licking up calcuim dust>>>>>>???????/

[HCDbeardie]

i just fed my beardie and i put his crickets in a bag and shake them up to dust them. and then i just pured them in instead of picking them out. so some calcium dust is on his viv floor and for the past 10 mins he has been scraping at it licking it up. hes doing everything he can to get it all up lol. is this normal. or is it a sign that he needs more calcium or what>


thanks in advance

 

[Jiffy]

I dont know if it is "normal" or not, but you are not the only one. :wink:
I have a video of Foster attacking his dust when he was a baby. He is licking it up and rubbing and digging in it. It is too funny. :lol:
I dont know if they think it is a sand type thing, and they try to dig in it or what it is that causes them to like it.

SO, if your beardie is abnormal, then he can join the club with Foster. :lol:

 

[HCDbeardie]

haha ya that what i was thinking. maybe he thinks is sand. but i dono its the funniest thing watching him.

 

[gulfbrzdawn]

Hey guys,

This is just some info I thought I'd pass along. Too much calcium can be just as bad for your beardie as not enough. I am by no means trying to say that either of you are overdosing your beardies,so don't take this comment the wrong way. It's just something my vet had mentioned to me once, so I thought I'd pass it along.

Dawn

 

[Jiffy]

Hey guys,

This is just some info I thought I'd pass along. Too much calcium can be just as bad for your beardie as not enough. I am by no means trying to say that either of you are overdosing your beardies,so don't take this comment the wrong way. It's just something my vet had mentioned to me once, so I thought I'd pass it along.

Dawn

Hi. Thanks, I had just accidentally spilled mine and he attacked it, but you are right, too much can be a bad thing too.

 

[Trogdor80]

Maybe your beardie just wanted to be in KISS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGpBRyXapuA LOL.

 

[patrickb]

Sounds about normal, and that video of Foster is still the cutest thing I remember seeing in a long time! People that keep leopard geckos keep dishes with calcium powder in them as part of their care for whatever reason it seems to be the norm with them.

I have some wild caught species that will lick the dust up as well. Either it tastes good or they know its good for them. They can overdose on it, but the amounts needed for that to happen are quite high relatively speaking. Some spilled dust here and there should be of no harm at all.