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Caring for Roly Polies (Pill Bugs)

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April 17, 2017

I have a hole group of rolly pollies and I want to know what they eat. If you can answer that it would be very nice.


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April 19, 2012

How can you tell if a rolly polly is a girl?

By Taylor

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May 16, 20131 found this helpful

If it is a female, it will have a grayish shell, and will have brown dots on both sides. If it is a male, it will have a pitch black shell (With no brown spots on both sides). Hope this answered your question! :)

 
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April 27, 2018

Last summer I found an orange sow bug along with a normal colony of grays. I've really wanted to have more orange sow bugs and all the orange sow bugs online are sold out.

So my last hope is to try to breed it.Determining the Gender of My Sow Bug? - an orange sow bug with gray ones
 

The one in the picture below is not mine. It's just an example of what mine looks like.

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April 28, 20180 found this helpful
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Females tend to be larger and have bigger abdomens.

 
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February 26, 2017

With roly poly reproduction, won't the habitat setup soon be overpopulated? I would want to keep them all.


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March 17, 2016

How do you know if a rolypoly has a stinger? I love roly polies and want to keep away from those with stingers. I want to keep some, but I'm afraid of unknowingly housing one with a stinger.


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March 17, 20160 found this helpful

Pill bugs do not have stingers and cannot harm you in any way. However, they may not taste very good if you decide to eat one.

A very easy online search for "how to care for pill bugs" produced many good replies. You can try a search and this very helpful wikihow site:

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www.wikihow.com/Care-for-Pillbugs

 
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June 6, 2010

I'm writing because I don't know how to make a home for rolly pollies and how to feed it. Please help.

Marissa

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June 9, 20101 found this helpful

Well, I think they eat rotting plant matter and like to live in dark moist spots. I often find them near the drainage holes in plant pots that have been outside for the summer.

 
June 10, 20101 found this helpful

What are rolly pollies? And if eating rotting plant matter is good! I really don't think they're something I'd want. Ugh.

 
June 11, 20101 found this helpful

Here is a website that tells how to find and care for your pill bugs! Good Luck.

insected.arizona.edu/rear.htm

 
October 15, 20141 found this helpful

Please help us! Our Roly Poly habitat has gnats! Like small fruit gnats :0(
How do we get rid of the gnats and NOT harm the roly polys?
Thank you

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Jammy

 
October 15, 20140 found this helpful

Marissa
just get a tank, small reptile habitat cage / tank - put lots of dirt from your yard or mix in some potting soil. A few small rocks - they love to hide under rocks. Some leave, twigs, pieces or bark or wood...
they eat fish Food! ours Loves Beta Fish Beta food! small cut up pieces of apple, brocc. leaf lettuse, carrot, pears... You have to mist the dirt and keep moist
Ours are doing so well we can't count the babies they have had LOL! Have Fun :0)

 
June 23, 20150 found this helpful

I made a cage out of cardboard, plastic (for viewing),
and clear tape. Make sure that the tape isn't sticky in the inside, or it will make them get stuck, and their legs will rip off. My dad owns a mastigator (a kind of juicer), and once it removes all the juice, a cut up, chewed up version of whatever we put in there would come out.

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Usually, we'd throw it away, but I fed mine to my Pill Bugs, and they LOVED it. If you don't want to do that, your leftover (PLAIN) greens, chopped up would be much appreciated by your little critters.

 
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June 13, 2013

What are all the colors of rolly pollies?

By Mary F. from Fort Wayne IN

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February 15, 20150 found this helpful

There are 2 main colours. Males are significantly darker, brown, nearly a black colour while the female is grey with brown spots on the sides.

 
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May 28, 2017

I recently got some pill bugs from my backyard (15) and they then had babies. I need to know what to feed them and how long it takes for them to grow up.


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June 13, 2018

How do you know that rolly pollies are sleeping?


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March 20, 2017

Do roly polies have to be in a big terrarium or a box or something? I know that they eat paper, cardboard, carrots, lettuce, and squash, but does a habitat need to be bigger in order to have roly babies?


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August 7, 2016

I have one roly poly and I gave it a good home. I gave it cut up pieces of carrots. Is there anything else I should give it?


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June 24, 2013

I am trying to raise rolly pollies, but have no idea how to take care of them. Please help!

By Madeline

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August 20, 20130 found this helpful

I'm doing the same thing you need to give it a pretty dark home but they can survive in light. The prefer it to be cool instead of warm or hot. Keep the habitat moist. Id use a spray bottle and but water in it and spray the habitat daily unless the dirt dries out a lot then spray more often.

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I didn't have a spray bottle so I used a water bottle and poked a small hole in the cap with a thumb tack. They eat decaying vegetation like grass picked from the lawn or soft decaying veggies or fruit. You can also give them leaves. In their habitat you put in about an inch or 2 of dirt and then grass and leaves and other decaying things and put a few pieces of bark in there too. I hope that helped.

 
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June 19, 2013

What do they eat?

By Lois from Dallas

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February 15, 20150 found this helpful

Cardboard, leaves, fish food, grass, decaying meat.

 
February 15, 20150 found this helpful

Cardboard, leaves, fish food, grass, decaying flesh.

 
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June 4, 2016

I got 7 pillbug/rolly pollies. I gave them a small slice of watermelon and 1/2 of a grape along with fish flakes and 2 leaf bits. Is that overfeeding, even though there are 7? How do you transport them somewhere else without hurting them?

And they're not active at night. Are they dying? Is it because the lights are on? How can you tell a male from a female (girl from boy)?

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June 19, 2015

I just had pill bug babies, but I have way to many to keep in my container. Do they rely on their mommies and daddies when they are little or can they fend for themselves?

I have some that are almost full grown, and some that are barely visible because they're so brand new. Please help! Thank you.

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June 7, 2015

How would you know if a pillbug is pregnant?


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June 23, 20151 found this helpful

You can tell if a Pill Bug is pregnant by flipping it over, look carefully at the lower half, and if you see yellowish/whitish little figures squirming around, it is pregnant.

 
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April 18, 2015

So I own 5 pillbugs and keep them in a cardboard container and people say they eat cardboard. I don't want them to get out. What should I do? And do I keep feeding them bread?

By Cassie M.

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July 1, 20150 found this helpful

If I was you, I would change to a plastic or glass container. I had three but ended up with five. I think I may have picked up two by mistake or one had a baby. I have mine in a plastic box type.

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U could keep feeding them bread but I would feed them maybe half a strawberry, dried leaf, moldy piece of wood, and if u look at other replies u will find some more.

 
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March 13, 2015

Can pill bugs live without water?

By Dhannie Q from Sylmar, CA

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March 13, 20150 found this helpful

In a word no. They must have access to water like all living things on this planet. The site below will help in providing the necessary food, water, etc.:

www.pestnet.com/.../

 
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August 27, 2014

How can one tell if a pillbug is happy or content?

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August 29, 20140 found this helpful

I am not sure how or why you would need to know this but if it can't be found in google. Chances are no one will be able to help. Sorry.

 
September 27, 20140 found this helpful

A pillbug needs: Cool temperatures, a place too hide under (a rock, damp cardboard, wood, etc.) and garbage or compost mixed with dirt to eat. If you lift up the cover and the pillbug is usually active, then it's probably happy. Never let it completely dry out (don't flood it, just a little damp).

 
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October 17, 2013

What do rolly pollies eat?

By Shane from Chesapeake, VA

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June 8, 20140 found this helpful

Cardboard, leaves, fish food, grass, decaying flesh.

 
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