What is your favorite supplements?

[RedHotDragons]

I was wondering what everyone's favorite calcium/multi-vitamin is and why? I have been using Repti-cal for calcium but I cant remember at the moment what multi-vitamin I use. Thanks for input and thoughts!!!

 

[Doublet74]

I love Repashy Cal +. Its an all in,one supplement. Just dust every feeding with it. Much easier than having to remember which supplement which day.

 

[anc90]

I love Repashy Cal +. Its an all in,one supplement. Just dust every feeding with it. Much easier than having to remember which supplement which day.

I cannot find this anywhere!? Where have you gotten it? Read great reviews about it.

 

[Doublet74]

Try www.repashy.com

 

[anc90]

Try http://www.repashy.com

Thanks so much!!

 

[batman]

I use vetark proffesional calci-dust & vetark proffessional nutro-bal, that all in one sounds good tho. Is it ok for juveniles?

 

[Doublet74]

I use vetark proffesional calci-dust & vetark proffessional nutro-bal, that all in one sounds good tho. Is it ok for juveniles?

Ive used it for every lizard I have since they were babies.

 

[LennyTheLizardKing]

I use Rep-cal Calicum with D3 and Rep-Cal Herptivite Multivitamins.
Havent tried anything else..
Let me know how the Repashy works out for you.

 

[batman]

Might give it a go, sounds a lot simpler than having to manage a schedule with the seperate one. Thanks

 

[mudskipper]

I use a few products from Repashy.

Repashy Calcium Plus - calcium and vitamins
Repashy Bug Burger - gel mix for dubias
Repashy Super Load - gutloading for dubias
Repashy Super Veggie - to sprinkle on the salad

 

[sloo50]

I use a few products from Repashy.

Repashy Calcium Plus - calcium and vitamins
Repashy Bug Burger - gel mix for dubias
Repashy Super Load - gutloading for dubias
Repashy Super Veggie - to sprinkle on the salad

I also use the Rapashy Calcium Plus, and recently tried the Bug Burger for Dubia. Neither the adults or the nymphs seem to care for the BB. I had to remove most of it after 4 days as it appeared untouched.

Do you folks mash the BB or just spoon it out?
The adults and nymphs eagerly take crushed dog food and fish flakes, as well as their fruits and veggies. They just dont seem interested in the BB... Any suggestions?

 

[mudskipper]

I double the amount of water recommended so that it doesn't dry out. So it's 1/4 cup Bug Burger powder and 1.5 cups of water for 2 mins in the microwave. I pour it into black plastic take out containers with lid. The containers have one entrance on a side. I tilt the containers so the gel won't leak out from the hole while it's gelling in the fridge for about 15 minutes. Then I put the 2 containers in the bins. They eat most of it in a week.

I have 2 bins: the breeding bin and the baby bin. The babies (newborn up to 1") seem to like Bug Burger more. It could also be because that's their only source of moisture. I read an article on Repashy's website about dog and cat food having too much protein, which is bad for the adult roaches. Feeding those roaches to bearded dragons can give them gout.

The dubias definitely love Tetra fish flakes the most, but that has a lot of protein, too. Maybe you could try adding a bit fish flake to the Bug Burger mix for the smell? Right now I'm only feeding fish flakes in the baby roach bin.

Both adult and babies love the roach chow sold by Twobeardieguy in the For Sale section, too.

Here's how I would rank what my dubias prefer.

Tetra fish flake > oranges > Twobeardieguy's roach chow > Bug Burger > collard greens > Beneful dog food

 

[englija]

I just started using bug burger. Those are some good suggestions, Mudskipper. So far my dubia seem to like it.

 

[Lumpdog450]

I get all mine from Cheryl at Beardeddragon.co
She's great and her stuff is top notch

 

[jovamabob]

Hige is an adult and i dust every other feed for his live feeders (all are gut-loaded) and his salad every day. I always used Vetark arkvits which is a blend of Nutrobal and Ace-High (2:1).with a Calciumhosphorus ratio (Ca) of 30:1 and contains vitamins A, C and E, making it more for adult reptiles, but it is expensive, so i wanted to switch to nutrobal, but then i heard about Reptavite and switched to that instead. It is £4 for 100g vs. arkvits and nutrobal you only get 50g at a price £'s higher!
Reptavite is a reptile supplement with only a low Ca of 2:1 but it has an extensive range of vitamins, trace minerals and amino acids, unlike nutrobal/arkvits I find it sticks better too.

Source and supplement nutrtion tables: http://www.thetortoisetable.org.uk/site/minerals_supplements_24.asp