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Too much Calcium? (Leos)

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i have 3 female leopard geckos in a tank. One is gravid. How often should i dust the food with calcium so that she gets enough but the others don't get too much? Then how many times a week should i use the reptile vitamins?
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if you are using calcium without d3 i would keep a dish of it in the enclosure at all times and dust a couple of times a week with it as for the herptivite or vitamins.... depending on how you gutliad your feeders and with what i would suppliment them once a week or once every two weeks... leos can not overdose on calcium but if the calcium contains d3 or vit A sometimes too much of those vitamins and may run across some problems (especially with hatchlings).... keep the calcium in at all times and its okay for all your leos... i would probably do the vits once a week because of the gravid female but once every two weeks is fine as well... make sure to gutload your feeders too
 
i gutload and breed mealworms so thats not a problem. the reply that should really help, it sounds very smart, thanks a lot
 
there is talk in the Leo forum

DO NOT USE the D3 dust all the tme at most 1 - 2 times a month on breeders you will end up with deformed or infertile eggs use straight calcium in the cage at all times
 
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