Recent content by ianedward1

So as an update to this. I stopped putting calcium on my Leopard's food (Turnip Greens, Mustard Greens, and Collard Greens, along with ZooMed Grassland Pellets). Well I started seeing something occur that I had never seen before. His cuttlebones began to move. He previously never sought out or...

I have 6 egg crates in the tote, glued side by side and standing. I will be using a cat feeder dish with the two seperate sides, one with dry food and the other with fruits & veggies. Also, there will be water crystals placed in a dish. I made sure to buy large nymphs to decrease the wait time...

That would be appreciated :). I really am just worried about my heating pad not getting hot enough and I'm not sure as to how many can live together peacefully in a 30 gallon container

I hope that once those 150 nymphs mature that I will have at least 60 females total. 60 females * 20 newborns per month = 1200 new mouthfuls for my lizard >:}

It would be cool if we had a tagging system like facebook so Tom would know we were waiting for him to jump in lol

So who here as experience with them? I am about to get 150 large nymphs, 15 adult females, and 5 adult males. I am trying to have a breeding colony for my Bearded Dragon. The setup is a 33 gallon Sterilite container and a 10-20g Zilla UTH. Does this sound like a proper setup to those that know...

I have had both at some point. The gecko was a temporary rescue and I got my beardie from a breeder a few weeks ago. From my experience, beards are much more interactive and curious than leopard geckos. My beardie loves to constantly watch what is happening outside his cage and gets extremely...

From what I can see in the pics it looks like a Florida Redbelly (Pseudemys nelsoni), possibly male due to the dull coloration

Honestly, this thread seems to have slightly deviated form Calcium to D3. Yes, those two are closely related. My entire point though was, if we give a naturally high calcium diet, is there any need for extra supplementation (D3 or not)? I'm not talking about making our torts grow faster, I am...

^ I agree. There were never any D3 blood measurements made which would be a very necessary piece of data with them giving D3 toxicity as a possible cause of death. That would be a very condemning piece of missing info for me if I was asked to review this paper for publication. They also state...

I believe that for the juvenilles he feeds about 5 times a week and uses collards, spring mix, turnip greens, and sometimes mazuri. I know that he only feeds his adults at most 2 times a week and lets them graze outside on their own.

@Tom Certain plants are more well known to take up calcium than others (such as the greens we often use a staples). True, these numbers can vary due to the environment they are grown in, but truly can we accept more than what we are given unless we have a lab of our own :/. The best we can do is...

Just a small tid bit, remember to choose multivitamins that use Beta-Carotene instead of Vitamin A to help avoid toxic levels being built up

It would be so much better if pyramiding could be reversed and we didn't have to worry about all the health problems attached with such studies :/. I know that the smoothest Sulcata that I have ever seen (also owned by my professor) was a actually a rescue from a very humid environment. It was...

Wild tortoises though aren't necessarily the healthiest, though they show that they have found what they need to survive in the are that they live. I provide dry grasses for my Leopard to eat, just like he would encounter in eastern Africa areas. No they are not the same species, and not grown...