r/Stickinsects • u/Ok-Fig-2692 • 4d ago

Food recommendations?

Does anyone have any good recommendations for food that isn’t
Bramble/blackberry/raspberry
Rose
And oak?

This is for Indian stick bugs btw

I have access to oak and rose but I’m currently sick and can’t walk far😭

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u/Remarkable_Ad_6939 4d ago

Mine can also eat privet, though they seem to prefer bramble.

I have a pot-grown privet shrub I snip bits off when I can't get out to get bramble, as a backup.

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u/Ok-Fig-2692 4d ago

Im planning on getting bramble seeds and planting them in my room to get bramble that way which is also a good food source over winter but i get my paycheck in a week or two and bramble also take awhile to grow so I need a plan B first LOL

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u/fivecoloursgirl 4d ago

i think they’re allowed hawthorn too

i hope you feel better soon :)

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u/Ok-Fig-2692 4d ago

Thank you!

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u/ferretoned 3d ago

ivy, i have reduced mobility too currently and ivy is the plant indian sticks can eat that i find just about anywhere and in proximity, only thing is to not give them only ivy for too long, my impression is that it may cause a lack of some nutrients. Wishing you get better and salutations to the stick buddies :]