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Should I give my tegu calcium w/ or w/out PHOSPHORUS?

Ghost425 Oct 26, 2003 05:39 PM

thanks!
ian

Replies (3)

reptilian9 Oct 27, 2003 12:18 AM

It depends what you are feeding him, but if he eats what most tegus should eat (mostly meat/insects), he needs calcium 2:0 (no phosphorus). 2:0 is for reptiles whose diet contains large amounts of mice, crickets, mealworms, etc. Those items are already high in phosphorus. Animals fed small amounts of those items would need vitamins with phosphorus (2:1).
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Ghost425 Oct 27, 2003 05:28 PM

i mostly feed him superworms and ground turkey.
ian

reptilian9 Oct 27, 2003 11:09 PM

You should use the 2:0 (no phosphorus).
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