Which dust?

[Kaianuanu]

I am about to make an order on LLL Reptile for a cage, UV fixture, and dripper, but the last thing I want to add is a dust supplement. I am trying to get ready for an Oustalet's Chameleon and don't know which brand to buy. Sticky tongue farms seems to be popular but do I need miner-all, vit-all, or both?

 

[dlegare]

Personally I use Rep-cal and Reptivite

I use the Calcium supplement Rep-cal both with and without Vitamin D

For my baby Chams I use Rep-cal with D-3 every other day and Rep-cal without vitamin D very VERY lightly every other day. So in essence I'm using Calcium daily but alternating one with D-3 and one without D-3

I also use Herptivite twice weekly. Again very very lightly dusted

For my juvenile Chams I use both twice weekly

For my adult males I use both once weekly. Again I feel the key in my particular situation is that I very very lightly dust my feeders (Crickets)

When my feeders are dusted you can barely see the vitamins/calcium. You don't want them to look like porcelain statues.

With the above in mind I tend to calcium dust my crickets at every feeding. Crickets are not high in calcium naturally and I don't use a high cal cricket chow.

Good luck and welcome to the forum.

Take and post lots of pictures of your new friend.

 

[Kaianuanu]

Personally I use Rep-cal and Reptivite

I use the Calcium supplement Rep-cal both with and without Vitamin D

For my baby Chams I use Rep-cal with D-3 every other day and Rep-cal without vitamin D very VERY lightly every other day. So in essence I'm using Calcium daily but alternating one with D-3 and one without D-3

I also use Herptivite twice weekly. Again very very lightly dusted

For my juvenile Chams I use both twice weekly

For my adult males I use both once weekly. Again I feel the key in my particular situation is that I very very lightly dust my feeders (Crickets)

When my feeders are dusted you can barely see the vitamins/calcium. You don't want them to look like porcelain statues.

With the above in mind I tend to calcium dust my crickets at every feeding. Crickets are not high in calcium naturally and I don't use a high cal cricket chow.

Good luck and welcome to the forum.

Take and post lots of pictures of your new friend.

thanks for the info, and might I say that that panther in your avatar is absolutely gorgeous. Anyway, can anyone who uses stickytongue farms chime in w/ what they use?