I have a 5 week old eastern box turtle and I know I need to start adding calcium powder to her diet. What kind do you use? Do I get it with vitamin d added or not? Anything I should avoid?
I use Zoo Med Repti Calcium without D3 2-3 times a week and Reptivite without D3 once a week. You only need a very light dusting to get the desired dosage. As JoesMum pointed out, vitamin D can be produced by exposure to UVB from a bulb or also from a few minutes of exposure to real unfiltered sunlight a few minutes each week. Calcium can also be supplied via high calcium foods like soldier fly larvae (Reptiworms) or hornworms.
Is there any particular cuttlebone brand that's preferred by your box turtles (I realize how silly that sounds, but I offered my box turtle cuttlebone and he looked at me like "What am I supposed to do with this?" and then promptly ignored it.