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Hello
Does anyone add extra calcium in a shallow dish?

If so do you use ground up cuttlebone or gecko calcium (what type)?

I use crickets dusted with calcium but much of it comes off and gets on the hide areas,etc and prefer to simply give my geckos calcium in a bowl but not familiar with brands or if this is as good as dusted crickets.

Thank you

What I do is put the quantity of crickets that you are going to feed out at one time and put them in a plastic bag or the one they came in, then I put some powered calcium in the bag (Rep-Cal) calcium, close the bag and shake it up and then put the crickets in with my geckos. Cuddle fish bone will not do good at all for the cricket shaking, you need that powdered calcium mentioned above, because it is such a fine powder.

I also keep a small dish with extra calcium in it for them to lick as they need more and they love it. For this, I do use cuttle fish bone all crushed up. What I do is to take a pocket knife and I shave it of onto a plate and then use my fingers and smash it a little more on the plate so as not to get any chunks, and it works fine and they really like it.

Take Care

"I also keep a small dish with extra calcium in it for them to lick as they need more and they love it. For this, I do use cuttle fish bone all crushed up. What I do is to take a pocket knife and I shave it of onto a plate and then use my fingers and smash it a little more on the plate so as not to get any chunks, and it works fine and they really like it. "

Thank you very much , this is the info I was looking for and going to do the same thing.

Thanks again

Bianca

One more tidbit for you..

Geckos love waxworms. They are fattening so should not be a staple, but OK to feed them sometimes. The grooves on waxworms hold calcium powder really well. I literally pour the powder over a waxworm, and our LG goes for it like a crackhead shooting crack.

Thank you very much. I am going to see if I can find waxworms. South Florida has limited feeders other than crickets and mealworms but going to look for them.

Thanks