow those back.
i dont think so my blue tongue skink is missing one since i got him 6 months later it still is gone
he has lost his nails they'll probably grow back. if he has lost his toe tips they will not.
Centipedes, scare me, to DEATH I hate them so muchhhhh
Can u house a female crested gecko with a fale chahoa in a 40 gallon
Do these guys escape wooden enclosures? How do you prevent if they do?
Leaving food in terrarium ling enough for mold to grow is a bad idea.
Not as giant as I expected xD
Yes absolutely make great pets!! I started with 1 species, i now have 14 :)
haha ah awesome :)
Leopard Gecko these are some of the available but rarely species that we can buy in the US. captiveisopoda.com/collections/all?sort_by=price-descending
What kind of worms are those?
Hi, how can you handle the crickets? U.K. large spiders don't mind them can deal with them. Diane Southampton U.K.
haha it takes some getting used to. If you look in my feeder insect playlist I must have a few videos of handling them :)
wait do they need live plants or no
Have u seen ur gecko eat ur isopods ?
I liked this video. But why is your name Leopard Gecko? All of your recent videos haven’t been about them anyway and if ur gonna make videos that aren’t about Leo’s ur channel name should just be “Gecko Facts” or something.
TurtleTurtle Pp she originally had only leopard geckos
What do you feed yor isopods?
Could clean up crews live in reptibark and no LED light and only window light?
Corrupt it’s best to have a mix of substrates or a bioactive mix from the store
Y not just clean urself
The benefit of using wild caught clean up crew is that if they do escape they are indigenous and not invasive, this factor shouldn't be overlooked imo.
You can also buy a captive bred species native to your area
Can these become way to overpopulated in an enclosure?
Yes, especially the tropical grey. However the oranges breed a little slower I think
Hello, people. This is a greatly debated topic and I know it has nothing to do with the video but I just want to help people decide their heating situation. They do not need a heat mat but they do need belly heat. Overhead heat with sand mats are fine because a sand mat has rocks that heat up like in the wild, it helps my leopard gecko with digestion and I felt the warm rocks on the mat myself. People say use a heatmat to substitute for sum heating rocks in the wild, this is no substitution with the sand mat. Btw of you’re worried that lighting is a bad problem, you probably use some half log hide or hide that isn’t dark anyways so you’d have yourself to blame. Hope I helped a lot of lizard owners, not just gecko owners! Have a great day ppl and make sure your pets have one to!
Anime Overlord heat mats are both cheaper and better for them. That’s not the best substrate anyway as they can’t dig in it.
Will they eat calcium
Real isopod hours
So ive had my gecko for about 2 months now i take very good care of him but all the sudden hes becoming to be more on the grumpy side any suggestions? Its like he dont wanna be handled anymore and believe me i give him space cause i understand hes a reptile anything will help thank you !!!
Maybe he's just a big grumpy or in shed?
You can keep and feed from your master cultures of WC woodlouse and isopods.....IF....you are certain that they are at least a couple years from when you started them off ....after a while your WC will become CB.
Thinking of doing this for my carpet python enclosure. Think this would work?
Isopod hour
I have a wild caught common European toad (i didn't just take her because I wanted her, she was very ill and now blind in one eye and missing a nostril so can't go back outside) I think it would probably be fine to get a clean up crew from my garden considering she lived in it just 6 months ago, but I'd like some other opinions.
Nice video!What pet shop would you recommend to buy my leopard gecko?
Player 2421 a local breeder, expo, or adoption may be a better option :)
Thanks.
I would love to do a bioactive tank for my crestie, but I'm nervous about the cleanup crew. For the most part, bugs don't bother me, isopods I'm pretty good with, but it's the super tiny bugs that really freak me out. The room my crestie is in has a lot of plants and it's not insanely humid, but it's like decently humid. If they got out, and managed to survive, could they become a problem/infestation? And does the tank start to overpopulate with the springtails and isopods? If it does, what do you do about it? And one last question, how common is it for spiders to move in and how can I prevent that? Sorry I have so many questions lol, I'm doing lots of research on all this but im still confused about a lot of things. and we already had tons of grain mites from our mealworms and I wouldn't want to bring more bugs in and have something similar happen that would make my parents upset.
I love isopods! I have approximately 15 morphs comprised of four different species. Some of the Spanish and Asiatic isopods can be quite expensive, like 10 to 20 US dollars each!
Hello, i was wondering if you had some advise for me. My crested gecko has a laceration on his back. It doesn't appear to be too deep and isn't actively bleeding. Ir appears the skin is just torn. He is moving fine and drinking too. Do you have any advise for the wound care. I currently have him in his enclosure with no substrate and a damp towel down on the bottom with his water dish and a hut to hide in.
Kudos for speaking responsibly about managing breeding numbers, realistically, and not releasing non-natives into natural environment. ♡
I have isopods & springtails in my crested gecko tank & I threw some dried food into the soil for them to eat but it grew mold pretty quickly. The clean up crew seems to love it but is it harmful to my gecko? I’ve been trying to bury the mold so the gecko can’t get to it but it keeps popping up again
giant orange woodlice are supposedly found in the uk i read on many sites....
I kept a pet slug with a house spider, they lived together. I fed the slug no vegetation and I fed the spider a worm, the slug climbed onto the spiders web and ate half of it. I feel really bad..
(I release the slug in the wild part of my garden)
If ur love lizards and predatory bugs, do u wanna
Mountain Horned Dragons and Hooded Mantis...??
Random question, what size is your leopard geckos tank?
I may sound dumb but would you need to change you're substrate I have never used a clean up Crew
Hey, im getting a leo in about a month. can i use wildly caught woodlice- but the second generation? So ill breed them and only use the young ones- to eliminate the chance of parasites
I never thought of having bug with my leopard gecko named king.g
if you quarantined wild caught ones is it possible they'd be fine after a while of breeding?
Today I found a wild orange woodlouse in the UK, I was absolutely amazed, it was in a rural area so most likely not released and there was loads of normal coloured ones with it!!!
I love your videos!!!!
thanks! :)
What a fantastic culture you have. Very healthy.
Very Informative ... Thank you!
This video was amazing. Ive been hoping to see the wood lice again
They are my favorite animals of yours
Will the leopard geckos eat the clean up crew insects?
I found a snail in my crested gecko vivarium and I’m so lost I have no idea how it got it.
I have about ten in my inclosure, will they last?
Do you need a clean up crew for a natural terrarium?
Ella Hackett I would recommend it, because say if a plant dies or if its foliage comes off, they’ll eat it all up.
But if you’re talking about a closed terrarium then you definitely need some sort of bug or anything that takes in oxygen and releases c02.
Hope this helps!
Ok so today I had dropped my geckos cool side hide on him it’s a rock and I’m currently watching him for strange behavior and I checked him and his body looks the same I’m just really scared please help
Edit his tail didn’t fall off
Is it just me or have u realised after almost every sentence she take such a deep breath
How do you keep the population of the clean up crew down ?
Dude. Isopods aren't even bugs.
Can I have a clean up crew without live plants?
Where did you get your wooden enclosures from?
Do you think you have too many bugs in your tank?
Or you can use theam also as food if there too many of theam
Learn something new everyday.👍
Millapeads....im 99% sure this are millapeads. Honestly idk maybe they are centapeads but I'm pretty sure not
Sara Crawford they’re not millipedes*, they’re crustaceans. Millipedes have far more legs.
Sara Crawford oh I thought you were talking about the isopods. The others are centipedes
Fiona Shepley lol it's ok
Where did you get your chahoua from ??
Do the geckos ever snack on them?
Fenu S yes, there would be some that get eaten that's why it's a good idea to breed them or purchase a lot just in case but not too many. The gecko will eat them no matter how hard you try to prevent it, for the most part if they can't find the bugs they won't be able to eat them.
Am I first ? Nice video
thanks :)
ok time to fanboy, you answered my comment, I didn't think you'd see it, I love your videos, amazing job, keep going.
Would isopods / pill bugs do well in a garden
What if my cresties try to eat one ?
They won’t die they would be fine
Can you put isopods in a tank with a leopard gecko or is it just for crested geckos?.
Halee Matherne they can go with leos
Fiona Shepley thank you :)
Can you give me tips on setting up a leopard gecko terrarium? I have a ten gallon tank, and I use a heat mat for heating. I have two hiding places and use artificial plants. The substrate is reptile carpet. I also added a few rocks for climbing. Is this good enough? What else would you suggest adding in?
Ryan K Win he has a water dish right? I recommend eco earth :)
Fiona Shepley Yes he has a water dish. I will try eco earth. Thanks!
She made videos about this
Hi Rebecca and Lyra I enjoyed Mum's video so much!- My Leopard Gecko B'ela Stitch ( not shedding time) and ( not I'll) has not been eating. The little bugger. I been getting ( NO REPLY NEEDED ) ber mealworms , waxy worms for treats only, and yet still after NO eatting for a week and a half me trying to feed her every night, my 21 yr old Grandson bought B'ela 20 medium size crickets I dusted in the bag and when I returned my grandson had Placed the crickets in her aquarium. Oh my gosh she was running around eatting them faster than ever. All that remains is 2 crickets that are speaking out of a hole in the side of the background rocks I can't get to them. I am sure miss spoiled lady of 1 yrs old will eat them today.. At least I'll know she's not going to starve.
MY SPOILLED. BABY, !
oh my goodness lol, well that's a lot for a leo, but atleast shes eating now :)
Wat are the springtails for ☺