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In my office we leave the front door open so there are tons of flies that are slying around.

I want to be able to capture some of these flies and feed them to my CHAM. Maybe even breed them and feed them.

If there any substance or food that i can lay on the desk that will attrach the flies? Ideally, i'd like to be able to put some type of attraching agent in the bottom of a jar, that way i can just seal the top when there are enough flies in there.

Ideas/ suggestions?
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Getting ready for my new Chameleon.

although as adults they will eat just about anything, the maggot (larvae) feeds on decomposing matter and feces and the adults often do, too - as I am sure you have witnessed .

There are some places you can order flies from in different stages and raise them on yogurt and honey mixture. Check out:

skipios.com
grubco.com
chamelonsonly.com

once in a while is probably OK, but you risk passing along parasites to your cham. ;(
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Only one of the websites you gave me actually worked.

I had a feeling this would be an issue. I was thinking to overcome this, i could keep those files and start a new batch of flies from the eggs they lay.

I guess i wont bother! My little jackson is pretty good at catching the moving feeders.
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Getting ready for my new Chameleon.

Only one of the websites you gave me actually worked.
probably b/c I spelled one wrong and anohter changed their name - I was beinglazy - here are actual links if you want:
www.oregonfeederinsects.com/shop/category.asp?catid=10
chameleonsonly.com/food_items.htm

www.adcham.com has a page on how to rear them.
adcham.com

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Chameleon Help & Resource Info
1.0 Nosy Be Panther Chameleon - Cyrus
0.1 Veiled Chameleon - Luna. She's now hanging from her big jungle gym in the sky
1.0 Beardie - Darwin
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Lita
0.1 African Clawed Frog - Skipper
0.1 Mad. Hissers and she's back!
0.1 Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula - Rosa Leigh
0.1 Goliath Bird-Eater Tarantula - Natasha
?.? Pinktoe Tarantula - no name yet