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Do Tokays Store Calcium?????

Dakman Sep 16, 2003 02:14 PM

Does anybody know if Tokay females store calcium any place like especially at the back of their head/beginning of their neck area on each side??
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My posts and replies are my experiences only
1.2.6 Tokays
1.4.6 Leos(9 albino)
0.2.0 AFT's
0.2.0 Stenodactylus Petrii(Dune Geckos)

Replies (2)

ingo Sep 17, 2003 01:48 AM

Yes,

well suplemented females do develop visible calcium sacs which grwo with age and can become as big as for any Phelsuma.
I have Pics of such females -next time I scan colour slides, I will include these and show you.

Ci@o

Ingo

Dakman Sep 17, 2003 08:01 AM

Thank you very much. Both of my females are very healthy and have developed these sacs on each side of their head. they seem to swell and get smaller. Calcium storage was what I suspected seeing the male has not got them and both females have been producing eggs since early this year.
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My posts and replies are my experiences only
1.2.6 Tokays
1.4.6 Leos(9 albino)
0.2.0 AFT's
0.2.0 Stenodactylus Petrii(Dune Geckos)

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