maggot's???

[dave]

Hi
I went ice fishing and at the fishing store they where selling wax worms and maggots i know waxies are ok but what about maggots, I dont know for sure but i wouldn't see why they couldn't be only reason i ask is because im not sure what maggot breeders feed them. if its anything like what the typical places you find them in the wild then i would think twice about feeding them to my herps

[Kyle Barker]

Id start a colony. Let them mature into flys and breed them. The babies would be as healthy as you wanted them to be.

kyle

[Scotty Allen]

Commercially raised maggots are fine to add variety to your herp's diet. However, they do have a deceptively tough exoskeleton and can be hard for some specimens to digest. Try em'.

[Jaylyn]

What can you feed the maggots? I know about the dogfood, aspen shavings and buttermilk. Any other ideas?