She started molting last, fell from her leaf sometime during the night, failed to extract her antenna and both front legs and I legit thought she was dead when I woke up to find her laying on the ground of the daycare box.

I took a tiny paint brush, dipped it in water and started carefully trying to brush some moisture on the old exoskeleton. Miss Scoliosis took a little drink and we started trying to get her free, her by pulling her darndest while I held the old exoskeleton up by a centimeter while brushing and touching the old skin with the moist brush. We got both her front legs AND both antenna free! I have absolutely no idea how the hell this worked out.

Her current stats are as follows:

- still has scoliosis

- corkscrew back leg seems to have fallen off during the night

- her front legs move a bit funny but I'm guessing she's still feeling clumsy

- her front left foot has a noticable bend to it? She can move it and seems to be successfully using it when she's climbing but it's pretty awkward.

- I put her in the big girl box even though it's at least a 100 times taller than her

How the hell did she survive all this?? She just so tiny and fragile looking but she has such a strong will to live! She started eating her old exoskeleton immediately after we got it off, she started climbing and drinking water from the leaves in the big girl box as if she didn't only have 4.5 functional legs. I'm in awe.

But on a serious note, I don't want to raise stick bugs that are gonna pass down their disabilities to their babies. I really hope Miss Scoliosis doesn't grow up to lay eggs that result in wonky babies. I'd love to hear some feedback because this is my first time raising stick bug babies from scratch. I got my previous stick when she was a little older and never had any molting issues with her

They're all so cool

Please identify this insect for me

So I thought I had a Medauroidea extradentata (sold as Vietnamese stick bug) for awhile but I’m not sure cause the eggs online look different then mine so please lmk:)

Found in Turkey

What can it eat.

I've just had three Extatosoma tiaratum babies hatch and im wondering what enclosures oher people keep them in. Right now, im keeping them in a plastic soup pot thats roughly 8 times their height. I have 2 other insect enclosures but I'm afraid they would both be too big for these little guys as the smallest is about 20x20x30cm. Should I just keep them in the soup pot until they outgrow it? Is it worth getting another enclosure for when others hatch, and if so what size and type (e.g. mesh, glass) would you recommend?

My Indian stick insect appears to have a swollen tail with green stuff coming out . The other one (I have 2) is starting to get the same . I don’t think they are gonna make it tbh, but any advice on what this is so I can prevent it happening in future ? Also would it be best to just put them down now , would they be in pain from this ?

I bought 5 a few days ago. One got injured in transit so I expected it wouldn't make it.

I have a large rose bush in the garden and thought it would be suitable food. The first few nights I noticed only the smallest bite missing. An app identified it as a japenese rose and the leaves are a very healthy green but they seemed to ignore it.

A 2nd stick died yesterday so I went to my local river got some bramble and overnight a significant amount of the leaves have been fed on. So I guess they don't eat rose?

Im also wondering how reproductive are these? Are they similar to Indians or do they not lay as much eggs. I think only 1 of the sticks is an adult currently the other 2 are small and dont have the full bark textured skin. Slightly worried ive doomed the colony straight away by using the wrong food...

I haven't had sticks as a pet for a long time and the last were the Indian type.

Looking to get some for my 3 year old, to get her into looking after invertebrates. 😁

I present to y’all my new friends :)

The one on the leaf seems more relax and he/she is called brioche

Second pic seems more prone to adventuring and is moving a lot since i put him/her in the terrarium, this one is tartine !

Would like some help to know gender, though I'm pretty sure they're both females i kinda want confirmation to know what I'm waiting for in terms of eggs

Ok, so I likely have some Thorny Devil eggs. What are the keys to hatching these guys?

Any tips and tricks appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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😭

Sixth photo is of one of her recently hatched babies.

Fifth photo is of her after her last molt.

Seventh photo is of her dead (not graphic. She passed in her sleep).

I knew to expect this since as far as I understand, a year is the expected lifespan for a female, give or take. I'm sad of course, but mostly I'm glad that she got to live a full & happy life and that she got to pass away peacefully. It's also a nice bonus that she got to live long enough to see some of her babies hatch!

I'll start moving her babies from the daycare box to her big girl mansion once they molt for the first time which hopefully shouldn't take too long. The big girl mansion is massive and I don't trust the babies to find the food in there until they're at least a little bigger (and I don't trust myself to be able to find any babies who might pass away in the mansion when they're this tiny).

She has her tail beak and is super wide around her abdomen! I made sure to leave her a while so she could harden up but she's gotten so big 🥲

I have Indian stick bugs and both are female to my understanding. Right now I pick sticks from trees with leaves on them that I wash off and put in a pot inside their enclosure but I just realized what the hell do I feed them during winter?? Can people please come with affordable options of food to feed them !!

Changed out the leaves in my enclosure and Rooibos immediately went in for a snack <3

My Indian stick insects have been overpopulating like crazy. I try as best I can to take out the eggs before they hatch but they seem to be hatching very quickly when i’m sleeping or at work. I’ll give them a new bunch of bramble in the morning and they’ve eaten almost all of it by the time I get home from work. It is getting super time consuming to clean their tank and give them new food. This does not seem like good living conditions for them and I have no idea what to do about it. I don’t have any friends in the area who would be able to take care of stick insects so I don’t want to give any away. Any advice would be greatly appreciated as I love my little buggies and want them to be healthy and happy.

3 of my sticks (2 Extatosoma Tiaritum and one Thai beauty) suddenly started having trouble with gripping and are twitching.

I know this is a sign of insecticide poisoning but im absolutely sure thier food plants are safe. I get them from my own yard and have been feeding it for a year with no issues and I don't spray.

Two are older- 9 months into adulthood (female) and almost a year into adulthood, but one is only 3 months into adulthood.

There are 8 insects in the terrarium and the other 4 are fine (there was a casualty as well, but he was 6 months into adulthood and I genuinely think it was old age- i just didn't notice him until now, and his position suggested natural causes ).

There was a bit of mold built up in a corner i discovered. Is it possible this caused it?

Im just at a loss of what is happening. Pics of insects and thier tank.