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Calcium?

chicsox3035 Feb 11, 2007 09:07 PM

I got a baby leopard gecko today and was wondering if I should put a bowl of calcium in there for it? Thanks

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begunwithaletter Feb 12, 2007 12:52 PM

You should always have a little milkbottle-size cup/cap full of PURE calcium (no D3!) available for your leo. The babies will eat it if they feel they need/want it, but you should still be dusting all their feeders.

A good dusting schedule for juveniles is 5 days pure calcium, one day cal D3, 1 day vitamins. Adults (14 months) you can back off to dusting calcium every other feeding (at the very least) and vitamins/cal D3 once every 10-14 days. Still leave the calcium dish in their tank though, especially for breeding females.

The reason why I stressed the PURE calcium is that too much D3 in their supplements can actually inhibit the absorption of calcium, so they run the risk of developing MBD just like leos that aren't being supplemented with ANY calcium.

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