Gut loading Blue Bottle Flies

[Lpsouth1978]

I recently got some blue bottle flies for my chasm and they LOVE them. The problem is that I am unsure about how to best gut load them. I have tried using the same gut load I use for crickets and dubia, but I am not sure they are eating any. I have a system for dusting and releasing them in the cages without getting flies all over the house, but need advice on gut loading.

 

[Lazy Boy]

1/2 suger and 1/2 powder milk or just honey works too.

 

[Lpsouth1978]

1/2 suger and 1/2 powder milk or just honey works too.

That feeds the flies, but it doesn't really seem to be a good gut load for the chams. Are the flies nutritious enough that gut loading them is not real important?

 

[leedragon]

That feeds the flies, but it doesn't really seem to be a good gut load for the chams. Are the flies nutritious enough that gut loading them is not real important?

how about some polen

 

[kplatvoet]

I feed mine the "fly food" from matisplace- it has all sorts of good stuff

 

[Jen0413]

I give my flies 1/2 powdered milk and 1/2 honey. Then mixed in some bee pollen and some Reptivite in there. They seemed to eat it just fine.

 

[kinyonga]

Honey...
http://www.benefits-of-honey.com/honey-nutrition.html

Powdered milk...
http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/dairy-and-egg-products/84/2

 

[Lovereps]

Yens blend or the House, Blue & Green Bottle fly food from mantisplace.com which consists of 2/3 bee pollen and 1/3 dried honey is what I like to use.

 

[mnlwfan]

How long do your blue bottle flies live on average?

I'm thinking of getting some for my cham, but want to make sure I'll have time to get through all of them before they die.

Don't flies generally have pretty short lives?

The larvae will stick around for a couple of weeks in the fridge, right?

 

[MichelleNFrankie]

Honey...
http://www.benefits-of-honey.com/honey-nutrition.html

Powdered milk...
http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/dairy-and-egg-products/84/2

Wow honey is a lot healthier than I thought!! Thanks for finding the info!!

 

[Lovereps]

How long do your blue bottle flies live on average?

I'm thinking of getting some for my cham, but want to make sure I'll have time to get through all of them before they die.

Don't flies generally have pretty short lives?

The larvae will stick around for a couple of weeks in the fridge, right?

The answers you seek are found here, in this brief write-up by Nick Barta :https://www.chameleonforums.com/blue-bottle-flies-22254/

 

[Lpsouth1978]

How long do your blue bottle flies live on average?

I'm thinking of getting some for my cham, but want to make sure I'll have time to get through all of them before they die.

Don't flies generally have pretty short lives?

The larvae will stick around for a couple of weeks in the fridge, right?

The flies will live for a couple of days in the cage before being completely devoured. I have not yet had one die before my chams had a chance to eat them.

I just hatch about 100 larvae a day to feed to my chams. They are kind of a treat for my guys and they get them almost exclusively for about a week, then back to mostly roaches, because I have a VERY large roach colony that I feed them from mostly. I order 1000 Larvae and keep them in fridge until I am ready to hatch them. I found that the easiest way to dust them is to put a little bit of the supplement powder around the bottom of the container I hatch them in. It turns out that this makes it difficult for them to fly as well, which means fewer escapees. I have only had a couple escape so far.

 

[Dr O]

I found that the easiest way to dust them is to put a little bit of the supplement powder around the bottom of the container I hatch them in. It turns out that this makes it difficult for them to fly as well, which means fewer escapees. I have only had a couple escape so far.

ditto...

 

[JC Cham]

Blue Bottle Flies with food, water and good care can live up to one month. At least mine did.