My new Leo
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Elizabeth Freer
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Hi Rattlegecko114 ~
Have you some powdered calcium with vitamin D3 to lightly dust your leopard gecko's bugs and worms? Leos need calcium with vitamin D3 to prevent MBD (a weak bone disease).
If you do not have some yet, many of us recommend Zoo Med's Repti Calcium with D3 and Zoo Med's plain (no D3) Reptivite multivitamins. We can suggest a good dusting schedule.
Have you some powdered calcium with vitamin D3 to lightly dust your leopard gecko's bugs and worms? Leos need calcium with vitamin D3 to prevent MBD (a weak bone disease).
If you do not have some yet, many of us recommend Zoo Med's Repti Calcium with D3 and Zoo Med's plain (no D3) Reptivite multivitamins. We can suggest a good dusting schedule.
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Rattlegecko114
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Where can you get calcium powder
Rattlegecko114
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Also do you know if she is a certain morph
Elizabeth Freer
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Elizabeth Freer
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You can get calcium powder and vitamins at pet stores and online.
Please get these brands. There are special reasons why some of us recommend these:
Zoo Med's Repti Calcium with D3 and
Zoo Med's plain (no D3) Reptivite multivitamins
Let us suggest a good dusting schedule for your new leo.
Rattlegecko114
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My leo just shed and she had mistaken the paper towel in her moist hide and bit it and ate a little will it hurt her in any way even though you have to look closely to tell if any is gone.
Elizabeth Freer
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She'll probably just pass that paper towel right through. Make sure she has plenty of fresh drinking water.
What temperatures have you for her warm end and her cool end?
Some leos do eat paper towels; some leos eat sphagnum moss. I use sphagnum moss for my leo's moist hide; kholtme uses Eco Earth coco fiber in his leo's moist hide.
I pack the moss down firmly. Here goes:
PS: In case you wonder why I asked about temperatures, temperatures are connected to digestion. It is quite important for your leo to have proper temperatures (90ish F on the warm end ground, 72ish F on the cool end ground) in order to pass any paper towels and to digest her food.
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lbanta
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A few months back I noticed that a piece of paper towel was gone from my moist hide at the time of a shed. Vastra must have eaten it when she was consuming her shed skin. I watched her closely for several days.She wasn't hungry and didn't eat for those days but she often does this after a shed. Finally she had a poo that had definite paper content. She was fine after she passed it. So I would just watch close. And she will probably pass it just fine.
Rattlegecko114
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Recently on the last 2 sheds she has had she either didn't eat her shed or didn't eat it all like she had no interest in it and she hasn't ate the last 2 days after her last shed
Elizabeth Freer
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What temperatures have you for her warm end ground and her cool end ground?
Have you bought the Zoo Med products?
Rattlegecko114
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Still she has not ate not her mealworms or the skin that she had shed should I be worried because nothing is different iit has been same as always oh I just noticed that there was some newer poop on some poop
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Elizabeth Freer
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/\ Did you see that post about temperatures and supplements?
Temperatures are the bottom line to proper leo husbandry. Please let us know the warm end ground and the cool end ground temperatures.
If the temperatures are insufficient, your leo won't eat and/or can't digest her prey. BIG problem. :razz:
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Rattlegecko114
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The warm end is about 70 to 80 so the cool end is about 60 to 70 and on one of the days before the shed my heating heating pad went out and I had to rush and get a light
Elizabeth Freer
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Your leo will not eat until her temperatures are much warmer! You also need a more precise way to measure temperature.
Are you getting a new heating pad (UTH)? I suggest one 1/2 the size of bottom of the cage. Keep it on 24/7.
The temperatures you post right here are too cold! The warm end ground temperature under the warm dry hide should range between 88-92ish *F. The cool end should drop down to about 70 F.
Without proper heat your leo will get sick.
How are you fixing this?
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Rattlegecko114
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Oh ok i didn't know it needed much higher I will go get a new light soon but one more question how come she still ate while the temp was so low and this didn't start until she shed oh and I have a thermometer on the warm side and I think I'm gonna stay with using lights because if i have a heating pad and it goes out i wont know
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Rattlegecko114
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Now that I have got a new light the temps and 80 on the warm side
Elizabeth Freer
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Is the 80*F the warm side ground or air temperature? Warm end ground temperature should be 88-92*F!
Please reread this thread and think about following the suggestions we have given. There are many experienced leopard gecko keepers on GU, but we can't come to your house and fix things for your leo.
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