Adding Calcium to Silky food

[JoshCrane1]

hey im making up some wet silky mix from dry today and wondering if i can add a little calcium dust to the mix? anyone tried it? will the silkies still chow down on it?


just wanna bump up my calcium or nutritional value of my silky feeders. any help would be great, thanks.

 

[dodolah]

honestly, i don't see the need to bump calcium content via the chow for silkies.
Their Ca Ph ratio is good enough. The key in taking care of the nutrition is the balance between Ca Ph ratio (2:1), not just bumping calcium up as much as you can.
So, in short, I think u probably over doing it.

Hope that helps

 

[JoshCrane1]

http://beautifuldragons.503xtreme.com/Nutrition.html


this page says just the opposite.

 

[Vegas Chad]

I have and do add cal to my chow... Not a ton, but enough... I have yet to have any problems with them eating.

 

[JoshCrane1]

am i reading the tables wrong? what is the actual ca/ph ratio of silkworms?

how much do you add? how much to how many pounds? 1/4lb dry food makes 1lb wet, so........a teaspoon to 1/2lb dry?

 

[Vegas Chad]

Something like that... I dont ever really measure it, whatever a good shake =

 

[Brian]

What kind of calcium would you use...what brand?


Thanks,
Brian

 

[Brian]

Do you use Rep-cal?

 

[AFH]

I don't think it matters as long as its just calcium. I would do it w/o D3.

 

[Vegas Chad]

Yep, what he said... However I do use rep-cal, just make sure it is NOT the one with D3.

 

[dodolah]

http://beautifuldragons.503xtreme.com/Nutrition.html


this page says just the opposite.

well, i would just bump the calcium by dusting, if you really need to.
so far, i have never add calcium to my silkie chow and my cham never have any problem.

 

[JoshCrane1]

cool thanks.