Zilla Food Calcium Supplement Spray (8 oz)

Zilla Food Calcium Supplement Spray for Reptiles & Amphibians

Overview & Vivarium Benefits

Deliver essential, rapid-absorbing calcium support to your cold-blooded companions with an effortless, clump-free liquid mist. At Rachel's Reptile Resource, our mission is built on elevating captive care through science-backed husbandry because reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates are cherished family members who depend on us for complete, balanced nutrition. In captive vivariums, calcium deficiency remains one of the most common yet preventable health threats, frequently leading to lethargy, tremors, soft shells, and debilitating metabolic bone disease (MBD). Traditional powdered supplements often flake off live insects, sink to the bottom of salad bowls, or create a chalky texture that picky eaters reject. Zilla Food Calcium Supplement Spray solves this challenge with a triple-action liquid calcium complex that bonds cleanly to food surfaces within 15 seconds. Whether misted over feeder insects, chopped greens, dry pellets, or whole prey, this water-based formula provides smooth, highly bioavailable skeletal support to fuel healthy growth and vitality at every life stage.

Key Features

• Triple-Action Bioavailable Calcium: Formulated with calcium gluconate, calcium carbonate, and calcium chloride to ensure fast, efficient uptake through the gastrointestinal tract.
• 15-Second Rapid-Drying Action: Mists evenly over wet, dry, or live foods and sets in just 15 seconds, preventing running, dripping, or messy residue in feeding dishes.
• Clump-Free Powder Alternative: Replaces chalky dusting powders with an invisible, palatable liquid coating that will not obscure food coloration or trigger feeding refusal.
• Universal Dietary Adhesion: Bonds seamlessly to live feeder insects (crickets, roaches, worms), leafy greens, commercial pellets, and frozen-thawed whole prey (pinky mice).
• Direct Emergency Oral Dosing: Formulated to double as an emergency liquid intervention—allowing 3 drops to be administered directly into the mouth for rescue animals or pets with severe deficiencies under veterinary supervision.
• Supports Shell & Bone Hardening: Fortifies structural bone density in growing lizards and snakes while actively strengthening carapace and plastron development in turtles and tortoises.
• Gentle Water-Based Suspension: Thickened with food-grade xanthan gum for a smooth, gentle coating that is easy on sensitive reptilian and amphibian digestive systems.

Husbandry/Care Specs

• Routine Food Application: Shake the bottle thoroughly before each use. Generously mist live feeder insects, fresh vegetables, dry pellets, or thawed whole prey. Allow the spray to dry for a minimum of 15 seconds before offering the meal to your animal.
• Direct Oral Administration: For severe calcium deficiency, acute recovery, or soft-shell emergencies, carefully administer 3 drops directly into the pet's mouth. Consult your herpetological veterinarian to establish a comprehensive treatment and monitoring plan.
• UVB Lighting Requirement: Dietary calcium works in tandem with Vitamin D3; ensure your habitat is equipped with appropriate species-specific linear UVB lighting (or balanced dietary D3) to allow proper calcium synthesis and gut absorption.
• Application Frequency: Mist food once daily for growing juveniles, gravid females, and convalescing pets. For healthy adults on established maintenance diets, adjust frequency to 2–3 times per week or follow your veterinarian’s guidance.
• Ingredients: Water, Calcium Gluconate, Calcium Carbonate, Calcium Chloride, Potassium Sorbate (preservative), Sodium Benzoate (preservative), Xanthan Gum (thickener).
• Storage & Handling: Keep the spray nozzle clean and store tightly sealed in a cool, dry location away from direct sunlight and extreme temperatures to prevent contamination.

Compatibility/Enclosure Synergy

• Best Suited For: Lizards (Bearded Dragons, Leopard Geckos, Chameleons, Monitors, Geckos), Tortoises, Aquatic Turtles, Box Turtles, Amphibians (Pacman Frogs, Tree Frogs, Toads, Newts, Salamanders), and Colubrid/Carnivorous Snakes requiring whole-prey calcium fortification.
• Chelonian Shell Support: An indispensable care asset for juvenile turtles and tortoises, actively helping prevent and reverse soft-shell conditions, shell pyramiding, and calcium depletion.
• Amphibian-Safe Nutrition: The clean, water-based liquid suspension is gentle on delicate amphibian physiology, providing vital mineral support for terrestrial and arboreal frogs without abrasive additives.
• Multi-Diet Versatility: Equally effective on moving live prey, moist salad greens, or floating turtle sticks—ensuring picky eaters receive full nutritional value without supplement waste at the bottom of the enclosure.
• Keeper Confidence: Replaces messy powders with a fast, reliable 15-second misting step that ensures your scaly family members receive consistent skeletal protection with every meal.