made a mistake

[wyattroa]

Well i made a mistake. I have a black and white tegu that has a mvb bulb and a sulcata that has a mvb bulb as well. I have calcium without D3. Now for my baby bearded i have a repti-sun 10.0 and was not aware that you needed calcium with d3. Did not know the difference with the 2 uvb lights. I feel like such an ass. Well my baby came to me on wed of this week. I dusted his crickets with calcium without d3 on each day including today. he ate a total of about 10 crickets his first day with me, 15 the second day and about 10 today all of which were dusted with calcium without d3. Now he pooped on thursday, but didn not yesterday or today yet. I have soaked him each day so far for about 20-30 minutes. I now have switched out the mvb light from my tegu to my bearded since the tegu is out maybe 2 hours a day now and not eating with going into hibernation.

Just wondering how bad i messed up now. Also he is very active and runs around and glass dances.
robert

 

[wyattroa]

update he just pooped and it looked normal!
robert

 

[beardie parents]

I wouldn't worry about it. I believe the reason behind the with D3 and without D3 is that the mvb's help the dragon absorb the D3 better than the tube's do, that's why the D3 is needed for anything other than the MVB's. I would pm drache613, she'll be able to explain the difference better than I can and what could be caused by the calcium without D3.

 

[spurlee01]

You caught it early, so it's not a big deal at all. If you had used calcium w/o d3 under a reptisun 10.0 for several months you might have had an issue, but he'll be fine!