Calcium Multivitamin Combo

siel19 · Oct 7, 2023

Hi there- is there a combo multivitamin calcium supplement that anyone would recommend?
Thanks!

xp29 · Oct 7, 2023

I keep two superworm containers to dust my bugs

in. In one is straight calcium. The other is mixed 50/50 with calcium/multivitamins. The one with the multivitamins is darker so it's easy enough to know which is which.
You don't want to give them multivitamins every day so even if you can find it premixed you would need a bottle of straight calcium still anyways.

siel19 · Oct 8, 2023

xp29 said:
I keep two superworm containers to dust my bugs in. In one is straight calcium. The other is mixed 50/50 with calcium/multivitamins. The one with the multivitamins is darker so it's easy enough to know which is which.
You don't want to give them multivitamins every day so even if you can find it premixed you would need a bottle of straight calcium still anyways.

Thanks- that’s a great idea! Right now I just have 2 separate containers. Thanks for the feedback!

J4ckdaw- · Oct 8, 2023

siel19 said:
Hi there- is there a combo multivitamin calcium supplement that anyone would recommend?
Thanks!

Multivitamin supplement can cause problems when offered every day, I only ever use it twice a week. Calcium should be offered plain at least five days a week, though if you were to get a multivitamin and calcium mix without the D3 vitamin you could use that twice a week so your dragon is still readily getting calcium but isn’t overdosing on the D3 vitamin. Insects don’t have bones, they have exoskeletons which do have phosphorus. The phosphorus ratio you want is 2:1 but for some dragons it can be even higher (.I.E. 7:1). Calcium overdose is very rare but calcium deficiency is common. If you have the correct UVB fixture (Reptisun 10.0 or Arcadia D3+) you don’t actually need to supplement D3. A good product would be Repashy calcium plus (the one that says lower level of vitamin D).

Drache613 · Oct 9, 2023

Hello,

I totally agree with regarding only using a multivitamin 1- 2 times weekly, so I always recommend
using a multivitamin apart from a straight calcium to ensure they get adequate calcium & not too
much on the vitamin end.
It seems like it can be overwhelming to get the supplementation correct, but once you get it all down
it is pretty easy most of the time.

Tracie