amount(dose) of supplements to much(dusting)?

[DAD3886]

ok how do you all go about dusting... i do two feedings a day and i only dust in the morning..im just having trouble getting my feeders out do to the powder... i did the amount on the back and left it in the zip-lock and just have been picking my feeders it but its hard... am i doing it wrong?

im dusting with cal without d3 by the way and he'll get his first multi this wkend

 

[DAD3886]

i posted in the wrong section...Sorry..

 

[tyler]

I don't really understand what you are describing, but you want to dust them so they are lightly coated, they SHOULDN'T look like ghosts. What I do is I have a cricket keeper and I take out a tube and knock as many feeders as I'm going to use in a cup ( I use an empty superworm cup because of the lid). After I get them in there, I use the tip of a key to grab just a pinch of the supplement, put the lid on the cup and shake it up. then you can use the cup for feeding or just toss them in your enclosure.

 

[reptoman]

I use an empty folgers can for crickets and a red 16oz party cup for dubias. I can see how using a ziplock bag would be a pain. With a cup or can you can just put a pinch of powder in the bottom, add your feeders then swirl the can/cup around to dust the feeders. Then tap the crix/roaches into the cage to free range or into the feeder cup. Make sure you are dusting lightly. The feeders should not be like they were rolled in flour. Just a hint of dust on them is better. Over supplementing can be just as dangerous as not dusting at all. JMO

 

[jannb]

I use an empty folgers can for crickets and a red 16oz party cup for dubias. I can see how using a ziplock bag would be a pain. With a cup or can you can just put a pinch of powder in the bottom, add your feeders then swirl the can/cup around to dust the feeders. Then tap the crix/roaches into the cage to free range or into the feeder cup. Make sure you are dusting lightly. The feeders should not be like they were rolled in flour. Just a hint of dust on them is better. Over supplementing can be just as dangerous as not dusting at all. JMO

I totally agree. My vet says over dusting is worse than under dusting.

Be sure to have all three of your supplements.....plain calcium, Calcium with D3 and the multi vit.

 

[DAD3886]

sorry for my wording yea i guess it was justt more about the amount of supplements used when dusting and ill admit its been to much so i will now use a much smaller amount.I have all three.I wont keep the thread going to much because i put it in the wrong sections but cal without d3 every morn -1st and 3rd sat of each month cal with d3-2n and 4th sat with mulit-vit