Too much calcium?

[PlaynAngel]

Is there such a thing. I gave rocky a couple drops of Fluckers liquid calcium in almond butter. Acting a little tired moving and eating ok Just a lil tired. Gave him some fresh corn just in case. Did I over do the calcium? Gosh I wish these lil guys came with instructions! Help please

[island rehabber]

Is there such a thing. I gave rocky a couple drops of Fluckers liquid calcium in almond butter. Acting a little tired moving and eating ok Just a lil tired. Gave him some fresh corn just in case. Did I over do the calcium? Gosh I wish these lil guys came with instructions! Help please

One dose of calcium, even if too large, will not cause a squirrel to become hypercalcemic. I'm sure he's ok...you might want to think about coating almonds in Calcium Citrate from henryspets.com rather than using the Fluckers. Or, you could start him on Henry's Helathy Blocks.

A sign of too much calcium is very white poops, by the way.

[PlaynAngel]

One dose of calcium, even if too large, will not cause a squirrel to become hypercalcemic. I'm sure he's ok...you might want to think about coating almonds in Calcium Citrate from henryspets.com rather than using the Fluckers. Or, you could start him on Henry's Helathy Blocks.

A sign of too much calcium is very white poops, by the way.


Thank u so much. He seems ok. Been checking on him a lot. His poops are orange but I think that is cause of all the pumpkin he is eating. He does get Henry’s but he has boycotted them. He tears them apart and eats buts of them. Thank u for the response. I will look at the Henry’s site for additional info

[LR]

Just so you don't get confused if you go to the Henry's site for calcium. What they carry is calcium carbonate not calcium citrate. Both will work to supply supply extra calcium.

Also, remember that if you choose to feed nuts to give extra calcium like IR mentioned. Block (even HHB'S) have a balanced calcium ratio that covers just that amount of block. It does not add extra calcium to cover feeding things like nuts,corn and seeds...you could still end up with a squirrel that has MBD if you dont...

[LR]

Just to clarify my last post post - HHB's are ment to provide calcium to cover a squirrel being fed from their nutrition chart.

[island rehabber]

Just so you don't get confused if you go to the Henry's site for calcium. What they carry is calcium carbonate not calcium citrate...


:hidechair :hidechair Thanks, Lynn :tilt It's not like the little bag that contains my Calcium Carbonate from Henry's isn't two feet from my head right now or anything...:D