rhopalomeris carnifex "Strawberry" **Captive Bred**

6 count rhopalomeris carnifex "strawberry" captive bred

USA First release!

They will have full color

care: 2-3" of soil in a deep bin. I have 1, 2" vent on either sides. I keep the humidity medium high. Not wet. I just don't allow them to dry out. Every month I add in 1/2" of new soil and new rotting wood. They don't seem to care for leaf litter but I do add in a leaf chop I make. It's just smaller pieces of leaf litter. You'll want a high quality soil and if you can add in flake soil that's a plus but not required. The most important part of keeping these is to not allow them to dry out and to keep them in a bin that gives you room to add into it every month. They go through a lot of soil and rotting wood. You can add moss and mushrooms to it as that's the only supplemental food I've seen them touch. I don't feed them anything else as they don't eat it. It's very important to keep them with all natural foods like the soil and wood. Consistency is key. 

I use just natural mushroom compost found at lowes. I sift out all the big sticks and chunks. If you get a bag of mainly sticks id just toss it. If you get a sandy rocky like bag then thats the one. Remove all large pieces and rocks. I then add 2 gallons of my flake soil to the mix. I also add Henry's flake soil 2 bags from Georgia beetles. Its the absolute perfect mix. I then mix in a bag of shredded wood that I get from forest floora on Etsy. 

Forest Floora on Etsy sells shredded wood and chucky wood that I have used from day 1 in their bins.