Ivory millipede

Chicobolus spinigerus is the Florida ivory millipede. Trade colour names do not identify a separate species.

Prepare deep food substrate and accept that a healthy animal may remain buried.

Arrange dependable holiday care and keep money available for food, replacement equipment and appropriate veterinary help. Test the habitat before the animal arrives.

Wildform proposes 45 × 30 × 30 cm for a small assessed group, with roughly 15 cm of suitable nutritious substrate, bark and secure ventilation. Scale depth and area to actual adult length and numbers.

Measure usable internal space after substrate, guards and furnishings. Check ventilation, cable holes and access against the smallest occupant. Fix heavy furnishings independently of loose substrate.

Check adult size and group density. No named enclosure here is confirmed to meet the full adult usable-space specification.

The veterinary guide places this species among those using approximately 22–27°C substrate conditions. Preserve a cooler choice and monitor room heatwaves.

Record the warm and cool locations, overnight minimum and daytime maximum. Air, surface and substrate readings are different measurements. Any added heater needs compatible thermostatic control and safe separation from the animal; assess summer cooling as well as winter heating.

Provide gentle ambient daytime light and sheltered darkness; no mandatory UVB target was established.

Keep the night dark and provide retreat from daytime light. Lamp percentage, electrical wattage and a product name cannot establish the exposure reaching an animal. Check the finished installation after changes to mesh, branches or lamp position.

Keep deeper substrate damp and aerated, with drier cover available. The guide’s 70–80% air reference is not a reason to waterlog the vessel.

Inspect the occupied refuge and substrate as well as the air reading. Adjust water provision and ventilation together, and clean contaminated drinking surfaces. A single humidity number cannot describe every microclimate.

Use a leaf/decayed-hardwood-rich food substrate, replenished as consumed. Provide small assessed supplements and an appropriate calcium source; coir is excluded from the food mix described here.

Record what is actually eaten and follow changes in growth and body condition. Food size, life stage and the full diet matter. Supplement products require an individual plan; do not combine calcium, vitamin D and multivitamins by guesswork.

Agree the food substrate and nutrition for the actual animals; general veterinary guidance is not an individual prescription.

Avoid digging up buried animals or handling through moulting. Support the body and avoid drops.

Make necessary maintenance predictable and allow voluntary retreat. Prepare a secure transfer container before essential moves. Observation should not repeatedly interrupt feeding, rest or moulting.

Record feeding-substrate condition and unexplained losses. Seek knowledgeable help for repeated moulting problems rather than changing every condition at once.

Keep dated observations of appetite, activity and condition. A sudden decline, injury, abnormal breathing or repeated failed moults needs appropriate professional assessment. This guide does not provide a diagnosis or medicine dose.

Retain C. spinigerus identity and culture records and contain offspring.

Ask for a dated source record, scientific identity, life stage and established care history. Keep new arrivals and their equipment separate while an appropriate quarantine plan is agreed. Check current official rules for the exact animal, route and transaction before importing or buying; this page does not establish legal clearance. Never release animals or viable eggs outdoors.

Check safe moisture choices and remove spoiled supplementary food. Review food-substrate depth and availability without disturbing moulting zones. Keep a dated record of measurements and observations, and revisit the full advice when conditions or life stage change.