Flying Feeders

[AnamCara]

Hello!

Does anybody feed their Chameleon flying insects? I would love to feed my Mona some flying insects but I must admit i cant visualize how i would get them i to her cage! im always looking to increase her variety. So far she eats crickets mainly as im having trouble getting my hands on a variety of worms and she didnt eat the dubias. Dhes eaten silks and butter and wax worm treats. Tried BSFL for the first time yesterday and loved those little fatties. Thanks in advance!

 

[Repti]

I heard people feed their Chams wax warm moths and black soldier fly but the wax worm moths might be high in fat so use them as a treat.

 

[Repti]

Also just put them in something like a dali cup and release them in the cage

 

[Remkon]

BSF... Just put some phoenixworms in the enclosure, whichever they don't catch will pupate and turn into BSF over time.
It's like a nice extra. Waxmoths pretty much the same only they make a cocoon which will need to be cleaned up at a later time.

 

[jamest0o0]

Waxmoths are good, black soldier flies are good. Both of which are pretty easy to get into the cage. My favorites are bottleflies. Leave the spikes at room temp in a deli container. I leave bee pollen and honey in there. They will pupate into flies and eat the honey/pollen. You can put them in the fridge to slow them down.

 

[absolutbill]

I was trying to breed hornworms on my porch but failed miserably. Then I come home and my husband gave me The Look, and told me there was a moth in my reptile room and to please take care of it. Son of a gun, I managed to raise a hornworm moth by accident, in my house! I trapped it in a cricket keeper (it's was pretty slow-moving, thankfully), and tossed it into my veiled's cage. I haven't seen it since

 

[NickTide]

Black soldier flies are not very agile... I think they rely on looking like wasps to be left alone. I feed most of my BSF as adults. I let them pupate in a cup with lid and when I go to feed them off, I actually have to chase the flies out of the cup with a finger or by shaking the cup.. They fly into the cage and never fly out. I had just one that didn't make it into the cage and I simply grabbed it and put it in there.

Blue bottle flies are a little bit better at getting away but still not a problem. they are big and slow compared to houseflies.

 

[leedragon]

I was a fly the size of a medium size cricket on the train 2 Days ago. a fly that size would make a moving meal for alot of mountan species and anything of the smaller size. i wonder if somebody breeds other types of flies, bigger ones I mean.

 

[JacksJill]

Horse flies are much larger but they bite and draw blood so they wouldn't be a good choice. Probably why you don't see larger flies for sale.