Best type of calcium powder ?

Mark L

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What is the best type of calcium powder available for baby leopards ? Does anyone like the "Zoo Med Repti Calcium"
 

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If your tort is in the house for the winter then give it the one with " D " but I give my leopards egg shells that I dry out and put them through the coffee grinder . Been doing that for 13 years
 

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I've always used this brand for all of my reptiles. I think it cost a little more than some of the other brands but it's what my father (who has collected and bred reptiles his whole life) uses.
We use a different brand at the pet store I work at and I've noticed if gets kind of clumpy and mushy. I've never had that issue with this brand.
 

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If using a MVB or other uv producing light while indoors, it is not needed to feed a calcium with D3. Uv wavelengths, regardless of the source, be it natural sunshine or one of the uv producing lamps, is the active component in D3 manufactoring that enables the assimilation of calcium in the body. I use organic limestone flour for all my calcium needs. In the outdoor enclosures, it helps to correct soil imbalances to better growing grasses and weeds. Indoors, I just sprinkle a pinch on food stuff biweekly. It's inexpensive and doesn't contain questionable additives or unneeded products. Hope this helps.
 

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Thank you all for the replies. I love how supportive this forum is. You all great people. Thanks a million....
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Recently a member here recommended REPASHY brand additive. It's brown in color and generally gets eaten by my torts. The other white stuff I have to mix in with food. My tortoises live outdoors most of the time. I don't use much.
 

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Recently a member here recommended REPASHY brand additive. It's brown in color and generally gets eaten by my torts. The other white stuff I have to mix in with food. My tortoises live outdoors most of the time. I don't use much.
I've started feeding mine cuttlefish bones that were brought from the beach , they have finished off about 6 in the space of 3 weeks .
 

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