milipede

[Ryan Schweiger]

I was at a reptile show last weekend and a lady there said that she had six cresteds and that she kept a black milipede in the cage with them because it would eat the droppings of the geckos and feeds on the dead crickets and a little bit of the baby food. She said that they cohabitat very well and suggested it to me. I'm very leary about putting two different species of anything into the same enclosure and was wondering if anyone had ever heard of this before. This lady swears by it. She said that they geckos and the milipede leave each other alone, and I imagine if it they did that then it would be a benefit. She says it keeps her from having to clean the cage as much. Has anyone ever heard of that? Is it a good idea?