Sherman eats his calcium suppliment like candy

[old4x4]

Is this OK? He won't touch his cuttlebone, but will eat any spilled suppliment like it was candy. Can I just give him a little pile instead of going thru the trouble of dusting his food every day? I'll just grind up the cuttlebone and give that to him in a dish.

BTW, Sherman is a 7 month old marginated.

 

[Jacqui]

As long as he is eating it, it doesn't matter if he has to gnaw it off the cuttlebone himself or just eats it once you have done the honors. I would still leave a piece of cuttlebone in there, in case he decides to do some gnawing which I think helps to wear the beak a bit. Especially since he a youngster, be sure he is actually eating it, not just walking in it.