Well out goes the cuttlefish bone, then. My supplementation regimen is as follows: Herptivite: once per week Rep-cal (w/ vit. D): Every day
I heard these are good vitamins/calcium for geckos so I started using them. I used to use Herp Care cricket dust last year but switched. I also put a little Rep-cal in with the cuttlebone. I actually didn't start using the cuttlebone until about a month ago. I would like to try the calcium from Herp Nutrition but I'm in Canada so I wonder if there is another choice for me. The cost to ship isn't prohibitive by any means but I think it is easier to use a Canadian supplier. If it is just pharmaceutical grade calcium carbonate I might ask our purchasing manager if he can get it for me (I work in a pharmaceutical company). My gecko has a bird/reptile vet but the vet is young and I don't know if knows all that much about spider geckos. Thanks for all your help (and the quick reply!) Mike > From: Julie Bergman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2003/06/24 Tue PM 02:28:38 EDT > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [gecko]Single egg clutches - A. persica > > Mike, > > I see one thing you can correct - that is cuttlebone Ca supplementation. > Cuttlebone is derived from ocean sources of Ca, which are high in a > toxic chemical (blanking on which one, help gexers!) found in ocean fish > and other sea life. You can get a pure pharmaceutical grade Ca from > http://www.herpnutrition.com . I put this in small dishes for my female > geckos in addition to their regular supplements. What is your > supplementation regimen? This is something you can definitely adjust, a > problem with oviducts and reproductive system you will need a > non-domestic vet's help if that is the problem. There are a million > vitamin supplements on the market, most are not appropriate for geckos. > > Julie Bergman > http://www.geckoranch.com > GGA lifetime member > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >After posting this question in my Bibrons gecko post I got to thinking about it and > >I thought I'd focus on it. > > > >I have had my spider gecko female for a year and a half. She was a juvenile when I > >got her (born the end of 2001). Last year she produced 2 egg clutches until the end > >of the season when they dropped to one egg. I didn't think much of it but this > >season she began with single egg clutches. There have been three so far (I > >accidently destroyed 2 of them as I mentioned before). For the first and second > >clutches this year, she produced a viable egg followed by an infertile egg a week > >or so later. > > > >Does anyone have any idea of why this is so? I am a tiny bit worried she might have > >some kind of problem in her oviducts or something. She has a lot of extra calcium > >by way of powdered cuttlefish bone so I don't think it's that. I might try the vet > >at some time but I don't see how he would check for that. > > > >Thanks for any input. > > > >Mike 1 _______________________________________________ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi gecko mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko
