How to Look After a Pet Woodlouse
Find a suitable jar or tall plastic container for your woodlouse, and make sure there are no ways for the woodlouse to escape., Cover the top of the jar or container with thick tissue or foil and make a few tiny holes in it., For a substrate...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Find a suitable jar or tall plastic container for your woodlouse
Attach the foil or tissue to the jar or container with an elastic band. ,,, Go out in to the woods or garden and dig up some soil, pick it up and place it in the shoebox. , Don't get the box itself too damp, it might go soggy and become insecure. , Your best bet to find them is picking up rocks and logs and looking underneath.
Don't get slugs; they put slime everywhere and sometimes escape. ,,, You will eventually have made a predator-free habitat for woodlice. , On hot days if you keep them outside place a cool stone or pebble into their container so they can keep damp and cool. , These guys might like a few small low maintenance plants in their container to keep the air clean.
Make sure there is plenty. , If you would like two woodlice to mate, collect two in the spring or autumn/fall.
However, if it works, you will have to let the male (usually the bigger woodlouse) go. -
Step 2: and make sure there are no ways for the woodlouse to escape.
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Step 3: Cover the top of the jar or container with thick tissue or foil and make a few tiny holes in it.
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Step 4: For a substrate
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Step 5: consider using wood chips.
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Step 6: Make sure your woodlouse is healthy
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Step 7: and put the jar or container somewhere dark and damp.
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Step 8: Get an old shoebox.
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Step 9: Add lots of small
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Step 10: damp pieces of wood
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Step 11: bark or twigs.
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Step 12: Get one woodlouse or several woodlice from outdoors.
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Step 13: Feed the woodlouse a little lettuce now and then.
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Step 14: Feed the woodlouse once a week with one dried leaf or moldy piece of wood.
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Step 15: Keep on adding more soil
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Step 16: bark and some more woodlice
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Step 17: as desired.
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Step 18: Keep the woodlice cool.
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Step 19: Add plant life.
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Step 20: Breed the woodlice.
Detailed Guide
Attach the foil or tissue to the jar or container with an elastic band. ,,, Go out in to the woods or garden and dig up some soil, pick it up and place it in the shoebox. , Don't get the box itself too damp, it might go soggy and become insecure. , Your best bet to find them is picking up rocks and logs and looking underneath.
Don't get slugs; they put slime everywhere and sometimes escape. ,,, You will eventually have made a predator-free habitat for woodlice. , On hot days if you keep them outside place a cool stone or pebble into their container so they can keep damp and cool. , These guys might like a few small low maintenance plants in their container to keep the air clean.
Make sure there is plenty. , If you would like two woodlice to mate, collect two in the spring or autumn/fall.
However, if it works, you will have to let the male (usually the bigger woodlouse) go.
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