# Question about food for scavengers

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**Category:** Nature Talk\
**Created:** [February 6, 2023, 5:57am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/question-about-food-for-scavengers/39141 "2023-02-06T05:57:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 5:57am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/question-about-food-for-scavengers/39141/1 "2023-02-06T05:57:19Z")

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Good morning.

my terrarium includes several detrituvorous invertebrates and I was wondering if they ate the cat food.

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**Author:** ![rinaturalist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/rinaturalist/32/28697_2.png) [@rinaturalist](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/rinaturalist)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 11:50am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/question-about-food-for-scavengers/39141/2 "2023-02-06T11:50:06Z")

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Detritivores will eat basically any matter that’s starting to decompose, so probably. Can you give examples of what organisms you have? I know isopods will probably feed on it.

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**Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/question-about-food-for-scavengers/39141/3 "2023-02-06T19:19:05Z")

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I have pill bugs, Julidae, Glomeris, polydesmida, cockroaches, and mealworms (but it’s been a while since I’ve seen these last two organisms).

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**Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/question-about-food-for-scavengers/39141/4 "2023-02-06T21:20:20Z")

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They will all probably eat moistened dry cat food readily.

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**Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/question-about-food-for-scavengers/39141/5 "2023-04-07T21:20:38Z")

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