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calcium

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Question
Pam,My stanley is 4 months old ,8 inches and 24 grams.he is getting a salad 3 times a day with a few meal worms on top once a day I spray it with vitamin supplement with betccaotcne,Note I make it fresh every time,I throw out most of it.my crickets I feed flukers high-calcium diet& carrots,and flukers Quencher calcium forified.I also dust the crickets with Reptocal with calcium and vitamins d3, 2 times per week.and he gets 15 to 20 crickets a day.Am I over doing it with calcuium??Stanley for now until he is 14 inches,is in a 20 gal long  rep tank,With a basking lamp and a zoo med day light with UVB 60 watt at one end of tank.Temp is 100 to 105,cool end is 75 to 82.Fresh water every day.I mist his head 2 times a day,So he drinks.Stanley is my first Bearded Dragon How am I doing???? I have your care letter also.Any help or hints??Thank you Lora and Stanley

Answer
I personally stay clear of Fluker products as the dead loss is high with the crickets using their stuff.  You can dust the first dozen crickets and feed the rest natural.  And give him all the crickets he wants to eat in ten minutes twice a day.  He should be a cricket hoover at his age.  Temps are right, but what are you calling a UVB source at 60 watts?  Hopefully, its a mercury vapor bulb, and not one of those deadly coils or compact types.