Beneficial roly poly bugs ?

Mark L

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Does anyone put roly poly or any other bugs to help "clean up" in their leopard tortoise enclosure ? That are obviously safe for tortoises ?
 

Cowboy_Ken

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I didn't deliberately at sow bugs or pill bugs, (rollypollies) but I've got a herd of them actively breeding in my tortoise enclosures. They do no harm and I've read of people adding them on purpose.
 

Tidgy's Dad

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We call them woodlice in the UK and they are harmless.
As Cowboy says, some people add them deliberately along with other fauna, to try and establish a more natural set up.
 
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