[TheRed]

Like the title says, is it possible for a mourning geckos calcium sacks to get too big? Both of my girls' are huge!
Thanks,
Eric

[kaikara]

Post a picture if you can.

[TheRed]

I'll try to get a pic tonight but I doubt I'll be able to. Is it possible for the sacs to get too big?

[Ingo]

In one word: Yes!

They can impair mobility of the geckos and if already hardened will hardly shrink again. So reduce calcium supplementation, but carefully watch the geckos. In the worst case, they can suffer from Ca deficiency even with prominent calcium sacs, once the calcium has precipitated and become less available to ther metabolism.

best

Ingo

[TheRed]

Thanks for the reply. I better take their calcium out for a bit then.

[MauricesExoticPets]

Lightly dusting is something hard to describe, and still it is a total must to understand. If you feed alot of fruitflies their small size vs. large numbers consumed per meal equals high calcium intake, dust, but dust with less calcium.

If the dust with less method fails you;

You can effectively cut the total calcium uptake by cutting Ca+D3 with plain Ca. I like 2 parts Ca to 1 part Ca+D3. You still need to reduce the total measure of calcium though.

Another method that works is to cut the above mixture with banana powder, adjust the number and/or size of the dusted insects or ratio of powders to maintain just a small calcium reserve.

Gutloading for calcium is the most effective method of providing calcium in my opinion, it reduces the potential for things of this nature from happening.

Dusting is pretty hard to get right for some critters. I mean no insult there, it's just a very hard skill to master when feeding such small critters. It's very easy to over do it.

Maurice Pudlo