A few Questions about repti calcium and vitamins

[Leeann830]

Hi, I have a 6 month old beardie, (i think he's about 6 months anyway). from nose to tail he's about 11 inches long. I have Zoo Med ReptiCalcium without D3, and Zoo Med ReptiVite. How often do i give him the calcium and how often do i give the vitamins? And how much? do i coat his crickets a lot? or just a little sprinkle?? he eats about 30 crickets twice a day sometimes more, sometimes less. do i coat his crickets twice a day or just once? Ive been reading and hearing so many different things, its starting to get confusing. thanks so much!!!!!!
~ leeann

 

[Drache613]

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[Soulwind]

At his age, you want to dust his crickets for 1 feeding per day.

Dust with the calcium powder once per day, 5x a week.
Dust with the vitamin powder once per day, 2x a week.

The buggies should get a light coating of the powder,
not "powdered sugar donut" levels

I find the easiest way is to get one of those cricket shakers,
it gives a nice coating and kind of stuns them a bit so they
are a little slower, but you can also just use a baggie with a pinch
of the powder in it.

 

[anwyn]

Just wanted to say thanks for that, as I had the same question and beardie about the same age.

I have a 'tupperware' type container that some bugs of my first came in that I cleaned out and use for dusting. Pinch o' calcium dust, put in bugs, cover, tilt back and forth a bit, voila. Mort now recognises the sound of approaching crickets in a tupperware container.

I've been doing the vitamin dust on the veggies. She eats a bit but not a lot. If she's only eating a small amount should it still just be 2x a week? Or would it be more reliable to just dust bugs 2x a week?