Vitamin powder problem

So ever since the winter when my leopards stopped eating for a while - they've been picky and not wanting to eat the mealworms when they have any type of powder on them - picky little buggers - so my stupid self has stopped dusting them

The do like to lick out of the pure calcium dish though, so I was wondering. . .

Would it be ok if I mixed some (small amount) vitamin powder with the calcium and offered it every other day (not on the worms), and do the same with the D3 - but only 1X a week - the plain calcium would be offered on the other days.

Would that be alright? - I dont want my little guy(and girls) to get mal-nutritioned - not that the male has a problem - fat little guy, but one of the females seems to be a tad thin - she's getting better now that I'm hand feeding her

Any help is greatly appreciated,

~Charlotte

i have always heard of people keeping calcium and vitamins in the same dish year round. I know a lot of people who do it like that and they all have fat lil geckos. Hope this helps?

Hello,

Definitely no problems with leaving a dish of calcium & vitamins mixed up in there for him. They know what they need most of the time, so, they can instinctively go up & get what they need, even if they are not eating a meal at that moment. Then you don't have to worry so much about dusting the feeders.

Tracie

Oh good,

Thanks you guys - I just didn't want to O.D. them on the vitamin powder, that's a relief




Thank you for all your help

~Charlotte

Hello,

No problem. If he is eating it out of the dish, then, no need to dust the feeders. :-))

Tracie

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought mixing the Multivitamin powder with the Calcium powder will cancel out the effects of both? I forgot the chemistry behind it, but I recall reading that the mixture causes a significant weakening of the vitamins and calcium...?