my dad has just admitted to me that 2 days ago he accidentally stepped on one of my male leaf insects (phyllium siccifoliums)

as my leaf insects dont live in an enclosure as i feel they need the room to fly and it prevents other health problems, also as i live up in our attic i didint believe that the leaf insects would manage to get down stairs

BUT........... i was wrong and now im one down

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animals are my life

i have:
2x dogs (rottweiler and a jug),
1x african grey parrot,
x1 baby budgie,
5x syrian hamsters (toupe, baby, mocha, peach and daisey),
4x winter white dwarfs (lucy, blossom, sunshine and harry),
3x leaf insects (dont have names - 1 male, 2 females),
9x snakes (at the moment 8 are babies and for sale),
and a male tarantula (spinner)

sounds like a bad idea to have them roaming around

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ive found a flextarium that i would like to get although they are quite expensive so going to try and find a second hand one for them.

i wouldnt put then in a glass tank/sweet jars as in my opinion its cruel as the males enjoy to have a large area to fly around in, and as they are nocturnal this is done during the nights so im quite stuck as to what to do

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animals are my life

i have:
2x dogs (rottweiler and a jug),
1x african grey parrot,
x1 baby budgie,
5x syrian hamsters (toupe, baby, mocha, peach and daisey),
4x winter white dwarfs (lucy, blossom, sunshine and harry),
3x leaf insects (dont have names - 1 male, 2 females),
9x snakes (at the moment 8 are babies and for sale),
and a male tarantula (spinner)

I agree that glass tanks and sweet jars are a really bad idea. I think they were used when there weren't better alternatives available. I've kept leaf insects successfully in the Bug Studio Professional; it's light and easy to move and you can take the leaf insects out to fly during the day. The Bug Studio Professionals were selling for £20 at the insect show at Kempton Park the other weekend. The clear see-through sides means that you can see the leaf insects much better than you can in one of those black netting enclosures.