r/Stickinsects 14d ago

Found one oustside. Pet? How?

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Iโ€™m pretty sure itโ€™s a giant walking stick (megaphasma denticrus)

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u/Tired_2295 14d ago

Pet? How?

Carefully.

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u/Adorable_Pair_4965 11d ago

lol. no like make it a pet.

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u/RiasxIssei_2012 10d ago

You need a terrarium. It should be more tall than wide. You need dirt for the flooring, fresh browse (small tree branches). They eat leaves, but keep the leaves on the branches. And they are very gentle

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u/NikopikVR 13d ago

Escaped

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u/M-l4kA 13d ago

Idk about the stick looking insect one but I'm pretty sure the blue one is an alien called Stitch

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u/magpiepaw 13d ago

Idk where you live but if the species is correct it's native to southern US

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u/KitsuWolfie 12d ago

With a feather... but that may be classed as tiggling ๐Ÿ˜….

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u/gubs23 12d ago

Excellent, i used to have indian stickys. I used to sell there eggs on ebay.

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u/kitaesq 12d ago

get stick bugged lol