help with dusting crickets ect

[mardenq]

got my first cham on sunday,went into pet shop Monday for some crickets ect,asked for powder to dust them and was sold this,the guy said rather than buy two different powders this one would be good and its getting good feedback,ive dusted his crickets twice with it but on reading not to use d3 to much ive checked and this says with d3.should I stop using it and go buy something else ?

 

[mardenq]

this is it
http://whitepython.com/product/nutrirep/

 

[oneillchameleons]

Yes go back to the pet store and inform the worker that different reptiles need different supplement schedules. To much d3 can cause a myriad of issues in reptiles, especially in those that also synthesize d3 from the sun, such as chameleons. Not to mention that many vitamins and minerals can become toxic if you let them build up in the system. The reason we use calcium at every feeding is not necessarily to supply calcium, but to balance to poor cal/phos ratio of the feeder insects we have. Here is the proper supplement schedule that most people use here:

Pure calcium WITHOUT d3 -every feeding
Multivitamin- every two weeks
Pure Calcium WITH d3 - every two weeks

It appears your nutrirep has d3 so you can likely just use that every two weeks.

 

[mardenq]

thanks for the help,much appreciated,ill get pure calcium tomorrow and use the nutrirep once every two weeks

 

[Carlton]

thanks for the help,much appreciated,ill get pure calcium tomorrow and use the nutrirep once every two weeks

And, when you go back, give the pet shop person a link to this forum...just in case they don't believe what you are saying. If they care, they'll do some reading. If they don't, you can't force them to.