Hi Jason,
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> In a message dated 5/7/01 5:23:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>
> << I went into an explanation of
> calcium tetany - shakes from hypocalcemia. Very common with these females and
> with P. pictus females.
> >>
> Hi-
> Yes, after I replied to the original post I saw that you had already replied.
> But my question is, totally apart from this particular viper gecko- isn't
> there a condition caused by too much calcium? Hypercalcemic?
Possibly, but I don't think that is what this T. fasciata is experiencing. Do you
recall the population explosion of these geckos a few years ago? The last couple
years I have hardly seen them at reptile shows. Females were overbred and died
prematurely. They went hypocalcemic and died before most folks knew what was going
on. The earlier post with the paralysis is typical of hypocalcemia in later
stages.
My tip for folks breeding these geckos is to cool them in the winter, otherwise
the females will just lay themselves out.
Julie Bergman
http://www.geckoranch.com
> I also believe
> the symptoms are the same. Is there such a thing? (Realize too that I could
> be totally wrong, its just that I remember reading an article way back
> when......)
> Any help sortin this out would be appreciated.
> Jason
>
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