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I have been told that even the sweet paprika can have bad long term effects on darts and instead I should use super pig or naturose. Only problem is I don't know where to buy naturose or even know what super pig is. Anyone know where I can purchase these items for my byh.
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Old 12-21-2011, 09:21 PM
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Default Re: Super pig or other color enhancers?

Super Pig (short for pigment) has naturose in it and is a great color enhancer. Allen Repashy makes it, but you can get it from Josh's Frogs.

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Default Re: Super pig or other color enhancers?

SuperPig is made by Repashy so you can get it from the same places you get your Repashy Calcium Plus.
Naturose will probably have to be found with a google search. I saw quite a few sources with a quick google search about a month ago.
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I have been told that even the sweet paprika can have bad long term effects on darts and instead I should use super pig or naturose. Only problem is I don't know where to buy naturose or even know what super pig is. Anyone know where I can purchase these items for my byh.
I'm not sure why someone told you that sweet paprika can have bad long-term effects as I can't see any reason for it nor is there anything that supports that premise.....

The reason you want to use a more complete carotenoid profile is because paprika doesn't contain a wide variety of the carotenoids that are beneficial to the frogs.
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Just be careful not to be overzealous with Superpig, it even warns on the label that it shouldn't exceed 6% of the Dry Matter Basis (DMB) of an animal's diet. I am a fan of using Superpig as a color enhancer, but you just have to be careful not to go overboard.
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i have seen with the Cal + from Allen significant color enchantments on frogs in the past 8 months! just my observation, no need for super pig in my vit collection.
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i have seen with the Cal + from Allen significant color enchantments on frogs in the past 8 months! just my observation, no need for super pig in my vit collection.
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i have seen with the Cal + from Allen significant color enchantments on frogs in the past 8 months! just my observation, no need for super pig in my vit collection.
Calcium Plus contains a small amount of SuperPig, which is probably why you have seen improvements in color in your frogs. It really does make quite a difference.
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I don't use Superpig anymore just Cal+. The color still looks good and for some reason Superpig didn't stick good to my flies anyway.
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