Rep-Cal with vit D3 and Rep-Cal Herptivite help

Aha sorry for asking so many questions ... Just want my chameleon to be healthy I've asked this question already bout this dusting thing but I just wanna double check. So again is it herpitivite 2x a month and the powder with D3 2x a month right? If so then do I do herpitvite today and then D3 the next day and then te 3rd day Herptivite then 4th day D3? Or Herptivite 2 days straight then d3 for the next 2 days?

This is what I do, and it makes it easy...use the calcium without d3 monday-sat. On every other Sunday do the d3 and the multi. It is easy to keep it straight that way. do you get what I mean? Alternate the d3 and the multi every other Sunday.

carol5208 said:

This is what I do, and it makes it easy...use the calcium without d3 monday-sat. On every other Sunday do the d3 and the multi. It is easy to keep it straight that way. do you get what I mean? Alternate the d3 and the multi every other Sunday.

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Wait... Calcium without d3??? Ai there's suppose to be 3 powders??

no wonder why you are son confused! yes, there are three!! Calcium without d3 is the one you want to use at all or most of your feedings!

carol5208 said:

no wonder why you are son confused! yes, there are three!! Calcium without d3 is the one you want to use at all or most of your feedings!

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Aha! Sorry xD I knew I was missing something... Aha thanks and mind telling me what brand you use and it's product name?

I use a brand called Sticky Tongue Farms Minerall OUTDOOR. They also have an indoor one. that is the one that contains the d3. This one doesn't. You might have trouble finding this particular one in the store. Maybe not though. LLL Reptile has lots of different brands they carry this one also.

Here is some information that I hope will help....
Appropriate cage temperatures aid in digestion and thus play a part indirectly in nutrient absorption.

Exposure to UVB from either direct sunlight or a proper UVB light allows the chameleon to produce D3 so that it can use the calcium in its system to make/keep the bones strong and be used in other systems in the chameleon as well. The UVB should not pass through glass or plastic no matter whether its from the sun or the UVB light. The most often recommended UVB light is the long linear fluorescent Repti-sun 5.0 tube light. Some of the compacts, spirals and tube lights have caused health issues, but so far there have been no bad reports against this one.

Since many of the feeder insects have a poor ratio of calcium to phosphorus in them, its important to dust the insects just before you feed them to the chameleon at most feedings with a phos.-free calcium powder to help make up for it. (I use Rep-cal phosphorus-free calcium).

If you also dust twice a month with a phos.-free calcium/D3 powder it will ensure that your chameleon gets some D3 without overdoing it. It leaves the chameleon to produce the rest of what it needs through its exposure to the UVB light. D3 from supplements can build up in the system but D3 produced from exposure to UVB shouldn't as long as the chameleon can move in and out of it. (I use Rep-cal phos.-free calcium/D3).

Dusting twice a month as well with a vitamin powder that contains a beta carotene (prOformed) source of vitamin A will ensure that the chameleon gets some vitamins without the danger of overdosing the vitamin A. PrEformed sources of vitamin A can build up in the system and may prevent the D3 from doing its job and push the chameleon towards MBD. However, there is controversy as to whether all/any chameleons can convert the beta carotene and so some people give some prEformed vitamin A once in a while. (I use herptivite which has beta carotene.)

Gutloading/feeding the insects well helps to provide what the chameleon needs. I gutload crickets, roaches, locusts, superworms, etc. with an assortment of greens (dandelions, kale, collards, endive, escarole, mustard greens, etc.) and veggies (carrots, squash, sweet potato, sweet red pepper, zucchini, etc.)

Calcium, phos., D3 and vitamin A are important players in bone health and other systems in the chameleon (muscles, etc.) and they need to be in balance. When trying to balance them, you need to look at the supplements, what you feed the insects and what you feed the chameleon.

Here are some good sites for you to read...
http://chameleonnews.com/07FebWheelock.html
http://web.archive.org/web/200605020...Vitamin.A.html
http://web.archive.org/web/200406080...d.Calcium.html
http://www.uvguide.co.uk/
http://web.archive.org/web/200601140...ww.adcham.com/
If you can't access the sites above that have the word "archive" in you can do it through the WayBackMachine.

SomeRandomPerson said:

Aha sorry for asking so many questions ... Just want my chameleon to be healthy I've asked this question already bout this dusting thing but I just wanna double check. So again is it herpitivite 2x a month and the powder with D3 2x a month right? If so then do I do herpitvite today and then D3 the next day and then te 3rd day Herptivite then 4th day D3? Or Herptivite 2 days straight then d3 for the next 2 days?

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you should take out some time and use the serach feature on here...you just type in key words of what you are looking for and it will pull up all sorts of threads...its pretty helpful and also prevnts there being a lot of the same thread be started

SomeRandomPerson said:

Aha sorry for asking so many questions ... Just want my chameleon to be healthy I've asked this question already bout this dusting thing but I just wanna double check. So again is it herpitivite 2x a month and the powder with D3 2x a month right? If so then do I do herpitvite today and then D3 the next day and then te 3rd day Herptivite then 4th day D3? Or Herptivite 2 days straight then d3 for the next 2 days?

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It depends what you are feeding the bugs that you the feed to the chameleon, it depends on the type of bugs you offer, it depends on the type of chameleon, it depends on whether your chameleon is primarily inside or outside, etc.
more info: https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/65-supplements.html

Herptivite one day and then not again for two weeks at which time you will do it for one day. D3 a different day and two weeks from that day you will use the D3 again. On all the other feedings besides the 4 mentioned above I dust with phos.-free Rep-Cal calcium.

Guys I just bought he third powder. I bought zoo meds reptivite without D3... Is this the right powder for dusting crickets daily?

So what is your dusting schedule going to be now??

What kinda cham and how old too? That makes a difference. My Panther is 7mths so it's herpavite once a week and repcal with d3 3 times a week.