[Moosenart]

I have repashy superfoods Calcium PLUS. (Vitamin and calcium supplement). Has D3 in it.

I will dust with this 2x or 3x a week.

What supplement should be in the tank??


Sorry about all the posts, i like to know what to do! i am also "dialing in" my thermostat.

[Mardy]

If you use repashy calcium plus 2-3x a week, you don't need to have anything else inside the tank.

[Moosenart]

Originally Posted by Mardy

If you use repashy calcium plus 2-3x a week, you don't need to have anything else inside the tank.

Really? Thanks! thats great!

[Yoshi'smom]

Most people recommend that you also leave a capful of pure calcium in the tanks at all times. I do this as well as dusting 2x a week with calcium with D3 in it.

[Harley_Davidson]

OK I know I am pretty new to all this and everything, but based on everything I have read I am gonna have to disagree. I have read that you should leave a dish of plain calcium in their tank so they can lick some up if they need to. Apparently they just know when they need it. It may not be often and you may never see them do it but they should have it in there.

I give mine dusted 2 - 3X a week but I have still seen my crew eat a bit of the regular calcium.

[Mardy]

I should clarify my previous post, typed that in a hurry.

If you have a growing juvenile or a female breeder, or a rehabilitating gecko recovering from MBD, I would leave a bottle cap of pure calcium without D3 inside the tank. This is because growing geckos (under 1 year old) require additional calcium, same with a gravid female or recovering geckos.

But if you have an adult gecko, or a female that you are not breeding, you don't need additional calcium inside the tank. Repashy calcium plus is an all-in-one supplement that gives your geckos more than enough supplement needs. There's such thing as hypervitaminosis (vitamin poisoning, google it up) that too much supplement can be harmful. Geckos are very small, loading them up with too much of anything can be bad.

All in all, if you are a responsible owner, you gutload your feeders and dust 2-3x a week with multi-vitamin supplements, your geckos should not be lacking calcium or vitamins. Problems usually occur to owners that are not well educated, many of them don't gutload feeders, many don't bother dusting at all.

[Harley_Davidson]

Hmmm that could explain the one (Althaea) especially then. She did suffer from MBD when the previous owner had her so I have to really watch her. I definitely gut load my crickets and kingworms and I dust 2 - 3 X a week. But I still have noticed Althaea in the calcium.

[Moosenart]

Thanks! i WILL have Ca w/o D3 in the females tank the owner has them in the same tank and i i do get babies i want her to be safe.

i will also add a laybox...
Thanks for all the help!

Is the flukers gut loading cubes any good?

[Yoshi'smom]

I actually just started using the cricket quencher and I love it!! It's really easy to use and I'll probably continue using it.

[Elizabeth Freer]

Moosenart ~

This is what I am currently using to feed the crickets and the dubia:

Feed crickets/roaches food that provides no more than 20% protein and no more than 5% crude fat. Some choices are:
Chicken Laying Mash (from feed store): The label reads 16-18% minimum protein and 3% minimum fat.
***Dry oatmeal -- Am rethinking this recommendation due to the phosphorus content......
Alfalfa hay -- for the 3 wo and older crix
Collard greens -- especially recommended for high calcium-to-low phosphorous ratio & high lutein
Carrots -- natural source of beta carotene
Whole grain TOTAL -- General Mills dry cereal
Winter squash

For moisture I just lay a white paper towel atop the egg crates and spray than about every other day depending upon room temperatures.

To check out almost any ingredient, thanks to Maurice Pudlo, click here: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/