Eww…flies in the leopard gecko cage

Posted by Sarah on December 8, 2008

I was cleaning out our leopard gecko’s cage this weekend and I found 3 wierd little dead flies in the cage.
I was freaking out – how did the flies get in the cage, and what were they doing in there?

Were we so messy that the flies were making a home in the reptile room?

Would they hurt Tiger, the snakes, or the chameleons?

I didn’t have a clue.

Finally after I cleaned up the cage I noticed the bottle of Zoo Med’s Leopard Gecko Food, and decided to try to feed Tiger some of it, since we hadn’t used it before.

I opened the bottle and was surprised to see that there wasn’t a seal – and then I looked inside, and what did I see?

Weird little dead flies!

Jeff had tried to feed them to Tiger, and hadn’t told me.

I was very relieved that Tiger’s cage wasn’t being infested with flies, but I was also disappointed to see that Tiger hadn’t eaten any of them.

I guess it’s crickets, mealworms, and roaches for him from now on.