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RE: Dusting Crickets

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Posted by: EdK at Thu Dec 28 05:54:23 2006  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by EdK ]  
   

snip "I feed my frogs 3 times per week. How often should I dust the crickets with calcium powder?(repto-calcium)"endsnip



At this frequency, the supplementation should occur with each feeding. The typical recommendation in the literature are to supplement with each feeding if feeding three times a week or less often and to alternate with each feeding if offering food more frequently than 3 times a week.



If you mean Rep-Cal then while this supplement is sufficient in D3 and calcium it is deficient in vitamin A, E and other nutrients which can lead to other conditional deficiencies of the frog.



Also most vitamin/mineral mixes have a relatively short shelf life so you want to use the freshest mixture available and replace it after about six months as the fat soluable vitamins in the mix tend to oxidize.







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