Black soldier flies

[Jonnyboyy009]

About how many blacksoldier flies do you feed your cham a day.

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[carol5208]

it depends on how old your chameleon is and if you are feeding other feeders mixed in with the soldier flies. For an adult chameleon they are not very large, and therefore would not be enough food by itself unless you were to feed an abundance of them.

 

[Jonnyboyy009]

Well I threw in about nine crickets and a couple of flies but I had a couple about 20 in the reptiworm container so just thought I let them all out
N well my cham is 6months so I was just wondering if that was enough or too much lol

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[chameleonoobie]

I raise black soldier flies in two five gallon bucket growers in a large walk in cage, here’s a young chameleon who has perched himself right on one of the buckets to grab the adult flies that are attracted back to the buckets to lay eggs. I hope he leaves a few to keep my buckets going. I think this fat little lizard eats all day long.

 

[okiroo]

way to cute. where do you live? is that a wild one that just goes in your yard?

 

[chameleonoobie]

I am in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Not a wild chameleon. This is inside a big cage, here’s another picture. My BSF buckets are under that piece of plastic leaning against one wall, it keeps the rain out of the buckets and allows the adult flies to go in and lay eggs so the buckets produce soldier fly grubs pretty much non stop. I sprinkle some of the adult grubs in the planters so they pupate and fly around in the cage. My chameleons eat dozens of them in addition to the worms I cup feed them. The adult flies can actually go through the mesh, but I have seen them come in from outside the cage to. They are attracted to the scent of the grubs and go there to lay eggs. I started my buckets from a six dollar order from Josh’s Frogs for Phoenix worms, and have been producing hundreds of BSF worms and flies for months. I have a trio of Nosey Be’s in this cage.