Can millipedes and cockroaches be housed together?
No. Milllipedes are vegetarians, but the death’s head cockroaches will quickly eat the legs off of the millipedes. I have owned many millipedes, and I also currently own and breed death’s head cockroaches, among others. Death’s head roaches will eat meat in addition to vegetation. I occasionally give mine a dead mouse as a source of protein. If they don’t get enough protein, they will eat each other’s wings off. But don’t keep them with the millipedes, because the millipedes can’t fight back against the aggressive death’s head cockroaches. I have seen a few people do it because they thought they would get along, but it always ended bad for the millipedes. Also, to clear up one answer, death’s head cockroaches will eat more than just dead flesh. I have seen them kill and eat crickets and bite other living animals. Some cockroaches may be able to live with millipedes, but not death’s head, or other aggressive roaches such as orange head. Just keep them the way you currently have them, se
