Hey all.

Thanks for the input. I got my 10 gal set up with an organic peat moss bottom, some leaf litter and a little plate of water. When I first put him in, he was looking pretty rough, almost shriveled - hadn't been eating any of the bugs I had put into his temporary tupperware container, probably pretty stressed I reckon - I wasn't sure he was going to make it through the night. Nobody in the county seems to have fruit flies, small enough crickets or mealworms to even attempt feeding, but the leaf litter I picked up had some tiny crickets and I've been catching a decent number of pill bugs small enough for him. He is looking SO much better over just a couple days, and I think we can both handle captivity now! I've got some fruit flies in the mail, along with a proper hide and some vitamin/calcium dusting powders. He's got the rest of the family (and cats) fascinated now, so he is officially part of the family Working on a name now.. I am notoriously bad at names.

I just moved, and my first project was going to be starting a vermicompost colony in the basement, which will make for some tasty treats when he gets older... but I may put it off a bit to start a little pill bug colony! Thanks again everyone, I hope to have some pictures up soon (finding my 10 gal tank was a 2 hour digging spree through the storage unit, who knows where my camera is...), and I've been learning a ton by digging through old posts.