Corwin's Keeper
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Hello All,
I have a ~6 month old Leopard Gecko and have been using Marurice's Gutload recipe for the crickets I feed her (recipe below for reference). This paried with dusting 2x per week (Reptivite with D3) I began to notice armpit bubbles. Has anyone else had this experience as well?
I have heard armpit bubbles can be due to over-supplementation so I did the following:
3 weeks ago: 1 cricket dusted 2x that week
2 weeks ago: 0 dusting - armpit bubble present
1 week ago: 0 dusting - armpit bubble present
this week: 0 dusting (and I have not gutloaded) as of this morning, I did not see the armpit bubble.
I fear that she may experience under-supplementation. I guess to get to the point the question is: Does anyone with a Leopard Gecko that is using Maurice's cricket gutload recipe ALSO dust with Reptivite with D3? If so, do you notice any armpit bubbles?
"For the crickets and mealworms, feed them this diet prior to using them as feeders
24 pbw whole wheat flour (not self rising)
8 pbw calcium carbonate with vitamin D3 (I like the ZooMed ReptiCalcium)
4 pbw brewer's yeast (Not baker's yeast. Nutritional yeast will do the trick!)
3 pbw soy flour (if you can find the defatted kind great)
1 pbw paprika (this is to provide beta carotene)"
I have a ~6 month old Leopard Gecko and have been using Marurice's Gutload recipe for the crickets I feed her (recipe below for reference). This paried with dusting 2x per week (Reptivite with D3) I began to notice armpit bubbles. Has anyone else had this experience as well?
I have heard armpit bubbles can be due to over-supplementation so I did the following:
3 weeks ago: 1 cricket dusted 2x that week
2 weeks ago: 0 dusting - armpit bubble present
1 week ago: 0 dusting - armpit bubble present
this week: 0 dusting (and I have not gutloaded) as of this morning, I did not see the armpit bubble.
I fear that she may experience under-supplementation. I guess to get to the point the question is: Does anyone with a Leopard Gecko that is using Maurice's cricket gutload recipe ALSO dust with Reptivite with D3? If so, do you notice any armpit bubbles?
"For the crickets and mealworms, feed them this diet prior to using them as feeders
24 pbw whole wheat flour (not self rising)
8 pbw calcium carbonate with vitamin D3 (I like the ZooMed ReptiCalcium)
4 pbw brewer's yeast (Not baker's yeast. Nutritional yeast will do the trick!)
3 pbw soy flour (if you can find the defatted kind great)
1 pbw paprika (this is to provide beta carotene)"