flies?

[superstiney]

my veiled occasionally has eaten a fly here and there- is that ok? safe? what about beetles? just want to make sure he wont get anything harmful.

 

[sttines]

I hope the flies you are feeding are ones you've bought and hatched yourself. "Wild" flies from outdoors have been in every garbage can, dead animal remains, animal feces, etc. within a mile if not more. This is not a good clean fly. Grubco.com has good blue bottles for cheap and spiderpharm.com has houseflies(smaller) really cheap, too.

If you haven't bought fly larvae before, it's very easy to hatch your own and I'm happy to guide you through it. A lot of people raise their own but the pupae/larvae are very inexpensive and it's one less project.

 

[opihiman]

I hope the flies you are feeding are ones you've bought and hatched yourself. "Wild" flies from outdoors have been in every garbage can, dead animal remains, animal feces, etc. within a mile if not more. This is not a good clean fly. Grubco.com has good blue bottles for cheap and spiderpharm.com has houseflies(smaller) really cheap, too.

If you haven't bought fly larvae before, it's very easy to hatch your own and I'm happy to guide you through it. A lot of people raise their own but the pupae/larvae are very inexpensive and it's one less project.

Many keeper will feed wild flies without problems. I have and have yet to see any ill effects. Beetles are an unknown..But I think that the have a very high chitin content which may make them hard to digest. also some beetles are toxic so stay away from brightly colored ones.

Hope that helps

OPI

 

[sttines]

Many keepers feed wild flies? Well, many keepers are taking a big chance and exposing their animals to parasites and harmful bacteria..............and then they post here about illness and wonder what went wrong. Ten bucks for a thousand flies is a better insurance plan.