50+ Isopod Bundle - Armadillidium Duo - A. depressum & A. peraccae

• We suggest keeping these species between 21-22˚C and 60-70% humidity for best results. These two species both prefer it on the drier side! We keep a large colony of isopods in a 40x20x20cm critter keeper with vent holes across the lid. A smaller colony will do just fine in a 20x15x15cm enclosure.

 

• Like other isopods, these need a humidity gradient which can be achieved by making sure there are dry and damp areas in their environment. The best way is to provide sphagnum moss or live moss on one third of the enclosure as a 'hydration station' and keep this constantly moist. We suggest keeping the substrate moist (not soaking!) and provide plenty of bark pieces and leaf litter to allow them to seek out dryer spots.

 

• Make sure you use a high-quality substrate (no coco coir!) such as our Premium Millipede Edible Substrate as this will be the main food component for your isopods, and provide crushed cuttlebone or eggshells for calcium, as well as a good quality protein source once a week for optimal health. We prefer to feed vegetables to our isopods to help deter fruit fly and fungus gnat infestations, but that’s just our choice! Like many invertebrates one of their favourites is cucumber which we provide in slices and replace once completely eaten, which is around once a week.

 

• We recommend not keeping any protein-hungry isopods with millipedes as they can sometimes nibble on them whilst molting! 

• Our shipping rates are determined by the total weight of your cart at checkout.

  The shipping bands are:

• 0-1kg - £4.99

• 1-2kg - £5.99

• 2-10kg - £7.99

• 10kg+ - £9.99

 

• We almost always choose a postage option which should deliver in 1 or 2 days, especially if the order includes live inverts or plants to ensure they arrive as fast as possible to avoid stressing anything too much, protecting the critters' welfare as well as protecting your purchase.

 

• Royal Mail Tracked 24 is what we've used most frequently for orders including live inverts and 9 times out of 10 will deliver the day after dispatch.

 

• A different delivery service such as Parcelforce is only used if the parcel dimensions happen to exceed the Royal Mail limits for that size bracket (eg awkward size/shape hardscape branches).

 

• All our orders are sent out using recyclable materials and reused boxes and packaging, plus we try to avoid single use plastics if we can.​​

 

• If you have any concerns, questions or requests regarding shipping please don't hesitate to get in contact

 

• An email will be sent to you confirming when the package will be posted and detailing any steps needed to be taken to ensure the health of any critters on arrival (instructions on slowly getting inverts warmed up again etc). We will also contact you to discuss any posting worries such as weather conditions or industrial strikes which may affect transit time

• As some of our products are live animals and plants occasionally issues in transit may occur. If your invert arrives to you dead or badly damaged in some way due to transit then please let us know and provide evidence within 24 hours of arrival. Unfortunately we can not entertain any requests for refunds on invertebrates after that 24 hour window.

 

• Please make sure somebody is present at the delivery address at the delivery time indicated so that the inverts aren't sitting in Royal Mail storage warehouses for days. Refunds not available for inverts where the delivery has been missed, if you are not available to receive the package please send us additional instructions to give Royal mail or tell us when your availability is.

 

• For all items in our store - If for some reason you do receive the wrong item or it is damaged or faulty and the claim and evidence was submitted in the relevant time frame then a full refund for the item and postage will be provided.

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• If you are unhappy with, or want to return, an item which is otherwise not faulty then please let us know and return it to us in the same condition that we sent it within 14 days and you will be refunded for the item but not the postage costs