w.c flys

[shineru]

can i feed my chameleon wild cought flys since its sumer already?

 

[sandrachameleon]

can i feed my chameleon wild cought flys since its sumer already?

risk of bacteria transfer, possibly parasites
that said, people do it

 

[KarmaChameleon1337]

Flies eat feces and rotting things. Highly un-recommended.

 

[maxttu]

Ha! I totally read this as Wild Caught Falys... Stupid me!

Anyways, pesticides and parasites. Wild flies are nasty boogers...

 

[Trillian]

I've been trying to breed the WC flies I find, but they don't do so well when gutloaded with Raid. Doesn't do the WC ants in the kitchen much good either. Raid is not a good gutload. Can you add that to your blog Sandra?

 

[JonRich]

Ha! I totally read this as Wild Caught Falys... Stupid me!

Anyways, pesticides and parasites. Wild flies are nasty boogers...

I read the same thing . Lol ;-p!!

And a fly flew into my little girl's cage the other day!! I have never seen her chase down anything faster!

 

[JonRich]

Might have to order some house flies!

 

[maxttu]

I read the same thing . Lol ;-p!!

And a fly flew into my little girl's cage the other day!! I have never seen her chase down anything faster!

You can't put WC Flys in the title and not expect us to think otherwise! I was coming in to watch the next great debate in Falys!!

 

[shineru]

Thanks a lot everyone, i just needed more information about them before feeding anything, thanks again sorry about the confusion

 

[sandrachameleon]

Might have to order some house flies!

you might consider getting blue bottles instead

 

[sandrachameleon]

I've been trying to breed the WC flies I find, but they don't do so well when gutloaded with Raid. Doesn't do the WC ants in the kitchen much good either. Raid is not a good gutload. Can you add that to your blog Sandra?

true, Raid is not a good gutload

various fly links with good info:
http://web.archive.org/web/20070327...ham.com/html/insects/insects-fly-rearing.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blue-bottle-flies-22254/
http://www.dendroboard.com/forum/fo...-domestica-house-fly-rearing-container-2.html
http://www.jangala.co.uk/Curly winged fly culture webpage.htm

 

[PappaRONzi]

Go with blue bottle flies. They are bigger and seem to do better than the captive house flies. My lizards love them! Only problem I have is sometimes my guy will go on a hunger strike after eating flies, be warned.