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lele
at Fri Apr 22 10:12:24 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by lele ]
Well, he did give her a shot of calcium on the 9th but not sure if it was with the intent to get it high enough for this treatment. But, as you said, maybe it is a good thing. I will take her out for sun later (if it warms up) and let her walk around for a bit to see how she is doing.
I had read the chamjournals article (d3/calcium) but sort of breezed over the calcitonin reference b/c it seemed to be discussed re: Calcitonin has its greatest effect upon young, rapidly growing animals. so I did not think it applied.
I had also read the AdCham article several times, but not lately since I attributed her MBD to the egg development and followed the course of treatment my vet and I had begun with her last year (NCg and injection if needed) I suppose I should have revisited some of this due to her being older and having laid 3 clutches. She is my first and I am sorry that it has been at her expense but I have learned a lot! I think the most baffling is that I had been "doing everything right" - gutload, dust schedule, feeder variety, light, temps, etc. It has also been difficult to find info on unbred females of her age. The available info typically relates to young animals or bred females. Of course, the general process of egg development in females is much the same, but it was her showing signs for so long in advance that has made it hard to determine what is going on; I will go on the assumption that she does this fluid retention long before she is actually close to laying.
I will put on my "Luna" calendar this date re: seeing follicles to the actual lay date which might be helpful in future determination. I think my next research will be on trying to lessen her clutch frequency. You and I had emailed a bit and if you find any other info on doing this feel free to email me directly. I think in particular, I would be looking at lowering temps and day length in the winter months to try and slow her down.
Again, thank you so much for the info!
lele
btw, she ate two crickets this morning 
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0.1 Veiled - Luna
1.0 Beardie - For now his name is Beardie Boy 
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Líta
1.0 African Clawed Frog - Skipper
0.3 Mad. Hissers (2 died ;(
0.1 Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula (no name yet)
0.1 Goliath Bird-Eater Tarantula - Natasha
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as always, you are wealth of info! (more) - lele, Fri Apr 22 10:12:24 2005