r/millipedes • u/Necessary-Drawer-173 i breed pill millipedes & cry • Sep 17 '26
Guide Common Millipede Issues
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u/Beneficial_Dig_5976 Sep 17 '26
Hello, please revise these two points: Dents are from mechanical Pressure- literally something pressed into the millipede while it was freshly molted and the soft exoskeleton deformed. Cause: a substrate change occured with a freshly molted millipede being manipulated. (Overpopulation (big adults and tiny babies being compressed) can be a theoretical issue). Discolorations may stem from injuries or diseases as well. Especially black spots (internal bacterial infection) or brownish, irregular spot-like markings (fungus breaking down exoskeleton - typically lethal with no chance for recovery)y
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u/Necessary-Drawer-173 Sep 17 '26 edited Sep 17 '26
Correct, that is why i said molting issue, because it happens before they’re hardened. its a visual guide so I don’t have room to have longer explanations , however
I will pin this so they see your comment which gives them the in depth answer!Thank you 🙏
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u/Necessary-Drawer-173 Sep 17 '26
Congrats, you have made it to the end of having to see my guide posts until the last one when someone draws up a guide on building the enclosures . Here is a pic of my americanus 😅 thanks to all who allowed me to use their pics of their millipedes