Vitamin and calcium dusting

[Sarah Britten]

Hi,

Should I be dusting my beardies food with vits and calci everyday???

 

[PatsyB]

I do one meal a day with calcium w/o D3 and a multi vitamin once a week.

 

[Sarah Britten]

Ah ok I start doing that as we have been doing it everyday with both

 

[jarich]

With the greens/veg you shouldnt need to dust those. Live foods should generally be dusted with calcium every feeding or with a vitamin supplement once a week

 

[Sarah Britten]

I've been using Komodo live foods booster which has vitamins and calcium in it on his morning feed everyday is this ok or should I change to just calcium everyday and the vitamin one once a week??

 

[river-7]

Thank you Jarich- That's how I have always done it.-river-7

 

[jarich]

I've been using Komodo live foods booster which has vitamins and calcium in it on his morning feed everyday is this ok or should I change to just calcium everyday and the vitamin one once a week??

Calcium on live feeds at every feeding. Nearly all insects have an inappropriate Ca : P ratio and so need the extra calcium to bump it up. However, your vegetables should not require it if you are using a good variety of calcium rich vegetables. As for your Komodo stuff, I would say just stick to using it once or twice a week. There are some vitamins that are fat soluble, and while its not a big risk with just a light dusting, there is some small risk of over doing it.

 

[Sarah Britten]

Thank u I will change it round from tomorrow and just use the calci dust every day.

Thanks for ur help and advise

 

[Hdrydr31]

My question to all of you is what is your favorite brand of supplements?? How come soo many calc's come with D3 seems that in order to find any without you have to buy them online..

 

[PatsyB]

I think pet stores sell an abundance of frogs and leopard geckos that are nocturnal and so they need the calcium with the D3 in it so they don't always stock the one without D3. I'm not sure of the brand that I am currently using. I put it in a salt shaker so that it's easier to shake onto the bugs. I do have ZooMed ReptiCalcium w/D3 for my frogs and I use Reptivite for my multivitamin. I also give Dexter a little bit of bee pollen to help stimulate her appetite for her salad. She seems to like the smell of it but I don't see her diving into her salad to get it.