[pixie_bex]

Hello!

Just thought id ask opinons!

I normally use a different calcium powder that I buy from my local shop (cant for the life of me remember the name and im at work!) But when I went last time they didnt have it so i bought some Calypso.... First night I used it I dusted the crickets as normal but Obi kept spitting them out!!! Also Matilda (who eats EVERYTHING) ate one and wasnt interested in any more... Thought this could just be them being stroppy so I tried 2 days later and exactly the same happened... I then tried a couple without powder on and they ate them fine.

Has anyone had any problems with there Reps not taking/spitting out food when its dusted with Calypso?

Can anyone advise me on where I can get a different brand from as I have looked around and can only find this one online.

Cheers
Becca
xxxx

 

[Guest]

Bex the only other thing i can think of is if you have a pestel and mortor go out and just buy a cuttlefish.Cut or scrape it onto the pestel and the grind it down with the mortor.Use the calcium to dust your crix.Thats what we used to do when we kept beardies.

 

[pixie_bex]

Cuttlefish? Are they the white things you put in with birds?? (sorry lol)

 

[welshgaz]

thats the ones! Pure calcium those...

 

[pixie_bex]

Cheers!!!

So I just use it the same as I would use the powder? Can i grind a lot up and keep it in a pot????

 

[welshgaz]

don't see why not?

 

[welshgaz]

don't see why not?

 

[pixie_bex]

Double Post

Thats great,

Thanks for your help Gaz and Ryan

x

 

[welshgaz]

I'm in a whoring mode! :lol:

 

[solidius]

thats the ones! Pure calcium those...

nice one im guessing its cheaper to do it that way

 

[pixie_bex]

lol thats what i thought aswell! But being a bird hater I have never looked at them in the shops. Will have a look see tomorrow I think!

 

[mike515]

i used a cheese grater with the cuttlefish when i last used one. Came out as a fine powder.

 

[Guest]

Just crush it down hun and then put it in an air tight container.It will last for ages.The same as the calcium suppliments at about a 10th of the price

 

[welshgaz]

i can never be arsed crushing it though

 

[Robbie]

Was the other powder Nutrabal? (Forgive me if I spelt it wrong).

 

[Guest]

Nutrobal is a mixture of calcium and vitamins so should not be used as much as pure calcium.It should be used 2-3 times a week.

 

[Johelian]

Maybe it was T-Rex Bone Aid? I used that for ages, it seems to stick really well to the crickets and they cant clean it off (apparently something to do with the way its prepared...). Im using Calypso at the moment and havent noticed any difference - sorry

 

[K.J.Geckos]

my leos aint very keen on nutrabol at all.they turn their nose up at it.i have to trick them into eating it by giving them a waxie then a meal worm dusted in the stuff. :lol:

 

[rich25]

i use LEOPARD GECKO DUST from t-rex and thay are ok with it but just started BONE AID microstick from t-rex so have to see how that one go's.

 

[wozza_t]

Just be carefull with cuttlefish as the ch ratio is very high phosperous! it is cheeper to bythe human calcium powder from health shops.