is it safe to use cuttlebone as pure calcuim...?

GrimmyX15 · 10-25-2009, 06:16 PM

Just wondering. I have of those you know budgies cuttlbone.

but they are pure calcuim right?

But can i use them to dust my feeders so they can be fed to leopard gecko?

GrimmyX15 · 10-26-2009, 06:12 PM

Anyone?

BGalloway · 10-26-2009, 06:24 PM

In the yellow box is the nutritional analysis of a cuttlebone.

http://www.birdchannel.com/bird-maga...-27-1237.aspx#

It is not a complete analysis so I'd suggest searching for "nutritional analysis cuttlebone" or something along those lines. The above website was the best I could come up with on short notice.

Pure · 11-03-2009, 12:43 AM

Cutle bones are often given to Sulcata torts for added calcium instead of calcium powder. I can't imagine it would be "wrong" to use them for geckos too. Just make sure you use a screw driver to pop the Calcium part of the cutle bone out from the backing.

For torts, this is easier than powder, because they will chew on the cutle bone at will, and dusting straw/grasses doesn't work so well. The trouble involved in grinding it up into a powder vs how cheap calcium powder is....Just buy the powder. It hardly seems like the few bucks you save is worth all the extra trouble.

10-25-2009, 06:16 PM	#1
GrimmyX15 " Deaf Runt Boy " Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 325 iTrader: (0)	is it safe to use cuttlebone as pure calcuim...? Just wondering. I have of those you know budgies cuttlbone. but they are pure calcuim right? But can i use them to dust my feeders so they can be fed to leopard gecko? __________________ "Without Beloved creatures would completely destroy us" 1.0.0 Cat 0.1.0 Leopard Gecko 1.0.0 Red slider Turtle 2.2.0 budgies

10-26-2009, 06:12 PM	#2
GrimmyX15 " Deaf Runt Boy " Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 325 iTrader: (0)	Anyone? __________________ "Without Beloved creatures would completely destroy us" 1.0.0 Cat 0.1.0 Leopard Gecko 1.0.0 Red slider Turtle 2.2.0 budgies

11-03-2009, 12:43 AM	#4
Pure chamofile Name: Shannen Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Jacksonville FL Age: 32 Posts: 29 iTrader: (1)	Cutle bones are often given to Sulcata torts for added calcium instead of calcium powder. I can't imagine it would be "wrong" to use them for geckos too. Just make sure you use a screw driver to pop the Calcium part of the cutle bone out from the backing. For torts, this is easier than powder, because they will chew on the cutle bone at will, and dusting straw/grasses doesn't work so well. The trouble involved in grinding it up into a powder vs how cheap calcium powder is....Just buy the powder. It hardly seems like the few bucks you save is worth all the extra trouble. __________________ 2.4 Leopard Geckos 1.0 Schneider Skink 1.1 Vorax Gecko 1.1 Anery KSB 3.1 Chameleons (Veiled/Panther/Melleri) 0.0.1 Savannah Monitor 1.0 Sulcata

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10-26-2009, 06:24 PM	#3
BGalloway Senior Member Name: Yvette Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Northeast USA Posts: 244 iTrader: (0)	In the yellow box is the nutritional analysis of a cuttlebone. http://www.birdchannel.com/bird-maga...-27-1237.aspx# It is not a complete analysis so I'd suggest searching for "nutritional analysis cuttlebone" or something along those lines. The above website was the best I could come up with on short notice.

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