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    Thamnophis inspectus Zephyr's Avatar
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    Crushed egg shells

    I've been using reptocal for a while now and remembered that for lizards you can use crushed egg shell for nutrients and calcium. If you were to grind and pulverize it finely, could you use it instead of any other calcium supplement?

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    Re: Crushed egg shells

    I often use powdered egg shell, but usually cuttlefish.
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    Re: Crushed egg shells

    My only worry would be the strange chemicals they might spray on the eggs, or the hormone/antibiotic residue from factory farmed chickens. Unless you have your own chickens, then I'd think it'd be safe.... but don't quote me, I'm guessing.
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    Thamnophis inspectus Zephyr's Avatar
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    Re: Crushed egg shells

    Cuttle fish the same stuff in those chunks given to birds, correct?

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    Re: Crushed egg shells

    Quote Originally Posted by Zephyr View Post
    Cuttle fish the same stuff in those chunks given to birds, correct?

    That's the stuff. I just powder it through a kitchen grater.
    James.

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    Re: Crushed egg shells

    I use 'Calcimise' in the water as a trace amount (like the vitamins I use a lower than normal amount to provide a regular mini-boost in their water)
    Keeping - 'Florida blue' sirtalis, concinnus, infernalis, parietalis, radix, marcianus and ocellatus.

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    Re: Crushed egg shells

    I only use "Korvimin" as supplement and look for some variations in diet.
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