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lele
at Wed Jan 11 17:16:58 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by lele ]
Thanks for listing everything. it make it SO much easier to rule things out and/or see a problem. For the most part everything seems OK but a few things stand out
first, you are over supplementing. CA should only be given about once a week to an adult. I know that CA without phosphorus is recommended (Rep-Cal CA/Vit D3 Phos - free) b/c too high P can interfere with Ca absorption. Does the supplement contain vit D3? This is necessary for CA to metabolize properly, unless he spends time getting real sun.
This brings me to your lighting: is that the ReptiSun Compact Fluorescent UVB lamp? I don't know anythng about their coil lamp, does it give UVB? Also, do you replace it about evry 6 months?
You might want to vary your gutloading as well as fruits & veggies that your cham eats. If he is getting excess phosphorus it may be binding the calcium so he cannot absorb it properly and calcium problems often result in tongue problems. Bananas are very high in P. There is a great nutrtional chart here: www.beautifuldragons.503xtreme.com/Nutrition.html that gives the Ca:P ratio on lots of foods. and www.adcham.com has both dry and wet gutload recipes.
Luna had tongue issues a couple times and I believe it was nutritional (she had frequent Ca imbalance).
So try cutting back on Ca and get one w/o the P to see if this helps. I am sure others will chime in and may have others ideas as well.
lele
oh, here's an article all about Calcium supplements
Calcium
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RE: Tounge Problems - lele, Wed Jan 11 17:16:58 2006