Calcium/vitamin etc. HELP!?

[huntertreat14]

so im pretty much just starting out with a malnourished gecko that a friend gave me. Im working on getting him up to what he should be and im not sure where to start with the vitamins and calcium and stuff. What should i get? how should i use it? Do i dust the mealworms? basically everything in this area is new to me as i grew up raising snakes. any advice would help. Thank you.

 

[doublet74]

so im pretty much just starting out with a malnourished gecko that a friend gave me. Im working on getting him up to what he should be and im not sure where to start with the vitamins and calcium and stuff. What should i get? how should i use it? Do i dust the mealworms? basically everything in this area is new to me as i grew up raising snakes. any advice would help. Thank you.

Ok here it is : Put CALCIUM (no D3) in the cage at all times. Dust food 5 times a week with CALCIUM with D3. Twice a week dust food with a multivitamin. OR you could eliminate the D3 and the multivitamin and dust every feeding with an all in one like REPASHY Calcium Plus. BUT EVEN IF YOU USE THE ALL IN ONE STILL LEAVE CALCIUM WITHOUT D3 IN THE CAGE AT ALL TIMES.

 

[LeoparddGeckoss]

Dust the insects once a week with calcium with D3 and a multivitamin. Have a dish of calcium without D3 in the enclosure at all times.

 

[huntertreat14]

At the moment I have calcium with D3 in the cage with him, will that be ok for a few days until I'm able to get more money to get the calcium without it? I'm using reptocal, and he really needs all he can get at the moment.

 

[LeoparddGeckoss]

Yes, it will be fine for a few days.

 

[huntertreat14]

Ok then iv done all I can for little Alucard, now its just a matter of time. I will be keeping you all updated on probably a weekly basis with pictures of his size, I'm really hoping to see a good wait gain and growth spurt. Wish him(and I) some luck.

 

[Russellm0704]

Make it simple. By repashy calcium plus. Has eveything you need at a safe level. Use with every feeding

 

[LeoMerlin]

I've heard the green Rep-Cal Calcium is good too. That's what I just got for my two females. Merlin and Abby. A friend of mine also just recently got a malnourished gecko that he rescued, and has been steadily getting him back up to where he needs to be. It's so good to see him in a good home. When we got him, he was almost skin and bones, but not extreme. He's gaining weight though. The previous owner said he was a finicky eater, but the first night we had him, he ate some wax worms as treats, and ran after the crickets like nuts.

 

[Crewdog00]

Feed your new pet super worms, crickets, and mealworms.

 

[roger]

so im pretty much just starting out with a malnourished gecko that a friend gave me. Im working on getting him up to what he should be and im not sure where to start with the vitamins and calcium and stuff. What should i get? how should i use it? Do i dust the mealworms? basically everything in this area is new to me as i grew up raising snakes. any advice would help. Thank you.

All you need is the all in one supplement calcium plus.It has everything your leo needs.I would put in a dish of calcium D3 until they gain some weight then I would just do the all in one calcium plus.It has the vitamins,d3 and the calcium all in one powder

 

[Crewdog00]

I read on here that you can't keep D3 in the dish or feed your gecko more than twice a week with D3 because they can "overdose" on D3.

True or False?