my granda wants me to give my my geckos the flies that come from maggots at the fishing tackle shop. he has experience with reptikles but would theese flies b ok to feed them?
any help is much appriciated. 
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food q.
lister8
Dec 12, 2007 11:45 AM
Replies (4)
yellermelon2
Dec 17, 2007 07:49 PM
No, fruit flys are low in nutrition. Stick with gut loaded crickets and meal worms, and super worms. Not to mention, how many fruit flys it would take to feed a adult gecko!
GrotesqueBurgess
Dec 18, 2007 10:04 AM
I don't think they are referring to fruit flies, but I could be wrong.
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yellermelon2
Dec 18, 2007 08:12 PM
Fruit flys are the result of maggots.
GrotesqueBurgess
Dec 18, 2007 08:13 PM
so are every other type of fly... house flies, bottle flies, even phoenix worms are the maggots of flies.
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