Meal worms have a hard outer shell called chitin. This is difficult to digest for day geckos and in quantity chitin can cause blockage in the intestines.

It is nice that the P. m. grandis has successfully had these as part of his meal but in all situations of Phelsuma, the risk is still there, especially with the smaller day geckos such as the klemmeri.

If the meal worms has just shed and appears white, then the chitin has not formed and is safe for a Phelsuma's meal.

Fruit flies are great.

Crickets only smell if they are kept damp. Clean their container and use potatoes or apples as a water source (as apposed to the plastic water crystals) and the smell will be nominal.

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