If food is dusted w/ calcium daily, why would baby leos still suffer from MBD? First I had one hatchling suffer from it, but make a full recovery. Now my other one has it. All mealworms are dusted with calcium/d3 so why would this happen?
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MBD question
z10silver
Sep 05, 2004 10:31 PM
Replies (4)
pacman101
Sep 05, 2004 10:43 PM
Apparently they aren't getting enough of it.Either by a uvb light or try and up the amount you use.
z10silver
Sep 05, 2004 10:50 PM
I thought that leopard geckos do not require any form of light?
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SableLynx
Sep 05, 2004 11:47 PM
You could try dampening the mealworms to make more calcium stick to them, also do you have a shallow dish of calcium in the cage for them to lick? Most will lick it right out of a dish if it is available. I also keep the bottom of my mealworm bowl covered so they get some from that when they eat the mealies, since it does not stick to the mealies to well. My male will not eat when people are around and I don't leave crix in when no one is around so I take those precautions to make sure he gets enough calcium.
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Snarks
Sep 06, 2004 01:05 AM
The dust alone may not be enough for fast growing babies, what's more important is gutloading your feeders
Lots of leafy greens, bak choi, brocolli, squash etc are high in calcium. There are websites that show the nutrient value of certain veggies which will be directly passed to your animals.
Sometimes if the mother is deficient in calcium then the babies will be more suceptible to MBD.
UV will help however they will not usually bask in it because they are nocturnal which defeats the purpose of daytime UV bulbs.
Hope it helps, perhaps change the diet of your mealies, gut load them like crazy and like previously mentioned leave a dish of powder in their cages at all times
good luck
