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A quick online search suggests that a chicken heart contains 0.7 mg calcium and 10.6 mg phosphorus. If you convert grams to ions, this gives a calcium to phosphorus ratio of about 0.05 : 1, which is very, very low, so calcium supplementation is definitely required.

How much calcium is the next question. If you are feeding 2 chicken hearts, he is getting 21 mg of phosphorus and should get twice that in calcium, which is 42 mg on 2 chicken hearts. I don't know how much 1/2 mL of that supplement weighs in grams or I could help you figure out how much might be required, but without that conversion I can't be of more help.

There's nothing really wrong with the supplement you are using, but my preference is to not use all-in-one calcium/multivitamin supplements because there is no flexibility. You can't offer more (or less) calcium without offering more (or less) of everything else. I prefer to use separate supplements, one is plain calcium carbonate and one is a multivitamin.

It's ok to not use insects (but it is good that you are aware that they should always be dusted).

<blockquote data-quote="dpjm" data-source="post: 158240" data-attributes="member: 549">A quick online search suggests that a chicken heart contains 0.7 mg calcium and 10.6 mg phosphorus.&nbsp; If you convert grams to ions, this gives a calcium to phosphorus ratio of about 0.05 : 1, which is very, very low, so calcium supplementation is definitely required.How much calcium is the next question. If you are feeding 2 chicken hearts, he is getting 21 mg of phosphorus and should get twice that in calcium, which is 42 mg on 2 chicken hearts.&nbsp; I don't know how much 1/2 mL of that supplement weighs in grams or I could help you figure out how much might be required, but without that conversion I can't be of more help.There's nothing really wrong with the supplement you are using, but my preference is to not use all-in-one calcium/multivitamin supplements because there is no flexibility.&nbsp; You can't offer more (or less) calcium without offering more (or less) of everything else.&nbsp; I prefer to use separate supplements, one is plain calcium carbonate and one is a multivitamin.It's ok to not use insects (but it is good that you are aware that they should always be dusted).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dpjm, post: 158240, member: 549"] A quick online search suggests that a chicken heart contains 0.7 mg calcium and 10.6 mg phosphorus. If you convert grams to ions, this gives a calcium to phosphorus ratio of about 0.05 : 1, which is very, very low, so calcium supplementation is definitely required. How much calcium is the next question. If you are feeding 2 chicken hearts, he is getting 21 mg of phosphorus and should get twice that in calcium, which is 42 mg on 2 chicken hearts. I don't know how much 1/2 mL of that supplement weighs in grams or I could help you figure out how much might be required, but without that conversion I can't be of more help. There's nothing really wrong with the supplement you are using, but my preference is to not use all-in-one calcium/multivitamin supplements because there is no flexibility. You can't offer more (or less) calcium without offering more (or less) of everything else. I prefer to use separate supplements, one is plain calcium carbonate and one is a multivitamin. It's ok to not use insects (but it is good that you are aware that they should always be dusted). [/QUOTE]

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