Cuttlefishbone

[AlphaAlpha]

Hey all ....... I've just bought loads of broken cuttlefish bone to throw in Alphas enclosure as its extremely high in calcium and I thought Alpha could lick and maybe nibble it....... Has anyone else heard or tried this??

I know you can do this for bird and turtles etc...... plus its an extra decoration i suppose.

 

[Walter1]

Never heard of it for lizards, but why not?

Worth crushing some in the water bowl?

 

[AlphaAlpha]

I mean he always looks healthy and I'm not actually worried about his calcium intake ...... but I just thought it might be a little bit of entertainment to scratch, lick and nibble it off.

I hadn't thought of putting a bit in his water but good idea and if all else fails and it starts looking minging (bad) I'll just grind it all off myself into a powder.

 

[Walter1]

I mean he always looks healthy and I'm not actually worried about his calcium intake ...... but I just thought it might be a little bit of entertainment to scratch, lick and nibble it off.

I hadn't thought of putting a bit in his water but good idea and if all else fails and it starts looking minging (bad) I'll just grind it all off myself into a powder.

I'd reckon he'd toss it around some because it's new, then forget it unless he actually likes the taste.

 

[AlphaAlpha]

I know my parakeet used to love grinding them up ( cause it was bloody annoying).
Plus we had a similar kind of thing for our horses but in brick form and they loved them.

so we'll see but they won't go to waste anyway.

 

[Godzilla Earth]

Thats a really neat trick. my mom likes sea food so that could work really well

 

[Debita]

Hey all ....... I've just bought loads of broken cuttlefish bone to throw in Alphas enclosure as its extremely high in calcium and I thought Alpha could lick and maybe nibble it....... Has anyone else heard or tried this??

I know you can do this for bird and turtles etc...... plus its an extra decoration i suppose.

Is this a dried product? Send a pic if you get a chance....you guys got me thinking like crazy today after reading about hanging mice and chicken thighs etc. Wouldn't you worry about the brittle-ness of the bone, as opposed to the pliancy of the bones that they usually eat?

 

[AlphaAlpha]

Yes its the inner shell of a cuttlefish (Squid like creature) usually 4 X 2 inch oval, hard on 1 side and brittle calcium on the other.

When i suspended the chicken thigh i attached it by the bone securely so Alpha had to tear the meat off.... A full grown chicken thigh would defs be too big for alpha to handle.

 

[Debita]

Sorry - I meant wouldn't you worry about the brittle-ness of the "cuttlefish bone" being sharp or dangerous to ingest? Or are you not worried about that...

 

[AlphaAlpha]

No I personally think it will be fine.... I did wonder about it being too sharp but then thought an egg shell is probably just as tuff and sharp if it catches correct and I don't think he'll just snap chunks off.

I also have no worries about ingestion problems cause If I remember right its about 90% calcium

 

[Godzilla Earth]

yeah, that's most likely to happen

 

[Debita]

Thx - let me know how it goes! I was giving Skully some crushed up eggshell in a raw egg early on before he had his impaction probs, but stopped when he got sick. I really don't know if it caused any issue though. I actually think now that it had more to do with feeding 2 adult mice in a single feeding. I don't do that anymore either.

 

[AlphaAlpha]

Yes ...I'll let you know if he shows any interest in it.

But I've also seen today on eBay people selling it ground up and listed as reptile and bird calcium.

 

[Debita]

Great. I'll look that up.