... her calcium sacks in her mouth are huge & full of calcium).



What are calcium packs? Interesting, I know nothing about crested gex except that they are very neat looking. Are these sacks the equivalent of a fat pad on a dragon or chameleon?



I had a female cham who had seriously fluctuating calcium due to constant (infertile) egg development. She would just suck it from her bones, even with the additional liquid Ca (under guidance of vet) she still dev3loped MBD. At one point she had excess Ca and that was when I learned of the Calcitonin. I think he only had to do it once to get her back on track. She died at just over 2 years indirectly (directly?) due to these problems



Do you know why your gecko could no longer metabolize the Ca? I know they are nocturnal - what are their UVB requirements? have you looked into the vitamin D3 connection? Here;s a link with great articles. It's on chams, but many of the health, nutrition, supplementing can be applied to all/most herps.



Hope your crestie is ok!!



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