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I have a vieled female just under a year old. She has begun to act strange. It seems she is having trouble walking under her own power. Her front legs are shaking under her own weight. I feed her crix mostly with wax worms mixed in once or twice a week. I just started to supplement her with liquid calcuim via her water. I was using rep-cal 1x every other week in addition to gutloading the crix a high calcium diet. I am about to change her lights out for winter and I was wondering if there were any recommandations besides the reptisun 5.0 I have a combo light and usally use one bulb in the winter as a night light, so that leaves one incandecent and one flourcent open for suggestions. Thanks in advance for the advice.

This does sound like MBD. Your supplementation schedule isn't too bad, but maybe use the RepCal once a week instead. Liquid calcium is tricky and easy to overdose...did a vet give you a dosage? How often do you change out your ReptSuns? Every 6 months at a minimum. If she is an active egg layer maybe she needs calcium more often, time outdoors in "true" sunlight as often as you can. Check your gutload recipe too...it may not be all that great if it is a commercial one. To compare a really good gutload, go to http://www.adcham.com and read the recipe for the James/Lopez gutload.