Definitely spoilt! LOL. Now why would you want to eat round steak when you can have rump?
I checked up and Kanyana use the above diet for long term captives as well with no problems. They do get plenty of exercise as they are held in large, outside landscaped pits. In fact a vet friend of mine here built a similar enclosure or rehabilitating bobbies she treats at the practice. I have a photo somewhere.
Woodies, as you are probably aware, shun the light. Within 5 minutes of lights out they will be out and active. I actually keep my small colony in a cupboard for that reason. With the egg carton, I reckon use a whole carton turned upside down. Put a couple of scissor snips in the end of the top, so that it folds down like a ramp. One slice of carrot just inside the carton and the rest deeper in. When you turn the lights on, those woodies inside the carton will stay there. Pick in up and straight into plastic shopping bag, wrapped around to prevent escapes and into the fridge for 10 mins. You can then place them back where they are meant to be while they are inactive. Just keep collecting the trap every half hour until you stop getting roaches. Then just check in the morning for several days running.
If nothing else, it will be a lot less frustrating than the previous method. The little buggers are so damn quick when they are warm and revved up. LOL. Yep. I confess. A fellow case of "roach-chaser FAIL". But given the size of their brain compared to mine, my ego couldn't let the little blighters win. I ultimately prevailed. It is almost embarrassing how fixated you can become with silly little things like that. A squirt of insecticide would have done the trick but that would have been like admitting defeat. Haa Haa. Silly, I admit.
Being serious now, adults should not have calcium supplements or vitamins more than once a week. Juveniles maximum twice a week for calcium and same as adults for vitamin supplements. A wholesome, correctly balanced diet, in combination with adequate exposure to UVB, does not require any mineral or vitamin supplements to be added. Adding excess calcium can and does create problems which are usually manifested in muscle and nerve related issues and can also result in excessive calcification of cartilaginous areas producing skeletal problems. The general guidelines are that omnivores should have between 10% and 12% meat protein. It would be interesting to determine the actual composition of chicken frames. Bone is probably the largest component, then cartilage and then meat. So your lizards are getting a huge amount of calcium and other minerals present in bone. They certainly do not need calcium supplements.
A better source of protein would be high quality, low fat dry dog (never cat) biscuits, soaked in water. This should constitute a bit less than 10% of the diet. A small portion of chicken frames could be added to that – no more than a third of the dog biscuit portion. Then you have hard and soft fruits, hard and leafy vegetables, plant leaves and flowers eg. Dandelions, Hibiscus, Native Violets. If your lizards eat them, the occasional snail or slug can be included. Regular treats of insects can then be added but regulated to keep the animal protein to a maximum of around 12%, preferable closer to 10%. If you adapt your animals diet along these guidelines and what is shown in the Kanyana menu, I am confident that any future health issues that arise will not be diet related. There is plenty of room for variety and stimulating your individual animal's palates.
Bottom line... you were not far off a good diet, but certainly one in which the supplements were definitely not needed and are likely the basis of the problem. Would love to know how the charges progress over time.
Blue
PS. I was quite unwell last week and not able to bend my mind fully to the issues. My apologies.
