Calcium and vitamins....

[tlittle10]

Hey guys not really sure how much vitamins or calcium d3 to give my beardie i got the repcal stuff that is recommended but I'm not exactly sure how much he is suppose to get... im pretty sure its 5 days a week a 1 feeding for the calcium and 2 days a week for the vitamins??? is he eats 15 crickets say at a feeding should i dust all 15 or how does that work ?

 

[Claudiusx]

For a baby, you want to dust 1 feeding, 5 times a week with calcium. So if you are feeding crickets 3 times a day, only dust one of those three feedings. Dust all the crickets or w/e you will be feeding in that one feeding.

For vitamins same thing, but twice a week, on days that you aren't doing calcium.

-Brandon

 

[tlittle10]

Awesome thanks and can I dust the silkworms/butterworms/pheonixworms/and the occasional waxworm that i give him or do they not need dusting?

 

[Claudiusx]

Silks, butters, and PW's are already naturally high in calcium, so you don't need to dust them.

Don't worry about dusting the wax's either since you should only be giving a very small amount (like two or so) a week if your planning to give them that often. They are considered beardie candy and should be treated as such :mrgreen:

-Brandon

 

[tlittle10]

Sounds goooood thanks man !

 

[Myfirstbeardie]

My vet says that it is best to give the vitamin D3 only once a week, not twice. Other than that the advice already posted is exactly what my vet suggests.

 

[Claudiusx]

Most times, the D3 will already be in the calcium powder.

-Brandon

 

[tlittle10]

My D3 is in the actual calcium so im good there right

 

[Claudiusx]

My D3 is in the actual calcium so im good there right

Yes.

-Brandon

 

[Paradon]

IF you are dusting calcium, you don't really know how much phosphorous in the crickets and how much calcium you need. The ideal calcium to phosphorous ratio is 2:1, but if you dust with too much calcium and their is not enough phosphorous, your reptiles can suffer calcium overdose. and the truth is we may never know unless we do blood test. That's why I use Calcium Plus. There's no guess work involve because it design to boost and balance the nutritional value of the insect preys fed the reptiles.