Best multivitamin?

[Kaianuanu]

Trying to finally get the last things i will need for my 3 month panther when I get him. I decided on STF Miner-All Outdoor 5 days a week, Repashy SuperCal HyD 2 times a month, and now I'm trying to decide which multivitamin. I was thinking maybe Repashy SuperVite. So, what do you think the best multivitamin is for panthers?

 

[sandrachameleon]

Trying to finally get the last things i will need for my 3 month panther when I get him. I decided on STF Miner-All Outdoor 5 days a week, Repashy SuperCal HyD 2 times a month, and now I'm trying to decide which multivitamin. I was thinking maybe Repashy SuperVite. So, what do you think the best multivitamin is for panthers?

STF Miner-All Outdoor is a great choice, though you may not need it 5 days a week, depending on why feeder prey choices you offer and how you gutload.

Why not get Repashy Calcium Plus instead of the Supercal HyD? use the Repashy Calcium Plus (which has calcium plus vitamins, included D) once a week? easier. And its better if your chameleon generates most of the D it needs via UVB lighting, rather than higher dose D via supplements.

The STF /RC+ is what I currently do. Although I have had previous success with Rep-cal herptivite and other options.

 

[Kaianuanu]

Can anyone else attest to the effectiveness of using repashy Cal+ weekly, with mineral outdoor few days a week as opposed to using a multivitamin and calcium w/ D3 twice a month each?

 

[sandrachameleon]

Can anyone else attest to the effectiveness of using repashy Cal+ weekly, with mineral outdoor few days a week as opposed to using a multivitamin and calcium w/ D3 twice a month each?

I use Repashy Calcium + approximately once weekly, and STF-MineralO periodically throughout the week (as needed). Been about a year now with this practise. seems fine. Others do likewise.
In the past, and again with success, I alternated a Calcium with D3 product with a vitamin product on opposite weekends (roughly) and a vitamin free calcium supplement during the week (as needed). This also worked fine.

Of course I rely on a wide range of prey well gutloaded, so that supplement use is as it is supposed to be - supplementary.

you might be better off starting a new thread with this question if you want lots of input - if you dont find you're getting enough with the way this topic is going

 

[RAFASTAR23]

Can anyone else attest to the effectiveness of using repashy Cal+ weekly, with mineral outdoor few days a week as opposed to using a multivitamin and calcium w/ D3 twice a month each?

I can attest to the effectiveness of repashy Calcium plus. My Chameleons had a growth spurt when I started using it.

 

[Kaianuanu]

How long have you used it and how often do you use it?

 

[sandrachameleon]

Kaianuanu - You might find the discussion in these threads useful:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/repashy-calcium-plus-input-101541/
https://www.chameleonforums.com/calcium-plus-how-often-90525/
https://www.chameleonforums.com/how-often-do-you-use-d3-102847/
https://www.chameleonforums.com/repashy-calcium-plus-101424/
https://www.chameleonforums.com/question-about-repashy-calcium-plus-101872/

 

[Kaianuanu]

I read through those threads and a bunch more i found googling. And I am a bit put off by the Cal+ and I decided that I would prefer the versatility of having separate dusts. Anyhow, I was also wondering about using Miner-All Indoor as my source of D3. It has 4,400 iu/kg of D3 whereas Rep cal has 400,000 iu/kg of D3, that's about 1/90th of rep cal. Therefore, I could dust with minerall indoor 7 days a week, and that would be less than 1/6th of the dose of D3 when using Rep cal once every 2 weeks (assuming equal amounts of the powder are ingested by the cham w/ each dusting).

So, I'm now wondering if using Minerall outdoor 3 days a week, Minerall indoor 3 days a week, and a multivitamin like repashy SuperVite twice a month, would be a good schedule for a juvenile.

 

[sandrachameleon]

...So, I'm now wondering if using Minerall outdoor 3 days a week, Minerall indoor 3 days a week, and a multivitamin like repashy SuperVite twice a month, would be a good schedule for a juvenile.

I think that would work, yes. Assuming you only dust those prey that actually need it and you watch how you gutload. You might not even need to use the indoor one that often, because you'll have the UVB lighting and D3 in the Supervite.

 

[Kaianuanu]

Woah, I didn't realize SuperVite vitamin D in it, that's not the same as D3 though is it? It actually has 20,000 iu/lb of Vitamin d which I think is about 45,550 iu/kg. Maybe I should look for one that doesn't have any D.

 

[pepezkakap]

I can attest to the effectiveness of repashy Calcium plus. My Chameleons had a growth spurt when I started using it.

Are you saying that Repashy calcium plus indeed promote eating appetite and growth? Does it affect the coloration of panther chameleon?

 

[Goodman91]

I just wanted to include this detail about vitamin D & D³.
Are vitamin D & vitamin D3 the same?

There are two possible forms of vitamin D in the human body: vitamin D2 and vitamin D3. Both D2 and D3 are simply called “vitamin D,” so there's no meaningful difference between vitamin D3 and just vitamin D. I have a female veiled chameleon 7 to 9 month old. I use bee pollen, rep-cal calcium non phosphorous w/o D³,Repti cal calcium with D³,Repashy with low D & zoo med Reptivte with D³.

 

[kinyonga]

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[OldWorldChams]

I like Calcium Plus Low D.
That being said, the best supplement is a good gutloading regiment for feeders. Start buying carrots in bulk. Good hydration and nutrition for insects.

https://www.amazon.com/Repashy-Calcium-Plus-LoD-JAR/dp/B00DLJRMV2