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I keep reading on the internet to use calcium and multivitamin supplements. I have miner-all with d3. Is that all that I need to use or is there other stuff I should add to the dusting regimen (I dust all food items every other day). I really need to make sure my beardie is getting enough, because he only gets within about 18" of his UV light, sometimes closer, but rarely the reccomended 6".

Thanks in advance.

-ryan

I would buy rep cal herptivite. use it once a week to dust crickets.
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Derek Affonce
DeKeAff Exotics
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rep cal calcium with D3 would be best. Depending on the age of your dragon, will determine how frequent you should dust his crickets with it. If you are using a Mercury vapour bulb for UBV then 18" is as close as you want your dragon to be. If using any other kind of UVB then 18" is too far away, should lower it to about 12" of the basking spot to be effective.

For dragons under 8 months I would dust crickets with the calcium powder once every other day. For babies (up to 4 months old) once every day. Dragons over 8 months old, once a week would be alright.

Why shouldn't your dragon come closer than 18 inches to a mercury vapor bulb? I've got a ZooMed 100 watt PowersunMVB which I use for both UVB and heat and at 18 inches it is not going to put out the heat that I need to raise the basking spot to around 105 degrees. I think my basking spot is around 10 inches from the MVB bulb to get the correct temperature. Is this a cause for concern and if so why?

RepCal and Miner-AlI are both qualities calcium products. But there is still a need for once a week dusting with a multivitamin for dragons in all stages of life.
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Derek Affonce
DeKeAff Exotics
dekeaffexotics.com