yet another addition to my ever growing reptile collection!

(10-02-2012, 12:36 PM)Fishbone Wrote: Sorry Manda, I was at work when I answered that, lol. Just did a little research before actually venturing my opinion. Calcium citrate contains roughly half the amount of available calcium by weight as calcium carbonate. And it is actually a salt, so I wouldn't compare measurements by volume, just by weight. i.e. 1 teaspoon of calcium citrate is not comparable to the equal amount ofcalcium carbonate, but 1 gram of each would be easier to compare accurately, 1 gram of calcium citrate has half the available calcium of 1 gram of calcium carbonate.)

That liquid calcium glubionate is the best stuff going. The recommended dosage is 0.1ml/cc pet 100 grams of body weight. So if the little guy its 20 grams, that would be .02ml, or 2 units on a feeding/dosage syringe, or a u100 insulin syringe.
Just my two cents, but I would do that once, then half that dose daily for a bit. And make sure he stays hydrated. There is definitely such a thingas too much calcium, and if that dies happen, and they can't flush it out, you can end up with calcification of the kidneys and other organs.

thank you so much! i did order that stuff today should be here in 3-4 days. in the meantime, ill be getting the zilla calcium spray tomorrow morning, the second ingredient is calcium gluconate, which is similar to the carbonate. i can give him 2 or 3 drops of that right on his nose.

tonight, i poked a hole in one of the calcium with d3 gel capsules and gave him about 2 licks of that, and i made a slurry from crushed mealworms, plain calcium, and water to keep him hydrated. he took in a good bit of that from a dropper. he was a champ. im really concerned about his one leg though, it looks broken, but im not sure if it is healed that way and too late to set it or not...im going to wait till he gets a little stronger before i mess with it though. heres some horrid pics i got of him tonight before his feeding.

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