My boy would like some stick insects . I am all for this but have some concerns as I have read up on their diet. While feeding in summertime is easy. What do you feed them during the winter months of zero privet and bramble growth?.. I don't want to have an animal I cannot keep properly. Any advice / pointers on this would be gratefully received . Thank you.
alanduke
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I used to keep some potted feeder plants growing in doors all summer and only use them when the winter kicked in and all the outdoor plants started to die back. Came in handy for 200+ stick insects lol
Not sure where you live but bramble is available all year round here in kent, I've had to dig the bramble out of the snow to get it when I kept sticks. Privet, I'm not sure of because I've never used it.
When our kids had sticks I just bought a small bunch of privet from a garden centre and kept it in the conservatory in the colder weather, I'm sure it would have been just as fine outside though.
What species of stick insect are you planning on keeping? If it's the most common species (Indian Stick Insects) they eat ivy which is ever green, also quite a lot of stick insect species will eat ivy too.
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