feeding calcium with out d3 to crickets.

[rocket89]

Can i add calcium powder to my crickets food?

 

[ChameleonNerd]

for what reason? do you want them to grow strong bones? or poop stale milk?

 

[rocket89]

So the cham can get the vitamins?

 

[ChameleonNerd]

i was being sarcastic. just dust your crickets. feeding the calcium or whatever will go in to the cricket then quickly leave. Dusting is an easier way to deliver the appropriate amount of materials to your cham

 

[Elizadolots]

I'll vote yes on feeding calcium. The whole point of gutloading is to put the food you want in your chameleon into the cricket. I'd still dust because chameleons don't convert an excess of calcium into stones, they vent it out their orifices.

 

[sandrachameleon]

Can i add calcium powder to my crickets food?

Not if you want the crickets to live very long. You'll find the calicum powder will kill crickets that ingest much of it. Instead, use fruits and vegetables that are naturally high in calcium (papaya, dandelion leaves, etc) to feed your crickets, and dust them lightly with the powder just before feeding off.

 

[drcrossfire]

Sandra is correct: feeding too much calcium leads to a pile of dead crickets.