Stick bugs?
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skully23
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You can feed them stickbugs? interesting. Anything wrong with wild ones?
SSimsswiSS
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Depends on the type, or species of walking stick. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH6ow9PSA-I
SSimsswiSS
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I kinda get the feeling your gonna get one. Hypothetically of course; I would slap down a twenty, and with care, those 4 will be a few more in a years time. Learn all you can, on how to keep them out of the wild, and confined to your enclosure. You might need a fish and game/ or state license to legally keep.
sandrachameleon
Chameleon Enthusiast
$4 is the going rate at my local pet shop.
One Indian walking stick has the potential to turn into thousands in an amazingly short period of time. You'll get your money back in terms of using these of a feeder, even if you pay $20 for the first bug.
Couple of links to useful info:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/indian-walking-sticks-20724/#post178062
http://www.amentsoc.org/insects/caresheets/stick-insects.html
nevermind. I guess I'll just have to see if I can find any in the summer right? Or is that illegal too?
Digby Rigby
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Depending on species they go for more than that. We have generally thought the Indian stick insects were too thin to offer anything substantial. However when paying prices like that you arent buying feeders you are buying breeders, then feeding what they breed. Even fast breeding stick insects still have slow reproductive rates comparted to other feeders. The Indian sticks take 2-3 months to hatch. So its not like even in a year one can produce thousands.
Stick insects that you catch near you will not get you busted even if they are from feral populations.
Digby Rigby _______________________
Stick insects that you catch near you will not get you busted even if they are from feral populations.
Digby Rigby _______________________
sandrachameleon
Chameleon Enthusiast
I dissagree. One female will lay at least a hundred eggs, and hatch rate is extremely high without much effort. So those 100+ will hatch in 1-3 months (usually closer to one month). And they will all be female, and will each lay another 100 eggs before they are a year old. Arithmetic isnt my strong point, but I think that's ten thousand. Even if you fed off half of what you got, that's a heck of a lot of little sticks walking around!
Digby Rigby
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You say 100 eggs. Over what period of time will these eggs be laid? Less than a year for growth rate is very vague that could be anywhere from lets say 3 months to ten months. Are the eggs laid all at once or over what period of time? Also one must consider the hatching percentage of the amount of eggs laid. It will not be 100%. Also of those hatched not all will reach adulthood. In a year one would not end up with 10,000 from one even under ideal conditions. Take into account also that some will be fed off before then and since there is not much meat to them it would take quite a few to make a meal so even more would have to be fed off, especially if using smaller sizes which one would have to do in the beginning.
Digby Rigby _______________________
You say 100 eggs. Over what period of time will these eggs be laid? Less than a year for growth rate is very vague that could be anywhere from lets say 3 months to ten months. Are the eggs laid all at once or over what period of time? Also one must consider the hatching percentage of the amount of eggs laid. It will not be 100%. Also of those hatched not all will reach adulthood. In a year one would not end up with 10,000 from one even under ideal conditions. Take into account also that some will be fed off before then and since there is not much meat to them it would take quite a few to make a meal so even more would have to be fed off, especially if using smaller sizes which one would have to do in the beginning.
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sandrachameleon
Chameleon Enthusiast
I was assuming the bug is at least half-grown when purchased. Most of the eggs are laid in the last month of its life, so a months or two after purchase. Growth rate is highly dependant on warmth and food, that's why I gave a range. They can start laying as early as 6 months, but 8 is more common. A single female will lay MORE than a hundred eggs, and yes indeed a near 100% hatch rate is very likely with Indians. Most of those should reach adulthood, I dont know why you think otherwise. But lets say half survive, thats still a lot of new breeders!
this is why i burn so many eggs!
HairyScaryMark
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I must have had the best part of 100 of them and none of them ever bred. Admittedly, I fed them off fairly quickly so they were only in my house for a few weeks and I think another reason was the temperature was too cold.
I'd probably expect a large number of them for that price here.
I'd probably expect a large number of them for that price here.
