Most of the time hides aren't nessicary.But if your not keeping isopods for their feeding of food scraps then i assume its easy to have hides as then if your using them for food or something simuluar you'll be able to get them out easier.Now for those that aren't using them for the same reason as i am[to reduce waste and then eventually put the isopods themselves to the test this fall.] Then it's safe to assume your hides should be made out of something that they wont readilly eat as you want them to eat the healthy things.The most simplist hide[In my opinion] is called bark.You can use any kind of bark.Tree bark.Randomn bark from your neighors yard, or that stuff called repi bark or whatever.If you'r gonna use bark,make sure you freeze it for at least 24-48 hours.This helps reduce the risk of mites which well aren't bad in with them while they eat food scraps aren't essiential especially if your keeping them in with inverts or reptiles.They can spread to enclosure to enclosure and may infest the bedding resulting in stress for you and your inverts/reptiles.Anyway thats it for hides i hope this helps and remember feel free to add any comments below.
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