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yayapoppity
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The Invertebrate Keeping Topic: Cats are for Nerds

i doubt this'll be that popular since most people don't keep arthropods but whatever

invertebrate keeping is the keeping of pet invertebrates(insects, spiders, most things people would probably burn their house down if they found them, etc.). some good starter species are madagascar hissing cockroaches and jumping spiders, however many invertebrates are quite easy to keep!

feel free to help people and stuff, i'm probably gonna redo this later

i don't know if this is a good fit for things i am making and creating, but i am assuming it is because the act of invertebrate keeping is often called a hobby, and you make enclosures for invertebrates usually so i think its fine
yayapoppity
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The Invertebrate Keeping Topic: Cats are for Nerds

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xXKaptainXx
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The Invertebrate Keeping Topic: Cats are for Nerds

I found a random slug in a drain pipe once. I gave it to my cousin without telling him it was a fertilized female and now he has 50 or so eggs that are set to hatch around the 15th. idk if this is the forum for that but that's my personal experience with invertebrates and pets in general. if I can i'll try and get a picture of her to show
yayapoppity
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The Invertebrate Keeping Topic: Cats are for Nerds

xXKaptainXx wrote:

I found a random slug in a drain pipe once. I gave it to my cousin without telling him it was a fertilized female and now he has 50 or so eggs that are set to hatch around the 15th. idk if this is the forum for that but that's my personal experience with invertebrates and pets in general. if I can i'll try and get a picture of her to show
you can crush/freeze the eggs to prevent them from hatching i think, or atleast thats what i remember from keeping snails as pets
yayapoppity
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yayapoppity
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The Invertebrate Keeping Topic: Cats are for Nerds

currently working on a cricket bin for breeding crickets for my pet jumping spider
yayapoppity
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The Invertebrate Keeping Topic: Cats are for Nerds

i got some crickets from petco (which i personally wouldn't reccomend, but it was the fastest way to get crickets since all the other crickets took weeks to ship) and i fed one to my jumping spider

i haven't finished the cricket bin yet, so i'm keeping the crickets temporarily in a small critter keeper

i'm planning to keep the crickets outside to prevent the smell
deking0911
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The Invertebrate Keeping Topic: Cats are for Nerds

hey! I have a tarantula, its name is lizard (very fitting, ay?)

yayapoppity
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The Invertebrate Keeping Topic: Cats are for Nerds

upgraded my cricket setup to be larger so i can breed them maybe

i'm keeping them in the greenhouse so theres a risk of parasites/mold but i dont want to keep them inside since i heard crickets are smelly

edit: there was mold and it killed all of them. i'm keeping dubias from now on

Last edited by yayapoppity (July 23, 2026 12:34:01)

yayapoppity
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The Invertebrate Keeping Topic: Cats are for Nerds

why do dubia roaches have to be so cute i feel bad for feeding them to my spider
nebula_cats
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The Invertebrate Keeping Topic: Cats are for Nerds

the title is true: i’m a *nerd* and i have a cat
his name is spot and he’s 18 (and i’m younger than him lol)
and hes deaf now :(


anyways

“lizard” to keep this post topic relevant :’)

Last edited by nebula_cats (July 31, 2026 17:51:09)

yayapoppity
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The Invertebrate Keeping Topic: Cats are for Nerds

nebula_cats wrote:

the title is true: i’m a *nerd* and i have a cat
his name is spot and he’s 18 (and i’m younger than him lol)
and hes deaf now :(


anyways

“lizard” to keep this post topic relevant :’)
lizards have bones

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