Insect Direct Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 Anyone else heard this sort of thing? I have always fed both house flies and blowflies, never had any trouble but have seen atleast 3 people recently claim blow flies are no good. Lay maggots in herp, hard to digest etc :-? Anyone want to share there thoughts, please do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 Rubbish--another urban myth. It would not be very easy for a blowly to lay eggs after it had been bitten in half, or if it did the eggs would be digested. They are not the best in terms of food value but I would think they would be totally harmless other than the potential to carry diseases. I have fed blowflies, houseflies and maggots to frogs without a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 from memory the golden-haired blow fly lays maggots enclosed within an egg that hatches immediately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 Hit the culprit on the head . I was trying to find reference to a 'live bearing' blowfliy as someone described it just the other day, so thanks for that. If the herp was sick to begin with, I suspect a few fly species could lay eggs, which could very well hatch in ample conditions. Thing I like about blowflies is the size, house flies a so puny for a big frog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlogged Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 i know maggots will crawl out onto you bed if you don't have a good lid =p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 Surely maggots would be digested in the gut, they would not be resistant like a protected egg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 i know maggots will crawl out onto you bed if you don't have a good lid =p gotta watch those gentles on ya bed eh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 Surely maggots would be digested in the gut, they would not be resistant like a protected egg. I agree. Was thinking more eggs laid on a sick herp with flesh wound etc. Or maybe just with some dags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 reported to me a few years back lizard ate the fly, when it popped in mouth eggs stuck to skin on head maggots hatched out and climbed into nostril and ear cavity person couldn't believe what they saw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 cool, should of filmed it. any harm/thing come of it, or just look freakish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 3 days later gecko was dead, inside of head was eaten out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 oh yeah so nothing major then lol thats crazy. good reason for caution i suppose. ((ewww reminds me of a story about some guy who had heaps of maggots removed from his ear.)) The NZ blue blowfly looks like a good feeder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 i only got to see the dead gecko when it was dissected found 2 maggots then the guy told me the story about 20 yrs ago never had a problem myself though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 Is this the blowfly with a yellow belly like the ones I have been feeding to my frogs? They may have had their brains eaten out and that is why they forgot how to breed. Only the second sentence is the joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 possibly this one (Calliphora stygia) http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Ca ... 21&bih=664 appears to be 5 or more blowfly species in nz, that one matches though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herperjosh Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 The blue blow flie I think would be fine but the yellow bore blow flie I heard can be a problem but i havnt had any problems but my gecko won't seem to eat ow flies it will only eat house flies it could eat a blow flie they arent big for it but it still dosnt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 Thats interesting Josh, maybe houseflies taste better, anyone know? On a side note - looks like it would be easy enough to line breed stubby winged (flightless) blowflies from what Ive seen. Not sure there would be much point but its food for thought. Lazy herps would probably enjoy them. Dusting flies with calcium would probably achieve the same result temporarily. Whether that would entice your gecko to eat them I do not know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herperjosh Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 Thats interesting Josh, maybe houseflies taste better, anyone know? On a side note - looks like it would be easy enough to line breed stubby winged (flightless) blowflies from what Ive seen. Not sure there would be much point but its food for thought. Lazy herps would probably enjoy them. Dusting flies with calcium would probably achieve the same result temporarily. Whether that would entice your gecko to eat them I do not know. Yeah but how can you dust a flie with calcium? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 can put your fly trap in the fridge (pref not the kitchen one lol) so its easier to empty the flies out. empty into plastic bag or container, shake flies up with a lil calcium. then pour them out over a bowl (so excess calcium doesnt go into your terrarium). Sure there's other ways to I dont bother dusting flies tbh, mainly just crickets. everything else i feed is just for variety Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herperjosh Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 can put your fly trap in the fridge (pref not the kitchen one lol) so its easier to empty the flies out. empty into plastic bag or container, shake flies up with a lil calcium. then pour them out over a bowl (so excess calcium doesnt go into your terrarium). Sure there's other ways to I dont bother dusting flies tbh, mainly just crickets. everything else i feed is just for variety Cool that's a good way thanks for that ID Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason22 Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 can put your fly trap in the fridge (pref not the kitchen one lol) so its easier to empty the flies out. empty into plastic bag or container, shake flies up with a lil calcium. then pour them out over a bowl (so excess calcium doesnt go into your terrarium). Sure there's other ways to I dont bother dusting flies tbh, mainly just crickets. everything else i feed is just for variety yep thats how i dusted mine too. don't think maggots in the gust would cause any problems as it would be the same as feeding live maggots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 different types of maggots behave differently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 yep, and seems that the species in question, can breed in cooler temps. that coupled with herps slower digestive system (at cooler temps) and maybe an illness chucked in there, could cause issues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaM Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 I was asked to go to 'after hours vet' to pick up a turtle last week... very thin, dehydrated and covered in old sores. Its eyes were swollen and I was having a good look at all the scabs around its mouth...and maggots started crawling out of its mouth! I dont do maggots well! I handed it straight back and it was put down. The maggots were coming out of the mouth at the corners of the mouth... I think there may have been a sore in base of mouth, but I didnt look too hard ewwww Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 Thats disgusting. Was this some one's pet or? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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