Using Isopods for cleaning ???

[chamillion]

I want to use Isopods for cleaning terrariums. So I have some questions about this. Can ısopods damage to my chamelon ? Can they damage to chamelon eggs ? Or they can be very helpfull for cleaning ? What about using them ?

 

[Carlton]

I want to use Isopods for cleaning terrariums. So I have some questions about this. Can ısopods damage to my chamelon ? Can they damage to chamelon eggs ? Or they can be very helpfull for cleaning ? What about using them ?

So you have a planted substrate in your cham cage? If you don't it will be hard to support the isopods. If there isn't enough fecal matter you'll need a layer of decomposing leaves as substrate. The isopods won't hurt your cham. Some chams love to eat them. Not sure about eggs but if you have a cham who lays a clutch you'd probably want to remove the eggs anyway.

 

[chamillion]

Yes I have planted substrate in my cham cage

 

[pssh]

They shouldn't hurt the chameleon. However, make sure you only use captive reared Isopods as they are heavy metal accumulators and you don't want your chameleon to eat those regularly. If you get them from outside, culture them first until you have a new generation.

 

[chamillion]

I'm sure that they are captive reared Isopods. I didn't get them outside. They are Tropical white isopods

 

[pssh]

Those are fine then. I would think they wouldn't bother eggs unless they were already rotting, but I'm not positive about that.