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Walking Stick Insect Diet
The well washed sprigs of food plant should be stood upright Gina jam jar, or something similar, full of water in the middle of the insects' tank. The water helps to keep the food plant alive, but make sure that the neck of the jar is packed solid so that no insect can walk down a stem and drown - tiny babies are especially vulnerable. There is no need to replace the food until it is nearly eaten, unless it starts to wilt. Put a jar of new food alongside the old one and wait till all the insects have climbed from one to the other before removing the old one, as stick insects are fragile animals that should not be handled. Before the old plant is thrown out, though, check it carefully for any still hiding on it. These animals are experts at camouflage - after all, they look just like sticks.
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All stick insects are vegetarian and live entirely on leaves. The common Indian Stick Insect will take privet or bramble but the yare reluctant to change, so if you start them off on one of these food plants, keep to it. Feed them on privet, as bramble is not so easy to find during the winter, and what leaves are available are usually very tatty and tough. Whichever you use, do make sure that it has been thoroughly washed first to remove any pollution, and never collect leaves from an area where herbicides or pesticides may have been used - this often includes hedgerows around farmland as the crops may have been subject to aerial spraying. And never use an insecticide in the room where you keep your stick insects, or any other insects for that matter. There are several species of stick insect, and one or two need leaves such astrodome or ivy, so do check up with the supplier of your stick insects.