Stick insects: What do they eat and where to get it? XD

[BlackxLilies]

So I found this walking stick on our surgery table today (I work at a pet hospital) No idea how it go there at all, our vet wanted to bag it and I ended it up bringing it home. I wanted to either keep it or set it free but I have an itty bitty problem... I don't know what it eats so I wouldn't know what to feed it or where to leave it so that it can find food on it's own.

Help?

 

[dtknow]

try blackberry or perhaps rose leaves.

Btw, where in CA are you. I'm in CA too and might be interested in taking it off your hands(and I do grow blackberry)

 

[BlackxLilies]

SF Bay Area

black berry! I think there's some of that around the hospital I have some rose bushes on my front yard, but I think they're soaked in pesticide :/ Would washing them down really good work?

 

[dtknow]

Depends on the pesticide. I wouldn't risk it. Blackberry should be abundant where you live though!

 

[ftorres]

Hello,
Can you perhaps post a pic of the stick or describe it so we get an idea of what you got????

some sticks are not picky about the food plant but other required a specific food plant to survive.

good luck