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Rep-Cal How many days should we sprinkle?

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We feed our baby bearded dragon every morning kale and mustard greens with Rep Cal sprinkled on top of it. I just read online that they can over does on this, is this true? If this is how many days of the week should we sprinkle this on their veggies to ensure they dont?
 
What form of Rep-Cal are you supplementing with? Is it a pure calcium supplement, a multivitamin, calcium with D3? I would also suggest that you look into Rep-Cal juvie or adult bearded dragon pellets. They have a lot of nutritional value that may be lacking in a diet of veggies and crickets.
 
My usual disclaimer of "this is only how I did it" applies here as well.
When I was raising beardeds I would feed the babies crickets three times a day. The first feeding of the day would also include greens for those that would eat them.
Each day I would dust one feeding of crickets. The other two feedings were not supplemented.

After they got up to 3 months or so I would dust every other day, then as adults I'd supplement three times a week or so.
This worked for me, and I never had any problems with overdosing or MBD.
 
The possibility for overdosing occurs with the vitamin supplements, including the D3. Plain old calcium without Vitamins and D3 can't be overdosed under normal use practices.

Any vitamin that is fat soluble, like Vita A/carotenes and Vita D3 will be stored in the body if excess is ingested. Over time this build up is what can cause overdose.

Water soluble and non stored vitamins and minerals, like the B vitamins, Vita C, calcium and phosphorous are eliminated, ie. any excesses pass out in urine or feces.
 
Its says on the back of the bottle that it provides calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin D. It says to use it on a daily basis but we only use it on thier greens.( they get greens all day) we use Gut Load to feed our crickets and meal worms. Should we just go ahead and use it every other dy to ensure they dont get to much?
 
I would buy another jar that does not have the Vita D3. You could then use it every day.

I have both, but the combination with the vita D3 is only used monthly at the most. If you have a reptile UVB light for your dragon it enables the baby to make its own Vita D.

FYI there has been some research on feeding calcium to crickets. Apparently they only retain calcium for a very short period of time, hours at most. So, providing the crickets with calcium can not be relied upon as adequately supplementing the animal that is eating the crickets. Dusting them with it at the time of feeding can be.
 
We have them under a UVB light, we just sprinkle it on them because some breeders at the Shelbyville KY reptile convention has told us to supplement them just to make sure they get Vita D3. We just want to make sure we are taking good care of them
 
You have to keep in mind as well that Phosphorus binds calcium and inhibits absorption.
You want a 2:1 Ca:p ratio. Crickets are naturally high in phosphorus, with a ratio of about 0.3:1
Adding a supplement that also contains phosphorus can be counterproductive.
I always used phosphorus free supplements for this reason. No need adding phosphorus when the feeders were already providing an unbalanced ratio.

As a side note I also used supplements which contained D3 but never exposed the dragons to any UV light, either artificial or natural.
 
how do I feed my dragon the super worms?

hi trying to feed super worms, but they crawl out of the dish so fast, onto the sand, and then they get lost on him! he will not eat the crickets! he's almost six months old and is about 15 inches from tip to tail, he loves the worms, but I'm feeding him with tongs one at a time; you guys have a better way to feed these horrrable worms to moses my boy! (dragon) :eatsmiley
 
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