How do I give Rep-Cal calcium with Vitamin D powder to my leopard gecko?

I very recently purchased a leopard gecko. He's a juvenile (4 or 5 inches maybe) but I'm a little unclear on this. I know you dust the crickets with the powder but is that the only way I should give him the calcium or is it fine to leave it in a small dish for him? Also, how often should I give it to him? Thanks !How do I give Rep-Cal calcium with Vitamin D powder to my leopard gecko?
He'll ignore a pile of repti-cal in a dish, so don't bother with that.





Best way to be sure he's getting his vitamins is to put it on the live food.





Another way is to feed it to the crickets. ';Gut loading'; crickets with the repti-cal is possible. So is feeding the crickets a really good diet before they go as chow.





Easy way of dusting:


Use a Ziploc bag.


Put about a tablespoon of Repti-cal in the bag.


Shake a few of the crickets in there and give them a toss to coat.


Shake all the excess repti-cal into the bottom corner of the Ziploc bag and use your fingers to close off that corner so none of it spills.


Dump the crickets into the cage.


Save the excess dust in the bag for the next feeding.How do I give Rep-Cal calcium with Vitamin D powder to my leopard gecko?
You can feed your leopard gecko meal- or waxworms in addition to crickets: use a shallow dish (a clean glass ashtray works well) to put some calcium/%26amp;/or vitamin powder in, then some (meal or wax-) worms...the worms will ingest some powder and end up ';wearing'; some , and the gecko will see the wiggling worms and eat both the worms %26amp; powder together. (the powder isn't very attractive by itself.) You can also feed the crickets for a day or so on extra nutritious food* before giving them to the gecko. (an orange slice etc.) This is called ';gut-loading'; the feeder insects. I would focus on feeding it to his crickets and worms on a regular basis, or at least once a week.
Absolutely you can put some calcium in a dish, some geckos will lick it and others will not. You have to just try it and see. In addition it is very important to dust your gecko food, whether is be crickets or worms or whatever.





Look for powder that is ultra fine and has additional D3, without phosphorus





Good luck and have fun. They are a great pet!.
You can leave it in a small dish inside his cage. Change it every month though. After awhile it looses it freshness.





I dust my leopard geckos crickets and keep some in the cage.





Ron Tremper the well known leopard gecko breeder leaves recommends leaving it is the cage. He's his guide to caring for leopard geckos http://www.leopardgecko.com/leopard-geck鈥?/a>





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Contrary to what the other answer said they will go to it. Mine does use the calcium in the cage. They will lick it.
Feeders should be dusted with calcium every other feeding and with vitamins once a week. Like most everybody else said leave a small dish of calcium in the tank. You will most likely never see your gecko lick it but they do. Their bodies will thirst for calcium and they will seek it out when they need it. But as long as you are gut-loading the feeders and dusting them before feeding he should be just fine.
Just dust all crickets eat feeding and leave the dish, you can leave it in there all the time, just like its water, but you should change it occasionally. Your gecko will know how much to eat, and eating too much calcium is not bad for them, it will simply pass through.
The most easy way to do it is to get a old bottle cap like from a gator-aid or Poweraid and fill it with the calcium and put it in the cage. They'll feast upon it as they please. Dusting the crickets is good but that little extra on the side is good too.
I give mine Rep-Cal one a every two weeks. I also leave some in a bottle cap, so he can have some when he wants it.