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[84KB11]

I keep a dish of limestone flour (calcium carbonate) in with my Lepoards at all times, they just help themselves every now and then.

Grond, what do you mean when you refer to "pure calcium", is there a best brand?

[Grond]

Originally Posted by 84KB11

Grond, what do you mean when you refer to "pure calcium", is there a best brand?

Possibly a bad phrase to use, as 'pure calcium' is a fairly unstable metal!

All powders are calcium with 'something' usually calcium carbonate.

I've used calypso cricket dust, and currently use komodo brand.
I've found both to be fine.

Limestone rock is calcium carbonate with some mineral impurities. Limestone flour, is the rock ground up.

Therefore there's no real difference, between a commercial powder, and limestone flour, but you wouldn't want to use both.

[84KB11]

Thanks for the clarification

I had seen some conflicting comments regarding other calcium salts (chloride, phosphate etc), and wondered if it was one of those you were using.
Will stick with limestone flour for now I think.

[Denise aka Martini]

Ah perhaps my light is just alittle too high then, i will lower it abit, cheers! All my torts apart from 2 are adults how often should i be dusting with powder, they have a cuttlefish in their enclosures they love to chomp on that, i think cuttlefish bones smell yuk, but hey the tortoises like it so thats all that matters

[mariekni]

Originally Posted by Denise_russ@hotmail.co.uk

Ah perhaps my light is just alittle too high then, i will lower it abit, cheers! All my torts apart from 2 are adults how often should i be dusting with powder, they have a cuttlefish in their enclosures they love to chomp on that, i think cuttlefish bones smell yuk, but hey the tortoises like it so thats all that matters

hmmm thats interesting because i personally have never noticed a smell to cuttle fish!

[Denise aka Martini]

I just realised some1 else from my neck of the woods, good old Gloucester lol

[Denise aka Martini]

really! it does have a certain, well i guess fishy smell

[Grond]

Originally Posted by mariekni

hmmm thats interesting because i personally have never noticed a smell to cuttle fish!

If it's quite fresh, it does smell slightly seaweedy/fishy!

[Denise aka Martini]

Night all!!!!

[Denise aka Martini]

ps. i meant to ask how do i get my email address from not showing up everytime i write something, im not great with computers im affraid so any help would be appreciated thanks....