another dish of calcium a necessity?

[sauroid]

my mealworm dish has more than enough repcal calcium with Vit D3. do i need another dish with either plain calcium or calcium/vit d3? i think having another dish of calcium supplement in a leo enclosure is quite an overkill. i want your opinions, thanks.

 

[sauroid]

hmmm... i guess nobody has an opinion...

 

[kooteepee]

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Its better u leave a cap of pure calcium powder in the enclosure all the time, your leo will lick it as n when he/she feels needs it. As for calcium with D3, different people have their own opinion. As for me i'll say sprinkling it on the feeders once a week is sufficient enough

 

[Kristi23]

I was keeping a cup of calcium in there, but they all kept spilling it. Now I just keep an extra amount in the mealworm bowl. They can still lick the calcium in there.

 

[Gecko Ranch]

The thinking on this has changed based on metabolic issues coming up in leopards due to oversupplementation, so no, do not leave a dish out. Geckos do not regulate themselves with this stuff. Use a good quality supplement, I can think of two, the all-in-one supplement Calcium Plus by Allen Repashy, what I use and recommend, or RepCal with D3 mixed with 50/50 Herptivite, also used and tested by me for many years.

 

[sauroid]

thanks for all the replies.