Mack Snow male and Calcium pockets problem

[supperl]

Okay I have a male Mack Snow born 01/06 which has developed big calcium pockets.
I haven´t had any Leo before that has pockets and I dunno if hey are realy big or so or if I have to worry about it but when I got him he didn´t had them.
I had over a month calcium for him in his cage(as much as he wanted he could eat) dunno if he eat it at least.

Well I took the calcium out and since than he hadn´t got any calcium but they are still their...
I took a few pics:

Can this be from anything else than Calcium?

 

[GoGo]

Uh wouldnt the pockets normally be where the leg and body connect, not lower than it?

 

[GroovyGeckos.com]

That is perfectly normal, alot of geckos have them. Is it an adult? They normally do not need calcium as often when they get older y`know. Those pockets can be used for storage of other things besides calcium as well.

Non-breeding adult females, and adult males do not need calcium as much as growing young, or breeding females. It can be given to them more like once a week, instead of every day, like you would use for the mothers or babies.

 

[supperl]

So you think it will go away? I stopped giving him Calcium 2 weeks ago or so.

 

[GroovyGeckos.com]

It is possible it will go away, but some geckos seem to keep them, no matter what. I would not stop giving him calcium, maybe just only dust his food once a week, and do not give him constant access to it for awhile.

How often are you feeding him? It could be just fat, or excess of something else, like protein.

 

[supperl]

I use to feed him something between every to every second day. Depends on him.

 

[GroovyGeckos.com]

Could be a little too much food. I have males that eat only twice a week. They really do not need too much more than that (I know some people feed more often), or they can become obese.

I know we all like to spoil our "kids", but think about it, in the wild they might eat very minimal amounts, as they can find it. They would never receive such a feast, as a full dish of mealworms out there.

 

[supperl]

okay than i will test to feed him only 2-3 times a week. THX

 

[paulnj]

I am by far not an expert in this area, but fully agree with Dan.

You can also view this thread for some very imformative info.
http://www.geckoforums.net/showthread.php?t=4914&highlight=calcium+deposits