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I was thinking meat mallet, but ah coffee grinder is a great idea! I already have one of those around too. I just wasn't sure at first how much of the calcium they'd go through and thought the $4 like 1lb bag was a good price if they go through a lot. I suppose if using my own would be enough that works out great.

I know that too much D-3 is bad, but I have also heard people say that they use D-3 instead of UVB for certain reptiles like blue tongue skinks and leopard geckos like I have. (especially since leos hate light) I've seen results of a study where 3 groups of skinks (UVB only, d-3 only, both) had the UVB only ones the least healthy and the others did better. And not really sure exactly what you were saying though, like if you were trying to tell me something by that? Do you mean I should give none of my reptiles d-3? I would think it's necessary for ones like leopard geckos that get no UV.

Also was wondering if I could coat insects with powdered egg shells for my leopard gecko since right now I only have calcium w/ d-3 powder and calcium liquid drops w/out d-3 i have to put in his water since he's an insectivore and I can't put liquid on the insects.

<blockquote data-quote="larissalurid" data-source="post: 111347" data-attributes="member: 3143">I was thinking meat mallet, but ah coffee grinder is a great idea! I already have one of those around too. I just wasn't sure at first how much of the calcium they'd go through and thought the $4 like 1lb bag was a good price if they go through a lot. I suppose if using my own would be enough that works out great.<hr class="bbc-hr bbc-hr--3" />I know that too much D-3 is bad, but I have also heard people say that they use D-3 instead of UVB for certain reptiles like blue tongue skinks and leopard geckos like I have. (especially since leos hate light) I've seen results of a study where 3 groups of skinks (UVB only, d-3 only, both) had the UVB only ones the least healthy and the others did better. And not really sure exactly what you were saying though, like if you were trying to tell me something by that? Do you mean I should give none of my reptiles d-3? I would think it's necessary for ones like leopard geckos that get no UV. Also was wondering if I could coat insects with powdered egg shells for my leopard gecko since right now I only have calcium w/ d-3 powder and calcium liquid drops w/out d-3 i have to put in his water since he's an insectivore and I can't put liquid on the insects.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="larissalurid, post: 111347, member: 3143"] I was thinking meat mallet, but ah coffee grinder is a great idea! I already have one of those around too. I just wasn't sure at first how much of the calcium they'd go through and thought the $4 like 1lb bag was a good price if they go through a lot. I suppose if using my own would be enough that works out great. [hr][/hr] I know that too much D-3 is bad, but I have also heard people say that they use D-3 instead of UVB for certain reptiles like blue tongue skinks and leopard geckos like I have. (especially since leos hate light) I've seen results of a study where 3 groups of skinks (UVB only, d-3 only, both) had the UVB only ones the least healthy and the others did better. And not really sure exactly what you were saying though, like if you were trying to tell me something by that? Do you mean I should give none of my reptiles d-3? I would think it's necessary for ones like leopard geckos that get no UV. Also was wondering if I could coat insects with powdered egg shells for my leopard gecko since right now I only have calcium w/ d-3 powder and calcium liquid drops w/out d-3 i have to put in his water since he's an insectivore and I can't put liquid on the insects. [/QUOTE]

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