How much to dust crickets with phoenix worms?

[Beardie321]

My beardie is about 6 months old. He gets 40 ish crickets + greens and phoenix worms daily. How often should I dust the crickets? I know that phoenix worms have a lot of calcium and don't want him to get to much. Thanks in advanced!

 

[disturb3d0n3]

Feeding both might be sufficient enough. I only dust the first crickets I dump in at 6am... I then feed her crickets again around noon and in the evening not dusted.

 

[Beardie321]

Feeding both might be sufficient enough. I only dust the first crickets I dump in at 6am... I then feed her crickets again around noon and in the evening not dusted.

So should I do the same? Dust once a day? Or like would that be to much calcium with the phoenix worms on top of that?

 

[disturb3d0n3]

I'd say yes. But I wouldn't feed both at the same time of the day... I'd dust the crickets in the morning and then at the other feedings add calcium worms or just wait and add calcium worms at night... I read other topics and basically the reason we dust the crickets is because they don't have all the phosphorus for the right ratio so the dusting gets it there. Calci-worms already have the right ratio.

Again it doesn't matter which order you feed them but I'd still feed them at different times of the day to ensure... Someone else can correct me if I'm wrong.

http://www.beardeddragon.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=169086

 

[Lpsouth1978]

I would agree! It is nearly impossible to overdose on Calcium when administered orally. Dust the crickets in the morning and then give undusted the rest of the day. My Vet even told me to dust the phoenix worms for the first feeding of the day (I feed primarily phoenix worms for my bugs).

 

[Goonie]

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