How to put calcium powder into water-based “omnivore mix”

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gev13

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I recently bought Zilla omnivore mix, which is different sorts of freeze-dried bugs (silk worm pupas, crickets) and vegetables (bok choy, carrots, peas, green beans and more) that you add water to, and it becomes a cereal-like dish. So far it seems to have been a good choice. I’m no expert on food, and I’ve seen commercial food looked down on, but he seems to like this a whole lot. The only issue is that I can’t feed this too often as I’m not sure how to apply calcium powder to the mix. Would I just add it before pouring the water into the bowl, or would I let each ingredient soak up the water and then apply it? Or is this whole set up faulty anyway? Thank you
 

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Calcium powder is mostly used as a supplement to make up for lack of calcium and minerals in captive bugs that we offer them (that they would otherwise have in the wild). I'm not sure that you need to add anything to an omnivore mix that is likely already balanced pretty well by design.
 

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CooperDragon":3jbqms0k said:
Calcium powder is mostly used as a supplement to make up for lack of calcium and minerals in captive bugs that we offer them (that they would otherwise have in the wild). I'm not sure that you need to add anything to an omnivore mix that is likely already balanced pretty well by design.

Oh wow okay. Good to know. Thanks for the response
 

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Yeah, commercial diets are best fed unsupplemented. Beardies are little guys at the end of the day, and the risk of overdosing on vitamins and minerals is high if offered improperly.

Thant said, in the future if you are looking to supplement calcium on a water based food, there are better options than calcium carbonate, which is what is often in the calcium powders. Calcium acetate(easily made at home with cleaned egg shells and distilled white vinegar) is water soluble and is quite bioavailable. I have also seen liquid calcium supplements sold more and more widespread these days, you could try one of those options.
 
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