Nature Zone Total Bites

[MontyAndMelissa]

Has anyone used these? Any luck with them?

I'm still dusting the crickets twice a week with zoo med repticalcium

. I also have tetra fauna reptocal .

 

[Dave Bolamperti]

Hey Monty and Melissa ,
I haven't used total bites, these all in one products are usually light on correct gut loading I would still offer some fresh veggies and offer a good dry chow like bug buffet or cricket crack offered by people listing in chameleon food classifieds.
You should also update your dustings. It's recommended that you should dust with a plain calcium everyday, calcium with D twice a month not twice a week , then you should dust with a calcium multivitamin also twice a week, this combination is vital for a healthy Cham .
Good luck
Dave

 

[ChamDE86]

Hey Monty and Melissa ,
I haven't used total bites, these all in one products are usually light on correct gut loading I would still offer some fresh veggies and offer a good dry chow like bug buffet or cricket crack offered by people listing in chameleon food classifieds.
You should also update your dustings. It's recommended that you should dust with a plain calcium everyday, calcium with D twice a month not twice a week , then you should dust with a calcium multivitamin also twice a week, this combination is vital for a healthy Cham .
Good luck
Dave

+1

I use bug buffet and dinofuel from the chameleon foods section. My guy is happy!

 

[MelissaB]

Hey Monty and Melissa ,
I haven't used total bites, these all in one products are usually light on correct gut loading I would still offer some fresh veggies and offer a good dry chow like bug buffet or cricket crack offered by people listing in chameleon food classifieds.
You should also update your dustings. It's recommended that you should dust with a plain calcium everyday, calcium with D twice a month not twice a week , then you should dust with a calcium multivitamin also twice a week, this combination is vital for a healthy Cham .
Good luck
Dave

I think you meant twice a month instead of twice a week.

 

[APailthorp]

Personally, I've decided to go with Repashy Calcium Plus LoD as an all in one dust, rather than the gospel generic powder rotation.

I don't mean to evangelize here in your thread (and lack the experience or authority to do so), but as a newb cham keeper, I've been anxious about making sure the right dust actually makes it into the cham on the right schedule. Since I think I have chameleon eating food anxiety, I decided to go with a simpler solution.

I wouldn't do this if I didn't think other more experienced cham keepers are having success with the simpler dusting method, and if Repashy didn't have what appears to be a stellar reputation for delivering good products. It helps that they have very reasonable shipping options as well.

Gut loading is still necessary (based on my understanding of the experience of others, not my own expertise).

Good luck with your new cham keeping skills!

 

[MontyAndMelissa]

I still offer citrus once a week and a small chunk of Apple once a day. I pretty much have to order everything online, and all that has to wait until the first of the month. Do any of you have a website you like to order from?

 

[MontyAndMelissa]

Also, the total bites have calcium in them. Plain Calcium, no phosphates.

 

[Dave Bolamperti]

Hey Montyandmelissa,
MelissaB cought my error , use multivitamin twice a month. I use Replashy brand , I buy these from Pangea reptile
Dave

 

[MontyAndMelissa]

I didn't get the total bites as an all in one product, my pet store doesn't sell any kind of cricket food. I tried fruit. But I'm afraid my chameleon isn't getting all the nutrients she needs.