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Old 02-05-2012, 04:26 PM
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Couple things to recap and put into perspective-

This girl came out of the situation-calcium crash, and has turned around to be a healthy and very productive animal.

-providing feeder crickets too much carrots in their diets may cause calcium binding in you geckos
-calcium /D3/UVB should be in moderate levels - BALANCE is key
-calcium demands on breeding female Uroplatus and U.phantasticus in particular are very high; dosing with liquid calcium in conjunction with mild d3/ UVB as needed works wonders (after laying and in between clutches)
- females should be separated from males after dropping 3 to 5 clutches (IMO) per season (depending on the condition of your female); by the 3rd clutch females usually need special attention as to avoid a calcium crash
-OVERLY LARGE/BULGING calcium sacs on female geckos are not a good indicator of BIO AVAILABLE/USEABLE calcium reserves and in my opinion are not healthy

These are some things I have learned along the way.

Good luck!
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Old 04-12-2012, 05:38 PM
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Thank you so much Scott. It appears I am presently dealing with this issue right now. This thread has certainly answered a few questions for me.
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