12+ Armadillidium gestroi Isopods Live Cleaner Crew * U-Pick Bundle * Free Ship

Description

Shipping:
We offer
FREE Priority Mail Shipping
on all Live Isopods orders.
Due to extreme temperature across the US, if your local temps are below 40*F or above 85*F your order will be marked "HOLD at Post Office" for Live Arrival Guarantee.
12+ Armadillidium gestroi Isopods
Comes with care sheet.
Every order is packed over-counted!
Includes FREE sample of Reptanicals Isopod Feast
-biologist formulated complete diet guaranteed to promote breeding and rapid healthy growth-
Great species for beginners! These colorful isopods are easy to care for and adults are not overly stressed by handling. Great for pets in the home or classroom!
Natural
Organic
Captive Born/Bred
12+ count
Shop with confidence from the very same invertebrates supplied to stores, rescues and zoos!
Armadillidium gestroi Isopods , also known as High Yellow spotted isopods, originate from the shores of France near
limestone,
sandstone, and granite. They thrive on vegetables, dried leaves, grasses, and decaying matter. This striking roly poly rolls up into a ball when disturbed or threatened.
These are large isopods that are slower growing. They can take a little longer to establish than other species. However they have fairly large broods and once established are extremely rewarding. Great pet species for someone looking for a colorful addition to their terrarium. A gestroi can often exhibit a range of colors from neon yellow to pumpkin orange.
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A. gestroi
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Size:
.79 inches.
Housing:
Plastic storage bin or glass terrarium
Food Preferences:
freeze dried shrimp, fish flakes, vegetables, dried leaves, wood, grasses, and decaying matter,
Reptanicals
Isopod Feast
Temp Requirements:
approx. 70 Degrees to 85 Degrees. Extreme cold and heat can be lethal
Breeding:
Easy - with proper care sub-adults will begin to breed before reaching full size, but this slower growing species can take a few months to really establish themselves.
Substrate:
Coconut coir, peat moss, or
Reptanicals
Bug Bedding
: Isopod Substrate, covered with leaf litter (we use oak leaves).
Humidity:
medium humidity, mist one side of enclosure to create a moisture gradient, keep sphagnum and/or pillow moss on the moist side of enclosure to help maintain humidity (we use a mixture of both)
Supplements:
Reptanicals
5-in-1 Calcium Supplemen
t
: a great mix of natural calcium sources for these isopods, all derived from the same calcium sources they would encounter in the wild such as limestone, granite and coral.
Reptanicals
Shredded Shrimp
, a tasty treat to offer for additional protein.
Hides:
Cork bark, lotus pods, coconut halves and egg carton all make excellent hides for the isopods. Adding multiple hides to your enclosure offers ample room for juveniles and adults, and also provides your isopods a more enriching environment.
Isopods are gaining popularity in the reptile industry for a number of very good reasons. They are nature's janitorial crews! Add them to your home enclosure to reduce mold, feces, decaying matter, and improve substrate health! All while providing a calcium rich, nutritious snack for your critters to enjoy any time they wish.
Enclosure larger than 10 gallons? If you're looking to breed these isopods outside of a vivarium, we'd recommend keeping them in one of our
Reptanicals
Cleaner Breeder Boxes
for easy care and to ensure the health of your isopods. Our kits come complete from substrate, food, everything you need to culture with success!
Our Isopods are fed a mix of organic vegetables and mushrooms twice weekly in addition to our own supplemental food. They are kept on coconut coir substrate with moist sphagnum moss to help maintain humidity, provided cuttlebone for calcium, and cork hides for enrichment.
Don't forget to pick up our
Reptanicals
Isopod Feast
, a great nutritional addition to fresh food, such as vegetables like carrots. Some isopods, if starved, can consume or chew on delicate critters. Developed by biologists our premium protein packed blend of vitamins minerals and nutrients make the perfect food isopods desire and provide healthy meals for reptiles that consume them!
Shipping:
We offer FREE Priority Mail Shipping on all Live Isopods orders.
Due to extreme temperature across the US, if your local temps are below 40*F or above 95 *F you MUST request "HOLD at Post Office" in message to seller at checkout for Live Arrival Guarantee.
All live animals are shipped Monday-Wednesday
. Orders placed on or after Wednesday at noon will ship the following Monday to avoid spending the weekend at the post office or on a truck. Someone must be present to accept package delivery.
Cold Temp notice:
We ship dozens of packages every Mon-Wed to sub-freezing temps. Our ultra-insulative packing filler is perfect for winter shipping and negates the need for heat packs. Shipping packs for reptiles max out at 100* (compared to 180* for hot hands) and can easily cook a shipment of springtails/isopods as our boxes are extremely well insulated.
If your temps are below 40*F your order will be marked "HOLD at Post Office" for Live Arrival Guarantee.
We ship isopods USPS Priority Mail (as both UPS and FedEx are unreliable in our area and have lost/left packages) This ensures your animals are only in transit for 2 days and your package is insured. Should anything happen to them, your costs are completely covered and a replacement would cost you nothing.
Hot Temp notice:
If your temps are above 85*F your order will be marked "HOLD at Post Office" for Live Arrival Guarantee.
Cold packs are included free of charge as needed.