Bearded Dragon Vitamin help

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SandyMuffinCakes94

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I got my beardie today at petco in alaska, the only vitamins available are Reptivite without d3 , the dude i met owned beardies and tarantulas and seemed very helpful, i just wanted to check how many times do i feed them a week or day with this stuff since it has some vitamin A in it and on bearded dragon.org they stated i have to be careful because you can give reptiles vitamin a poisoning.. Thanks in advanced to those who take the time to read all this.

Also i have a Repti Glo 5.0 UVA 30% and UVB 5%
and a Night Glo Moonlight lamp

or the one im using now is a day cycle 20 watt provides 2.2% to 2.4 UVB and provides UVA in the 315-400 nanometers. That are on cycle timers with the heat lamps.



Here are the listed ingredients in the container

Dicalcium phosphate, Precipitated Calcium carbonate, Maltodextrins, Salt, Potassium chloride, Choline Bitartrate, Manganese Sulfate, Ascorbic Acid, L-Arginine, L-Lysine Monohydrochloride, a-Tocopherol Acetate, L-Valine, L-Isoleucine, L-Threonine, L-Glutamine, L-Alanine, L-Glutamic acid, Calcium pantothenate, L-Phenylalanine, Dried Kelp, L-Tyrosine, Lecithin, Ferrous fumerate, L-Cystine, L-Histidine, Glycine, DL-Methionin, L-serine, L-Aspartic Acid, Niacin, Copper Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Vitamin A Acetate, Riboflavin, Thiamine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement.


ALSO does anyone know if jungle vine is okay for them while younger?
 
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i would say once every three feedings but i use a dust that is specificly for bearded dragons and would recomend looking for some. its called T Rex Bearded Dragon Calcium Plus by Repashy Super Foods it says to use it every feeding. it smells kinda like chocolate milk mix hahaha
 
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t-lover said:
i would say once every three feedings but i use a dust that is specificly for bearded dragons and would recomend looking for some. its called T Rex Bearded Dragon Calcium Plus by Repashy Super Foods it says to use it every feeding. it smells kinda like chocolate milk mix hahaha
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YUM CHOCO MILK POWDAR ..well its going to be fine if i cant find that kind you reccomended? and babies gotta be fed up to 3 times a day? so i only dust it once a day? or once ever 3 days. Sorry just trying to get this down so i can make up a feeding schedual for it. thanks! And even though there is Calcium in there i need a sole bottle of calcium powder? they wont OD or anything
 
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it will be fine if you cant get anything else. first thing how big is it, i assume its very small seeing as that you got it from petco. feed it about 10-15crickets daily that are no bigger then the space between its eyes dust them daily if it is a baby and less often if its older and offer greens daily like collard greens and mustard greens here is a very helpful link to show what to give a beardie and how often it even says how much to suplement http://www.beautifuldragons.503xtreme.com/Nutrition.html it tells a lot about the questions you asked. and no you dont need a seperate bottle of calcium, the one will be fine. feed it once a day. i am not an expert on keeping beardies but i do have one now and i have been feeding him daily with crickets,mealworms,dubia roachs, collard greens, mustard green. i am going to start feeding him with silkworms. do more research on your own to find out what works best for you.
 
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t-lover said:
it will be fine if you cant get anything else. first thing how big is it, i assume its very small seeing as that you got it from petco. feed it about 10-15crickets daily that are no bigger then the space between its eyes dust them daily if it is a baby and less often if its older and offer greens daily like collard greens and mustard greens here is a very helpful link to show what to give a beardie and how often it even says how much to suplement http://www.beautifuldragons.503xtreme.com/Nutrition.html it tells a lot about the questions you asked. and no you dont need a seperate bottle of calcium, the one will be fine. feed it once a day. i am not an expert on keeping beardies but i do have one now and i have been feeding him daily with crickets,mealworms,dubia roachs, collard greens, mustard green. i am going to start feeding him with silkworms. do more research on your own to find out what works best for you.
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10 - 15 crickets per day is no where near enough for a hatchling - juvenile bearded dragon. At that age (under 1 year) they should be given as much as the can eat in a 15 - 20 minute period 2 - 3 times a day. A young beardie can eat 20 - 100 crickets daily with no problem.
 
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first off, the UVB you have isn't good enough. Beardies require very high UVB output, you should try to find a repti sun 8.0 or 10.0. Cheapest place to get them is online at reptilesupply.com and remember that they need replacing every 6 months and never use the compact uvb lights. This is something you should never cut corners on, beardies are very prone to metabolic bone disease.

I would also order the vitamin and calcium you need from the same place, lots of people like rep cal.
http://www.reptilesupply.com/product.php?products_id=31
http://www.reptilesupply.com/product.php?products_id=29
I wouldn't recommend the rapashy bearded dragon supplement, its caused fatal dehydration in some younger dragons.
As far as the supplement schedule goes, its calcium 5 days a week and vitamins 2 days a week for babies, at a year of age you can cut the calcium down to 3 times a week.

The vine should be ok, just make sure none of the coating comes loose, you wouldn't want baby to eat any.
I'm going to PM you some more info.
 
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