I just heard of walking stick bugs today and have been researching the different types of bugs that people keep as pets ever since (for about two-three hours now-lol!!)...I've been looking for the right new pet for awhile (I already have a cat and two hamsters...I'm getting hermit crabs...but still I had ALOT of "farm" pets growing up and having so few now makes me feel incomplete...)
what are some awesome "small-space" insect pets (i know that there are 3000 types of Walking Stick Bugs)?
How do you care for them and what are the average costs of them?
Whats a good site for someone interested insect pets?
I'm not saying I'll get one but when I hear things like this I just have to research it to know if it's right for me...after about 6 months of researching I may get one, but I never get a pet -ANY PET- without doing at least 6 months of research before hand...
any help appreciated!
2007-05-16 11:29:22 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
I don't know how this question got submitted twice...!
2007-05-16 12:04:08 · update #1
Get an ant farm
2007-05-24 11:19:54 · answer #1 · answered by Pattie DeVoe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a walking stick in Seattle, Washington; but I haven't seen them for sale in California. My walking stick lived for over a year. It's favorite food was old tough ivy leaves, and it always rested upside down on the ceiling of the cage. When it got to be around 9 or 10 months old, it got weaker. If it lived outdoors, maybe it would have died of cold. It didn't rest on the ceiling anymore, but on the floor or a leaf. I started feeding it more tender leaves, as the tough leaves were too hard. Eventually it died of old age. I enjoyed having this bug, though it was never very active.
I also had a Madagascar hissing cockroach, and it was a nice pet too. It's slow moving, and it can recognize you from a stranger, probably by scent. It will hiss at strangers if they try to handle it.
I bought a scorpion from a pet store, and once it got used to me it was docile. It was docile anyway, actually. It never used its sting, but it would pinch if upset. It ate crickets. It, too, readily distinguished me from a stranger, and didn't pinch once it knew me.
2007-05-16 11:46:46 · answer #2 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My family took me to the Magic Wings butterfly conservatory in S. Deerfield, Mass. It's a beautiful place. Anyway, I bought a Praying Mantis egg. I was told by one of the workers that there could be close to 100 Praying Mantis when it hatches.
She said to put them outside but I could keep one in one of those mesh houses used for butterflies. They supposedly eat mosqitoes. I'm not sure what they eat in captivity. I have also heard they are good luck if you find one.
2007-05-16 12:23:52 · answer #3 · answered by Jenn 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
arachnid, uh.... Tarantula. you better get it de-fanged.
2007-05-16 13:59:11 · answer #4 · answered by Blackie Thunder 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋