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12-28-2011, 08:38 PM
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Dusting? How Many Times?
How many times a week do I dust with d3 if I use a UVB light & also do I use calcium without d3? I have BOTH. I feed a variety of insects and greens. Somedays Dubia... or Superworms... or Butterworms. Just depends. I think he will LOVE dubia.
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01-01-2012, 04:00 AM
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dust 5 times with the pink bottle and 2 with the blue
now butter worms don't need dusting,dubias should,crickets should,not sure about supers etc but pretty sure they do.
as your dragon gets older into adult hood i believe the dusting gets cut down a bit
phoneix/repti worms also don't need dusting
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01-01-2012, 09:32 AM
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I dust everyfeeding with d3 and calcium, with uvb. I have had x-rays taken too, and the bone density is great with the smallest of bones being recognizable on an X-ray. The vets are always impressed.
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01-01-2012, 09:38 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DNA Dragons
I dust everyfeeding with d3 and calcium, with uvb. I have had x-rays taken too, and the bone density is great with the smallest of bones being recognizable on an X-ray. The vets are always impressed.
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Both bottles mixed every day for every feeding?
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01-01-2012, 01:18 PM
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I use flukers calcium, it is much finer and almost 100% sticks to the insects, Rep Cal was the lesser in my experience. Both great; however from experience I use flukers. I use human multi-vitamins grinded than mixed within my calcium powder 2-3 times a week.
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01-02-2012, 11:28 AM
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I also use calcium with D3 and dust every feeding...
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01-03-2012, 02:33 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DNA Dragons
I use flukers calcium, it is much finer and almost 100% sticks to the insects, Rep Cal was the lesser in my experience. Both great; however from experience I use flukers. I use human multi-vitamins grinded than mixed within my calcium powder 2-3 times a week.
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I agree with you about Flukers and I also dust every feeding and that is incredibly interesting about the multi-vitamin Clay, good idea. Which one do you use?
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01-03-2012, 09:38 PM
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We alternate every other day between regular calcium and calcium w / D3 and provide vitamins once per week.
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01-03-2012, 11:50 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brandon Roesler
I agree with you about Flukers and I also dust every feeding and that is incredibly interesting about the multi-vitamin Clay, good idea. Which one do you use?
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One a day multi. I am trying to get thru the bottle then I will use one more suited for general purpose. I have read that the multi-vitamins typically used for pets/reptiles/specifically lizards are a joke and don't actually contain the real levels of vitamins indicated/implied. The human grade industry is much more regulated and are actually human grade-vitamins that are manufactured/packaged in appropriate facilities *we can only hope. For the most part the vitamin levels are self balancing in the body, so they will pass any that go unused, but I doubt they even get enough as it is only what will stick to an insect from one pill. I am messing around with the best way to deliver it to the dragons. Looking into super foods and Josh D. pointed out spirulina, I may just go the all natural route?
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01-04-2012, 01:29 AM
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Yeah I saw that spirulina post he made. Going to investigate that a little more. I would like to see what I can do for this white eye male I just got too, I really don't think there is anything wrong with him but josh made a decent point about deficiency being probable, I just wasn't quite sure what he meant about "removing it from my colony" so I assumed the worst, that's why I scooped it up when i did. I think he is a handsome dragon, I don't have a want or need to add him to my program but would like to see if with a proper diet and higher levels of Vitamins if the eye color changes at all. You said A and B3 boosts for it or was that comment about yours that you just got from Jo?
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