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hey i'm wondering what everyones supplement routines are for each week??i just got a beardie about 2 weeks ago so i'm really curious..thanks alot
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Jonny Blaze
1.0 Nosy Be Panther
1 Bearded Dragon--sex not determined yet
0.1 Yorkshire terrier Brandy,10 years old
1.0 Golden lab-Dusty R.I.P May 16,2007,14.5 years old
1.0 Black lab "wiggler",2 years old
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Well lets turn this around. What are you doing right now for supplementation?
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To me, that depends on the beardie's age, whether or not UVB is provided, and maybe even a few other things.

In general, for juvenile beardies that have UVB provided, I use:
Calcium, with Vitamin D3 (non-phosphorous) - Lightly dust crickets and greens each feeding, every day, for 5 - 6 days. (I like to skip a day here & there to keep them from getting too much D3. Thus the reason I say every 5 - 6 days.)

Multivitamin - Dust crickets and greens one feeding per day, one day, every week or every other week (Every 7th or 14th day).

Have a good one!
HH
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Due to political correctness run amuck,
this ol' hillbilly is now referred to as an:
Appalachian American

I dust all live meals with Calcium w/D3 No Phosphorus except for one a week that I dust with a multivitamin, for dragons up to one year. I am a UVB believer and use Reptisun 10.0's. I use RepCal for both Calcium and Multi. After one year of age, I use 50% w/D3 and 50% without.

I never dust salads. If the proper greens are fed, the Calcium to Phosphorus ratio should be positive and additional calcium is not necessary.

thanks alot guys,i'm glad to know i've been doing the right things..i also just got him a UV light,they seem to like the flor. lights alot..reptisun 10.0..his energy level is really high now since giving him the new light..who ever said beardies were lazy??haha..mine certainly isn't..
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Jonny Blaze
1.0 Nosy Be Panther
1 Bearded Dragon--sex not determined yet
0.1 Yorkshire terrier Brandy,10 years old
1.0 Golden lab-Dusty R.I.P May 16,2007,14.5 years old
1.0 Black lab "wiggler",2 years old
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Glad to hear things are going good and it's good that you wanted to double check yourself instead of waiting till a problem came up.

Just so you'll know, if your cage wasn't as bright as it is now with the new bulb, it's not the type of bulb making the difference in you beardie's behavior, it's the bightness of the bulb. Bearded Dragons love bright cages.

Take care!
HH
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Due to political correctness run amuck,
this ol' hillbilly is now referred to as an:
Appalachian American