phosphorous

[firecat998]

i just bought a muli vitamin and it has phosphorous in it is it safe to give a veiled chameleon?

 

[firecat998]

sorry about this but its not a multi vitamin its calcuim with d3 in it and it has phosphorous is it safe to give her?

 

[Vampire.queen]

There must be phosphorus. Chameleons (not only them, even we) need phosphorus to absorb calcium! So it´s allright when it´s part of chameleons food. .

 

[Brad Ramsey]

However, the reason we avoid phospherous in supplements is because the insects we feed already contain a high amount.
You are trying to achieve the proper ratios between phospherous and calcium and the phos. in insects is so high that if you add more .....


-Brad

 

[firecat998]

thanks for that i really appreciate it.

 

[Marc10edora]

I also bought another calcium dust. Now I have two. One has D3 and the other is just plain calcium. They are both phosphorus free. Which one should I use?

 

[Brad Ramsey]

Use the one without D3 more often (even 3 or 4 times a week) and the one with D3 once a week or once every 10 to 14 days.

-Brad