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Baby BD supplement schedule

JLJ2018 Nov 17, 2003 10:34 AM

I have the RepCal Herptivite multivitamin powder and the RepCal Calcium with Vit. D3. Just wondering what's the best schedule for this little guy, he was born 9/20/03. Daily? Every other day? Once a week or what? I've been reading so much on oversupplementation and toxicity levels that it kind of has me freaked out. Right now he's on RepCal pellets and salads, but silkworms will be here Wednesday. Just wanted to put his diet in there in case that helps. Thanks!

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azteclizard Nov 17, 2003 10:41 AM

Well, rep-cal pellets contain calcium and d3. I don't know how often you feed (i.e put in fresh veggies 2x a day), but you can lightly sprinkle the salad mix daily with the rep-cal calcium. You can dust the mix with herptivite once a week, again the pellets also contain vitamins so he is getting some daily. Once you get the silkworms, just dust one of the food items daily.
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BeginnersBasics Nov 17, 2003 11:20 AM

Well, since you got him from me I guess I can answer this one for you LOL

I dust their salad once a day with the rep cal with D3. I use a vitamin sup once a week.

How is he doing now? Started eating for you now? lol
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JLJ2018 Nov 17, 2003 11:28 AM

He's doing great and is such a character! We absolutely love Grendel to pieces. He still doesn't show much interest in his greens, but I've read that he may not until he's around 4 months or so. He's eating his pellets, but getting newborn silkworms on Wednesday to see if he'll take those too.

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