maggots

dfcauley · Post by **dfcauley** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:02 pm

This is gonna be one of those "crazy" qestions......when feeding your birds maggots, how do you keep them in a dish? I have tried several and none work. I found some today YUCK and thought to try them. They love them, but I am afraid to put them into the aviary due to escaped.

I may have to stick with the mealworms.

B CAMP · Post by **B CAMP** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:34 pm

Could you try to put in freezer for a minute or so just to slow them down. Never tried them on my birds good luck

dfcauley · Post by **dfcauley** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:37 pm

B CAMP wrote:Could you try to put in freezer for a minute or so just to slow them down. Never tried them on my birds good luck

hummm.... that might work. I gave them about a dozen and they fought over them. They loved them.

B CAMP · Post by **B CAMP** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:48 pm

Where did you get them, how do you store them in fridg.

dfcauley · Post by **dfcauley** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:31 pm

B CAMP wrote:Where did you get them, how do you store them in fridg.

Well...... I have this huge trash can outside.... and with the weather being so hot and the trash man doesn't come until Thursday.... need I say more?

I don't know.... I am not putting them in my frig that is for sure!!!
Just trying to figure a way to make use of those nasty things.

B CAMP · Post by **B CAMP** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:51 pm

Donna
I don't know but I thought they had to be feed certain kinds of food before they were good ,but maybe some one else knows for sure

mickp · Post by **mickp** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 5:48 am

with maggots keep them in a sealed container in the fridge, this slows down the growth rate much the same as mealworm.
when feeding maggots make sure that the gutline is clear (no black line on the maggot).
I put the maggots in a shallow stainless steel dish, but they dont last long enough to have a hope in hell of climbing out.

here are a couple of links
http://www.hawkesburyfinchclub.com/maggots.html
http://www.birdkeepinginaustralia.com/a ... icle5.html

dfcauley · Post by **dfcauley** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 5:53 am

I don't know..... these are tiny, tiny and completely white.

I didn't know there were different kinds of "maggots".

CandoAviary · Post by **CandoAviary** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:42 am

You do need to be carful with maggots. Many feed on decaying meat and can make birds sick. I have never been brave enough to try after reading an artical about cleaning the maggots by diet before feeding to the birds...
sounded like a lot of work and at a risk to the birds.... but I guess there are maggots that aren't meat eating and I think these might be fine

Rayray · Post by **Rayray** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 1:58 pm

i always feed frozen maggots , mix it with the soaked ( 24 hours ) seeds and adding a good eggfood and one drip vitamin abcde ....

the frozen maggots are clean and sold in a pound box ( about 10 usd ) and this is realy enough to feed a whole fire finch family from the egg till they fly out , and my birds realy love it even the societies .

as said before i wouldn't feed the birds life maggotsbecause you never know what there lunch was

ray

dfcauley · Post by **dfcauley** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 2:27 pm

Got it! No more maggots!!!

mickp · Post by **mickp** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 4:56 am

Donna dont give up feeding your birds maggots. next time you find a ready made supply like that just put some into some bran or pollard for a couple of days and they then should be cleaned out enough to feed to your birds without any worries

dfcauley · Post by **dfcauley** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 6:17 am

mickp wrote:Donna dont give up feeding your birds maggots. next time you find a ready made supply like that just put some into some bran or pollard for a couple of days and they then should be cleaned out enough to feed to your birds without any worries

Well I only gave them a few, but they sure did love them.... wow..

I think my biggest concern is containing them. They are soooo tiny.

MLaRue · Post by **MLaRue** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:37 pm

This topic reminds me of the Phoenix worms. They look just like maggots and the birds go crazy over them.

Anyone else use the Phoenix worms? My only problem is their price!

Where does one buy maggots for birds?

B CAMP · Post by **B CAMP** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:45 pm

Here is link for phoenix worms they are costly
http://store01.prostores.com/servlet/th ... StoreFront
Don't know anyone for maggots