Porcellio laevis
Dairy Cow
A hardy, active isopod, priced per animal.
$2 per isopod
No set pack size. A new colony usually does better with several animals than with one.
Open a label for the note on this listing. Brood counts are not taken from a census of these bins.
Habitat
Dairy Cow is Porcellio laevis: big, fast, and happiest with deep leaf litter, cork, a damp third, and a drier two-thirds. They make waste, so ventilation matters more than a sealed humid box.
Diet
They eat leaves, but they also use protein. A small flake or freeze-dried shrimp portion, plus calcium, keeps a growing group from chewing bark and each other. Remove what they do not finish.
Breeding
This is one of the quicker Porcellio lines when the bin is roomy and fed. Babies show up under bark. This shop still does not log an exact brood size.
A good fit
A strong first colony and a common cleanup animal where the enclosure is not desert-dry. Give them space or they will outgrow a cup.
Ordering
The price is for one isopod. Choose a count, then pay at checkout. Stripe test mode accepts 4242 4242 4242 4242 and does not charge a real card.
Additional information
- These are raised isopods, not a wild-caught listing.
- Please do not release them outdoors.
- Animals in one request will be mixed sizes.
- Each listing is priced for one isopod.
Shipping
- A paid order holds the count. Live animals still wait on the weather before a box leaves.
- The Stripe panel is a test checkout. It does not send the card to Stripe.
- Someone needs to bring the box inside when it arrives. A written arrival guarantee is not offered here.
Cheyenne local pickup
- Skip shipping and pick up in Cheyenne.
- Choose Cheyenne pickup at checkout.
- The shop confirms a time. Pickup does not print a shipping label.