quick dusitng question

[sinko562]

quick question i have a 3 months old BD at 11inches now shes fine. but when i first got her i read online on a couple of care sites to dust baby BD every meal (which i have been) and when they get older to do it maybe 3-5 times a week. but on a couple of forums ive seen alot people saying not to dust baby BD every day and to dust every other day (i dust every meal like i read) pretty much the way youd dust for adult BD like i said my BD is fine just wanna know which is the right way for dusting?

 

[catUK]

hello

babies and juvies need live food dusted 1 feed per day, 5 times a week with calcium and dusted 1 feed per day, 2 times per week with multivitamins- thats what most and people on here advise. I used to dust mon-fri with calcium and sat / sun with vitamins, that ways its easier to remember. Hope this helps

 

[Sherri]

Hi,
It is calcium dust 1 meal 5x per week and dust with vitamins 1 meal the other 2 days per week. Hope that helps

Do you have pics of your baby beardie?

 

[sinko562]

that is a easy schedule and helps to remember but what if the dust im using is calcium and multi vitamin?

other then the pic i have as my user pic i dont have any others that pic was taken 2 weeks agon 3 days before my camera broke i have pics on my phone but its a hassle to transfer it to my computer then upload it haha but ill do it tonight when i get home though

 

[sinko562]

just thining about it im kinda freaking myself out! :shock: your only suppose to dust once a day i do it twice a day and so thats 14 dusted meals a week thats dusted .. i needa start studying some more! :study: hope i havent harmed her in anyway... i know 11inches is a little above average for a 2months 3 week old dragon... i thought it was mainly due to the power sun bulb i use or can it be from all that extra calcium/vitamins?

 

[catUK]

just thining about it im kinda freaking myself out! :shock: your only suppose to dust once a day i do it twice a day and so thats 14 dusted meals a week thats dusted .. i needa start studying some more! :study: hope i havent harmed her in anyway... i know 11inches is a little above average for a 2months 3 week old dragon... i thought it was mainly due to the power sun bulb i use or can it be from all that extra calcium/vitamins?

Don't worry, when i first got my beardie i was told to dust every meal so i did for the first month or so....i cut back to 1 meal per day when i found out on here, it hasn't done my beardie any harm. That is a big baby but all beardies differ in size- rather bigger than small and skinny

 

[sinko562]

i consider her to be on the skinny size lol yeah shes long but still a baby so still looks skinny lol

 

[Sherri]

harmed her in anyway... i know 11inches is a little above average for a 2months 3 week old dragon... i thought it was mainly due to the power sun bulb i use or can it be from all that extra calcium/vitamins?

Not to worry...our guy is 10 weeks old today and a scant over 11" so he is around normal

I have read where many have done the every meal dusting a while just as Cat did D) without problems. I think it takes a lot of calcium over quite a bit of time to overdose/overload.

Enjoy!

 

[Paradon]

I dust the multivitamins with the calcium so they can absorb the calcium better. I do like dust the preys with the multivitamins 2 times a week and calcium about 3-5 times week, so I would dust the crickets with the vitamins for 2 days with the calcium and then an extra day or 3 extra days with just calcium alone. With the younger bearded I dust the prey with calcium about 5 times a week and 3 times a week for the older one. They get some vitamin D3 with the multivitamins so they can absorb the calcium better; that's why I dust the prey with the calcium and vitamins at the same time.

 

[sinko562]

well what should i do because my power that i bought is multi vit. and calcium should i buy them seperate then?

 

[sinko562]

Hi,
It is calcium dust 1 meal 5x per week and dust with vitamins 1 meal the other 2 days per week. Hope that helps

Do you have pics of your baby beardie?

 

[sinko562]

on her tail that white piece sticking up is some skin shes shedding right now her tail actually goes to back of the glass and curls a bit down the platform now that i look at the pick her tail and the cord for the prob kinda blends together