Please read my last 2 messages: #12 & #13 --right side message numbers.
Ok I got all your messages, oh and I saw the edits too.
Tommorow I’m going to petsmart to get some repti calcium with d3, and I’m gonna have to order the reptivite and repti calcium without d3 because I don’t think pet smart carries it, so I’ll do that tomorrow as well, I also just ordered the things I need for his new enclosure so I’m excited, it’s gonna be bioactive and I’ll have jungle dawn led for the plants and Arcadia uvb light connected to a timer for 10 hrs a day and I also will put a Arcadia deep heat projector connected to a dimming thermostat right next to his uvb.
What temperature should I set the deep heat projector at? It’s getting around 68 - 70 degrees at night currently.
Once his mbd recovers and his stick returns should I ever reintroduce crested gecko diet? I’ll make another post on here once he gets stick back so we can discuss this actually, right now I’ll focus on his current condition.
Also I want to apologize for what I said when I posted this post, I started feeding him more insects and his stick has improved a bit, and then my vet said I still need to give Pangea, and some other people on a different forum did, so then I made another conclusion that I should just go back to my old ways and do Pangea daily/every other day and bugs once a week, ive been told he won’t starve he will eat it, I’m trying to navigate through everyone saying the importance of Pangea but also knowing my gecko won’t eat it, i came on here for help yet I disregarded the information because I got scared that I shouldn’t be feeding him insects that often, all the research I’ve done says feed crested gecko diet always, and If they won’t eat it then feed only that until your gecko gets so hungry that it eats the diet.. which thinking about it more just seems wrong especially since he is recovering, my vet also confused me saying I need to dust his bugs with calcium with d3 3 times a week, then I slowly forgot about the advice you gave me and got all confused about so just tried to go back to the basics ive always known, I figured since he’s sticking better and I’ll give him uvb soon and he’s getting liquid calcium that things will resolve but at the end of the day he needs a balanced reliable diet and he’s just isnt getting that from crested gecko diet! I figured since the diet plan you gave me was for his stick and that he started sticking a lot better this week that it would be fine but now I don’t even understand what I was thinking. The fact I came back on here, the forum you give me advice on, with an entirely different meal plan then you gave me is beyond me I was out of it I apologize, Ive been very information overloaded this week and then was told by someone to just go back to the basics which gave me a sense of calmness and more level headed ness and less confusion so then I decided I’ll do that but nope not anymore I’m taking your advice, I did what you told me to do the past week but I still did offer Pangea because my vet said to and I was dusting the bugs with repashy calcium plus because I still had yet to order the supplements you told me, I’ve made lots of mistakes and prioritized the wrong things but I’m back on track!
Thank you so much for helping me and being strict on the fact he needs the bugs 3 times a week I also feel so much better knowing your gecko ate that way for a long time and is obviously very healthy, 17 years that’s amazing!
Anyways ~
The plan is for the next month or so he will get (reason being month or so because in about that time frame he should be in his new enclosure and hopefully basking under the uvb!)
Gutloaded bugs and worms monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Monday - lightly dusted with calcium with d3
Wednesday - lightly dusted with calcium without d3
Friday - lightly dusted with reptivite calcium without d3.
All products I plan on using will be zoomed.
Then once I finish making his new enclosure and it finishes cycling and I see him reliably using his uvb.
Mondays ~ Zoo Med's Reptivite multivitamins withOUT D3 @ 1 feeding per week
Wednesdays & Fridays ~ Zoo Med's Repti Calcium withOUT D3 @ 2 feedings per week (Can use Amazon's NOW plain calcium instead. Plain calcium never expires.)
Then @ 1-2 feedings per month use Zoo Med's Repti Calcium with D3 as a backup D3 dose instead of plain calcium @ 1 of 2 feedings for those 2 weeks.
I will be writing this all down in a notebook to retain the information and meal plans and strictly follow -
