Living Twig Stick Insect Kit sent with Eggs

Bought this item for our 10 year old animal mad daughter at Christmas. The item took about a week to arrive but the eggs took over two months to hatch but once they did we ended up with six stick insects. We feed sticks Ivy from the garden (change it twice a week and spray water mist on the leaves once a week).The insects are really interesting to watch as they grow - our biggest insect (twiggy) is about 10cm long now and my daughter regularly gets it out to hold.Top tip: we’re growing ivy in a pot from some off cuts we took from the garden (tips on how to do this are easily available on the internet), this should mean that the sticks can just have a pot of live ivy in their enclosure to eat. Don’t buy a potted ivy plant from the garden centre as these often have pesticides on them so can kill your sticks.

Within a week of receiving the item we had one baby stick insect and a couple of weeks on we now have six. They are small and cute and my daughters love them. We still have a few eggs that haven’t hatched but we are keeping an eye on them and even if they don’t we are very happy with the ones we have. Great item! Thank you!

My son loves his stick insects, they took serval weeks to hatch ( so be patient) but after this they have been fantastic. While they are small they are hard to see, but grow quickly. I brought live plants for ease.Many thanks

The item itself is great but two eggs came hatched already so unsure how ling these poor guys have been without food but they seem happy enough. Plenty of information in the letter and booklet so my son could care for them right away

Grandson was very pleased with this present especially when they started hatching. Very interesting for all ages…

Shame not many lived, 6 hatched. Only 2 of those actually got out of the egg properly. But those 2 have survived and are 4 months old. They’re great pets if you like bugs!!

I ordered 2 sets with live eggs one for me and one for my autistic daughter for her birthday I received both sets on April 3 2023 and today is the 12 April 2023 only one set has hatched so far with a total of 4 babies I’m trying to remain positive that my daughters will hatch they are so cute I even got to watch one emerge from its egg if I can update this review I will do once I have more

* 5 months on UPDATE *Our stick insects are still thriving! Getting really long now, about 5-6cm, we are still finding them easy to take care of and clean out and the enclosure is sturdy and still big enough for them. The children love seeing how big the sticks grow each time they've gone through a shedding! Love them!Ordered this for my son's birthday at the beginning of October as he loves bugs, it's now mid December and they've finally hatched! We woke up to three insects, (the children were fascinated as they also saw one emerging!)We've managed to put some food in there for them to eat and are looking forward to watching hem grow!They may take a while to hatch but keep patience as I now have three very excited children! And three hungry stick insects!