[acpart]

My 2 female day geckos (P. klemmeri, P. laticauda) with huge calcium sacs. They are each about 5-6 years old. The P. klemmeri's sacs are so large that at rest, she usually ends up with her front foot on the sac instead of on the bamboo. They are fed baby food with Repashy calcium plus mixed in as well as crickets dusted with calcium plus. Should I cut back on the calcium, or is this just the way they develop?

Aliza

[terradas]

I don't think it's a detriment, but I think you could probably cut back without harm. As long as you are dusting their insects, you could probably keep the calcium out of the baby food. If you breed them and you notice the sacs getting smaller while they are laying you could add it right back in to make sure they stay healthy.

[acpart]

Thanks for the suggestion. They won't be breeding and though both laid some eggs when they were younger, they no longer do.

Aliza

[daggekko]

If your not breeding them then yes, cut back on the calcium. Are you using UV lighting? I've heard that UV lighting can help make the sacs smaller(not make them go away though)

[cricket4u]

Originally Posted by acpart

My 2 female day geckos (P. klemmeri, P. laticauda) with huge calcium sacs. They are each about 5-6 years old. The P. klemmeri's sacs are so large that at rest, she usually ends up with her front foot on the sac instead of on the bamboo. They are fed baby food with Repashy calcium plus mixed in as well as crickets dusted with calcium plus. Should I cut back on the calcium, or is this just the way they develop?

Aliza

Yes, I would cut back. They should be visible, but not obstructing. As dagekko mentioned, UVB should can help reduce them as well.

[acpart]

Thanks. I have actually been successfully maintaining the day geckos without UVB as per Leann and Greg Christenson in "Day Geckos in Captivity".

Aliza

[wildvet]

Hi Aliza.
Keeping Day Geckos without UVB light may be possible, but obviously not the healthies option. Give the UV-lighing, stop the Calcium altogether for the time being and observe what happens.

I had a P. robertmertensi female with large Calcium sacks. Took me three months (and she was reproducing regularly) to reduce the sacks back to normal. So I reckon in your case it'll take even longer.
If you don't reduce them, they may actually stay large as the skin around it get's thicker. That Calcium won't be available for the methabolism no more.

regards
Berit

[daggekko]

Thanks. I have actually been successfully maintaining the day geckos without UVB as per Leann and Greg Christenson in "Day Geckos in Captivity".

I have read and really liked that book as well. For the first year I did not use UV lighting with my geckos and still don't with the babies(until they are moved from their hatchling containers to the larger baby containers). After doing a lot of research and listening to what others were saying about this topic I decided to get started with UV lighting for my geckos. There are SO many benefits to using UV lighting that it only makes sense to use it.