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Old 08-16-2010, 12:27 AM
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I just cleaned out a viv and it looks like none of the springtails or pillbugs survived. How do you guys go about qurantining the bugs you get to make sure they dont have pesticides? Im asking this cause were I used to get them Im not sure if it is clean or not anymore. Maybe Ill just go out to the nearest state park forest and grab some. Those are sure to be clean from anything even though it was a military base. Is there a place were you can buy them at? thanks.

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Old 08-16-2010, 10:26 AM
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if you have them already there's no reason to buy more. if they make it without a whole lot of carcasses in the next couple weeks they should be fine.

josh's frogs i think should have at least springtails. red wiggler worms are good for the substrate also depending on what you plan on housing.
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Well I had a lot of them but then cleaned everything off, tossed out the old substrate, and didnt give two thoughts about it to be honest. I havnt seen any alive for like a week or so. thx
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