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Why oh why oh why do people keep STICK INSECTS pets?





dingodan

New member
Feb 16, 2011
10,080
Awaits cute videos of stick insects welcoming soldiers home...
 






vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
27,867
When the fateful day comes, rather handily, they are their own funeral pyre.
 






dingodan

New member
Feb 16, 2011
10,080
When people take their stick insects for walks, do they throw dogs?
 








vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
27,867
They don't move, and you can't see them amidst their surroundings

They can be trained to do tricks though, look at this one.....

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CorgiRegisteredFriend

Well-known member
May 29, 2011
8,310
Boring By Sea
As a child I was fascinated by them and reared them from eggs to fully grown adults. We had massive privet hedges in our garden so they made a very cheap alternative to a pet dog or cat. Sad but true.
 




Superphil

Dismember
Jul 7, 2003
25,401
In a pile of football shirts
Just don't mistake them for twiglets.
 


spongy

Well-known member
Aug 7, 2011
2,759
Burgess Hill
I did actually have a stick insect as a pet. I bought 2 from the Living World place at Cuckmere Haven when I was a kid. One died unfortunately but the other lived to the ripe old age of 13 months.

And it grew HUGE:ohmy::ohmy::ohmy:

I had to make a custom made cage for it in the end, it had wings and was nearly 12 inches long, it looked like one of those creepy crawlies in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom when the woman has to put her hand in the hole to pull the lever.

I called it Cedrick and he ate bramble leaves.

I loved that little guy. My mum wasn't too keen though...........
 


Prince Monolulu

Everything in Moderation
Oct 2, 2013
10,201
The Race Hill
I did actually have a stick insect as a pet. I bought 2 from the Living World place at Cuckmere Haven when I was a kid. One died unfortunately but the other lived to the ripe old age of 13 months.

And it grew HUGE:ohmy::ohmy::ohmy:

I had to make a custom made cage for it in the end, it had wings and was nearly 12 inches long, it looked like one of those creepy crawlies in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom when the woman has to put her hand in the hole to pull the lever.

I called it Cedrick and he ate bramble leaves.

I loved that little guy. My mum wasn't too keen though...........

Are you 100% certain that Cedrick was not Cecilia?
 



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