Repashy Calcium Plus

Repashy Calcium Plus is the supplement that simplified reptile keeping: an all-in-one insect dusting powder combining calcium, vitamin D3, and added vitamins, trace minerals and carotenoids in a single product. Traditional supplementation means rotating between separate calcium and multivitamin powders on different schedules - a system with plenty of room for error. Calcium Plus replaces the rotation entirely: one powder, used at every insect feeding.

What Makes It Different

The formula supplies vitamin A alongside carotenoids, as HyD and LoD do. The calcium, D3 and vitamin levels are set for use at every insect feeding, as the label directs, which removes the scheduling guesswork of a separate multivitamin.

How to Use

Place feeder insects in a bag or container with a small amount of Calcium Plus and shake gently to coat. Feed immediately - dusted insects groom the powder off quickly. Use at every insect feeding.

Whose Insects Need Dusting?

Practically every insectivorous reptile and amphibian in UK collections: leopard geckos, bearded dragons, chameleons, day geckos, dart frogs, White's tree frogs, salamanders and more. Dart frog keepers - a community that overlaps heavily with springtail and isopod keeping, since both are dart frog staple foods - dust their fruit flies with Calcium Plus as standard practice. If you culture your own feeders, whether fruit flies, feeder cockroaches, or micro-inverts, dusting is the final step before they go in the enclosure.

Dusting vs Gut-Loading

These solve different problems and work best together. Gut-loading with Bug Burger fills your feeders with nutrition from the inside over 24-48 hours; dusting with Calcium Plus coats the outside immediately before feeding. Serious keepers do both.

A Note for Invertebrate Keepers

Calcium Plus is formulated for vertebrates via dusted insects - it's not an isopod or millipede supplement. For direct calcium provision to invertebrates, cuttlebone and Malawi limestone remain the right tools.

HyD and LoD Variants

Calcium Plus comes in three vitamin D strengths, and on the label vitamins A and E rise and fall with it. The standard version is the general-purpose one. Repashy makes HyD (double the vitamin D) for species with high vitamin D requirements that receive little UVB, and LoD (two-fifths of it) for species with low requirements that receive moderate UVB. Vitamin D needs differ from species to species, so check the care advice for your own animal before you choose.

Ideal for: every keeper feeding live insects to reptiles or amphibians; dart frog keepers dusting fruit flies; simplifying a multi-powder supplement rotation.