I've checked out Dendrocare, but haven't actually used it. I believe this is made by T. Rex, too. I use the tree frog dust because it has less vitamin A than the reptile dusts or Dendrocare, and I alternately dust with papkrika for the carotenes (some of which are converted to vitamin A.) I have a concern about overdosing on vitamin A, since this is fat soluble and is stored in the liver and not excreted. The carotenes on the other hand are converted to vitamin A as needed. The excess is stored in fat cells (thus the color enhancement) and is not toxic.) This enhances only yellow and reds, not blues, although logically, it could change the shade of blue somewhat. I don't know if it does this with my blue auratus or not. They seem to remain a bright blue, even with some paprika dust.



I dust every day, but 3 times a week is also recommended by some, who don't want to chance overdosing, so I don't really know for sure which is best. In four years, I haven't had a problem due to vitamin overdosing that I'm aware of. The frogs also need less as they get older, so daily dusting is probably more important with froglets and growing or breeding frogs than with older ones. The dusts get cleaned off fairly rapidly so the frogs aren't getting all dusted flies. There's no real way to measure just how much they are getting.



I think my D. melanogasters are the crinkled wing type. Wings are very small and useless, in any event. The middle sized guys might be worth a trial if your frogs don't like the hydei wings, which don't have much food value. None of mine seem to mind the wings, though. Maybe yours will get used to them eventually.
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Patty

Pahsimeroi, Idaho



4 D. auratus blue

5 D. galactonotus pumpkin orange splash back

5 D. imitator

6 D. leucomelas

4 D. pumilio Bastimentos

4 D. fantasticus

4 P. terribilis

4 D. reticulatus

4 D. castaneoticus

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