I'm not being smart here either, but you stated in that post that the geckos knew they were taking in too much calcium and refused the entire food dusted with it...so that kind of defeats your argument itself.
~Maggot
:lol: I knew you would say that next after I took another look at what I wrote in that link. I realized I left out some info. I said, I'll just wait till she asks tomorrow.
The people whose gecko started refusing the dusted geckos, contacted me concerned about other symptoms. Delayed bowel movements and I'm sure this will ring a bell. The gecko sort of pacing in the poop corner, but does not have a bowel movement. Another complain was slight changes of behavior which most do not notice, such as laying in places out of the ordinary with their eyes closed and/or head slightly looking up(sign of discomfort). It was after these signs which I asked about calcium and they mentioned that the gecko was refusing insects dusted with plain calcium.
So therefore, they only recognized a problem due to discomfort. If they were capable of calculating quantity, they would have avoided the calcium to begin with.
Example: You eat an food item which is contaminated with salmonella. You will not notice and eat it. It isn't till you feel sick that you realized something was wrong with it. The problem with excess calcium is, it can do harm and not always cause the stomach discomfort which warns you.
