Any reptile can get MBD. And you are right UVB bulbs are useless for nocturnal animals. UVB bulbs help reptiles make vitamin D3, which in turn properly utilizes calcium. However D3 is provided in most reptile multivitamins. In the wild they get calcium from their food source. As far as my feeding schedule goes, every body gets Mineral-All daily and Herptivite or Gecko Performance Plus on the weekends. Spirulina and bee pollen is also mixed into their fruit when given. Breeding females get a dish of calcium (bone meal, not what you use for dusting), so they can freely take from it if they “feel” the need too.

-Mike

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• back legs don't work - randi, Mon May 19 21:21:47 2003
• RE: back legs don't work - mikecoscia, Tue May 20 07:53:33 2003
• RE: back legs don't work - girliegirl, Tue May 20 10:16:07 2003
• RE: back legs don't work - mikecoscia, Tue May 20 16:39:21 2003
• RE: back legs don't work - girliegirl, Wed May 21 11:09:55 2003
• Just an FYI...I heard from Randi, it's not MBD... - SpidermanMom, Wed May 21 12:46:31 2003
• I would get it checked again..... - mikecoscia, Wed May 21 17:36:06 2003
• To be sure... - randi, Wed May 21 19:03:14 2003
• Initially... - azteclizard, Wed May 21 19:22:56 2003
• okay good.... - mikecoscia, Thu May 22 15:44:11 2003