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Subject: Re: Calcium supplements (!)
Posted by Ariana on March 11, 1998 at 07:52:35:

In Reply to: Re: Calcium supplements (!) posted by Clara on March 11, 1998 at 02:51:30:

: Be careful, too much vitamins (especially fat-soluble) can be very harmful. Reptocal has Vitamin A (fat-soluble) in it, which in excess can cause liver damage. You don't need to give supplements everyday to prevent hind-leg paralysis. A small pinch once or twice a week at most. You can continue to give small amounts of glider booster, but instead of Reptocal you should use Rep-Cal. Rep-Cal contains ONLY calcium and vitamin D3 (necessary to process the calcium.) In order to get my gliders to eat it, I mix it with baby cereal, fruit juice, and honey. Sometimes I will add ohter things like pedialyte or wheat germ if its handy. They seem to like this mixture a lot. Other ways to provide additional calcium include nonfat yogurt, gut-loaded crickets and fuzzy mice. Please visit my page for more diet info.

: : Please help, advice is appreciated.
: : My little male glider, Pico....when I put his calcium supplements on his food he just doesn't eat the food. I usually sprinkle the Reptocal and Glider Booster on his food every night. And I have even tried it is nectar and water but that gave me the same results, he stayed away from it!
: : Any advice?? I don't want him to develope that hind leg parilisys he has allready become like a member of the family to me.!
: : Thanxs to everyone in advance.

Thanxs for the advice Clara!
I really didn't know that you weren't supposed to sprinkle the reptocal on their food every night. But the Glider Booster I am going to continue to sprinkle on his food every night, the breeder that I got him from does this for her gliders and she has happy and healthy gliders. I am in the process now of getting Rep-Cal/D-3 because I know that it is a better calcium supplement, and the D-3 allows the bones to absorb the calcium better but I have to order it, the pet store here doesn't carry it. But I will have it in a day or so. Anyway thank you for the advice, it was appreciated.

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