Some of you are very naive to think that I go around putting reptile feces in my mouth.



I certainly do not... I was joking around. Trying to add some light humor. Im very cautious and sanitize my hands, both before and after handling the dragons, and their enclosures.





I'm very aware of the health risks. I'm working on my masters degree and I'm an X military officer actually.







If you want to band wagon jump on me and bash me for trying to be humorous and lighthearted then so be it. I am a very affable person and I can take the immature criticism.





The fact is...



There is a great deal of miss-information out there about the proper supplementation of calcium. I may possibly be using too much and I will cut back on it some. Glad this became an issue and brought out in the open.



I have read and heard from a number of reputable breeders that you cannot possibly use too much calcium. From doing a little reading it says... that the calcium does not get excreted with the uric acid.



Too much calcium can lead to hypercalcemia which in turn can damage the kidneys and cause renal failure. This would make sense. Im going to be contacting my vet on this concern and briefly discuss it with her.



It says specifically that excess calcium does not come out in the uric acid it is stored in the kidneys.





Im cutting back on mine though, thanks for collective criticism.





Hopefully we can all refrain from making remarks that are degrading and hurtful to one another. I wasnt intentionally trying to do that. I was being playful... If you read any of my posts I am always very cordial and Im certainly no fool. If so I have pulled the wool of many Professors eyes at the University I attended.



So evidently I have the entire school system fooled. Im a white-collar worker, and well read.



I dont critique others and give extraneous information on things I know may be incorrect or a little off the mark. Some of you guys are like hound dogs on here and seemingly scour the posts just waiting to correct someone. This to me is annoying quite frankly. You just seem to be so outwardly seraphic about correcting someone. Like your this all knowing end all be all on the topic of bearded dragons. That to me is a highly annoying and overly critical. Maybe you can refrain just a bit from acting so pretentious/pompous and be more cordial about the information you dispense to others.



That's all I'm asking for. I will freely admit when I'm wrong and have no problem in doing so.





Thanks guys





Oh yeah... here is a picture of the excess calcium in my reptile dish. It doesnt stick to the roaches very well. Most of it falls off of them. But I do dust liberally! At least I did. Growing and learning, so this is a good thing. There are always growth pains.







I have even talked to some breeders who don't use the uvb/uva and just use lots of calcium. So there is a great deal of misinformation out there you'd be very surprised. Even by some of the top name breeders.



I also took a picture of a fresh dragon dropping from one of my dragons. It looks like more than just crystalized uric acid in the white matter. But like I said, I will raise these concerns with my vet.











I was joking around with the Mr. Exacto comment, that's why I went into detail about why I said it, and joked with you.



Im very lighthearted and jovial.



You take me much to seriously.

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