u/Additional-Coffee119

Why doesent my new milipede burrow?

Why doesent my new milipede burrow?

I recently got an african giant milipede from someone who was vending at a reptile con show was admittedly not verry knowledgeable. He told me he kept them exactly as he was vending them with no lid and verry little substrate. I bought one of them lowk because I felt really terrible for them (not my proudest moment).

Now she has ten inches of substrate and shes about half that size as a juvenile and she just doesent burrow. I only got her abt a week ago but im super concerned about how shedding is going to go for her if she cant like go underground. She hides in a glass jar in the corner of the tank at the top which at first was verry cute but is starting to get concerning. Is there anything I can do to encourage her to explore underground?

u/Additional-Coffee119 — 4 days ago