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General Non-Mantis Discussion
Other Insects & Invertebrates
What can I feed to a stick insect with limited options?
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<blockquote data-quote="Teamonger" data-source="post: 311483" data-attributes="member: 9511"><p>[USER=8168]@CosbyArt[/USER] Thank you so much, you are a fountain of information as always.</p><p></p><p>Iceland is very difficult for an insect keeper let me tell you. Unless you are looking for species of moss or mushrooms it is unreasonably devoid of flora and fauna. As far as I know no wild bramble of any kind grows here (wild roses, berries or anything). I have never seen an oak tree here, a fact confirmed by the fact my husbands father's one request when he first visited Canada was to see an oak tree <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> </p><p></p><p>Iceland is only just starting to get into the insect and amphibian pet trade and it shows in how difficult it is to feed the pets you can now infrequently acquire. I have visited every garden center I could find to no avail as its Christmas and everyone is obsessed with evergreens and poinsettias. I think you are right, I am just going to have to feed the poor thing lettuce until I can either grow some raspberries or buy a bush come spring. </p><p></p><p>Thank you for mentioning the store roses as I was thinking about that but had not factored in the chemicals fed to them to keep them alive longer which no amount of washing can possibly get off. My only other possibility is that my husband's cousins actually run a green house that grows the long stem roses. I need to have a talk with her about what they spray the plants with... I'm not overly hopeful. </p><p></p><p>And here I thought keeping mantises was hard! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Teamonger, post: 311483, member: 9511"] [USER=8168]@CosbyArt[/USER] Thank you so much, you are a fountain of information as always. Iceland is very difficult for an insect keeper let me tell you. Unless you are looking for species of moss or mushrooms it is unreasonably devoid of flora and fauna. As far as I know no wild bramble of any kind grows here (wild roses, berries or anything). I have never seen an oak tree here, a fact confirmed by the fact my husbands father's one request when he first visited Canada was to see an oak tree :P Iceland is only just starting to get into the insect and amphibian pet trade and it shows in how difficult it is to feed the pets you can now infrequently acquire. I have visited every garden center I could find to no avail as its Christmas and everyone is obsessed with evergreens and poinsettias. I think you are right, I am just going to have to feed the poor thing lettuce until I can either grow some raspberries or buy a bush come spring. Thank you for mentioning the store roses as I was thinking about that but had not factored in the chemicals fed to them to keep them alive longer which no amount of washing can possibly get off. My only other possibility is that my husband's cousins actually run a green house that grows the long stem roses. I need to have a talk with her about what they spray the plants with... I'm not overly hopeful. And here I thought keeping mantises was hard! :P [/QUOTE]
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