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sukbountyhunter

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Hi, I recently bought a leopard gecko and I'm not sure really how old he is. (I asked but they just said a couple of months...) However, he is around 5 1/2 inches long which seems quite large for a couple of months :inquisitive: - judging from pictures I've seen. Anyhow, regarding his supplimentation I'm a bit confused. At the moment I am using Leopard Gecko Komodo Premium Insect Dusting Powder. It says on the bottle (in short) that it provides 100% of a leopard gecko's nutritional requirements along with insect feeding. It says to use this each time food is offered by dusting or leaving worms in the dish with this powder. But looking in other posts, care sheets and stuff they say to leave a small dish of calcium without D3 in the enclousure. Do I need to? Seeing as it says "it provides 100% of a leopard gecko's nutritional requirements along with insect feeding" I did'nt think so, but just to be on the safe side im checking with you guys :D.
 
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Yeah, different people do it different ways so it can get a little confusing. :) Is it like calcium, D3, and vitamins all in one? I looked it up and I don't think it's used very widely in the US, so I'm not sure? I use RepCal Calcium w/ D3 and dust at every feeding. I leave a small shallow dish of it in the tank just incase he feels he needs some but I haven't seen him really do anything but step in it so far lol. The reason they said calcium without D3 is because some reptiles can get sick from too much D3, but I've been told that D3 toxicity is more common in other reptiles than leopard geckos. I suppose it's kind of just what you feel is best for your leo. If anyone more experienced wants to elaborate I'm sure Matt would appreciate it lol :)
 
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sukbountyhunter

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Yeah its an all in one daily dusting powder. It does include D3 in it though. I was just wondering as I don't want him/her to not have enough or whatever. I noticed that it's not really used in the US so i suppose thats why there isn't much information about it. I have looked at the other threads saying what their routine is but in England alot of the brands aren't availible so I asked the place were I got it from and they said that would be enough. (This was a reptile specialist shop not a chain shop). I suppose if they wanted to get more money out of me they could have said I needed somthing more even if i didn't, so i assumed they were giving me the right advice. But I noticed that people have calcium on hand all the time. Maybe I'll get some calcium w/ D3 anyway but im not entirely sure as I don't want to over-supplement.:main_huh: All my feeders are gutloaded by the way :)
 
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Does it have phosphorus in it? I don't know exactly why phosphorus is bad for leos (maybe someone else can explain?), but just about everywhere I've read says to use calcium without added phosphorus. I think the reason D3 oversuppelmentation is rare (or rare so I've heard) is because leopard geckos are nocturnal and don't get D3 the natural way through UV light so their main source of D3 is through supplementation. I think the reason alot of people keep just straight calcium on hand is for egg laying females, whose calcium levels drop when they produce eggs so they want to boost their calcium without over doing it on the D3. If what you've got now is an all-in-one I would just use it as normal but keep an eye on the leo for the first few weeks to make sure s/he is doing well. After dusting every meal, you can still leave a small dish of plain calcium in the tank at all times and if the gecko feels it needs the extra calcium, it can smell it and will eat it straight. I hope I've been some kind of help but I'm still pretty new also. :)
 
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Oh yeah you want to leave a small cap od calcium in thier for your leo at all times with out the D3 in it now you should also have a multivitamin to dust his crickets like once a week and the calcium with D3 in it only once a month so you should have 3 diff kinds of vitamins for your leo so he can stay healthy and live a strong happy life. :)
 
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How many times a week do i give my 7month old gecko nutrobal and reptsol water drops??? i got him when he was 2months and have gave him it 2 times a week... is that right??
 
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loulovespat said:
How many times a week do i give my 7month old gecko nutrobal and reptsol water drops??? i got him when he was 2months and have gave him it 2 times a week... is that right??
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Sorry, I don't know what either of those things are, but if the reptsol is vitamin drops I read on www.leopardgecko.com that they shouldn't be added to the water. Do you know what's in the nutrobol? Is it like a calcium and/or vitamin dusting supplement?
 
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A good, cheap source of pure calcium is cuttlefish bone. Its the oblong white things you see in bird cages. Just take a bitter knife and scrape it into a container and dust as you would a store bought powder. No added vitamins or phosphorous. Great to keep in a gatorade bottle lid for an in tank source.
 
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I looked up this product your talking about. I found in a local big chain pet store a bottle called T-Rex Sandfire Super Food Leopard Gecko Dust ICB, which I think is similar to what you use. It appears to be made by Allen Repashy and is meant to act as an all-in-one dusting supplement. Its basically like the separated supplements we find here in the US, only all combined to take away guess work. Plus Allen Repashy seems to be pretty renowned & I'm willing to trust his products. I think I'll pick up a bottle & give it a shot.
 
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