Carrot juice as natural dewormer

[javsto]

I was talking to the owner of a new petstore that opened recently in my area and he, the owner, told me that I can use carrot juice as a dewormer instead of traditional medication. He said that I should "dry out" my cham by increasing the wattage of my basking bulb and cut out all misting so as to "force" him to drink from a bowl of carrot juice with a bubble stone in it to get his attention and that will clear him out of parasites. Any comments on this?

 

[Chameleons Canada]

Ignore him, he has no clue of what is he talking about.

 

[Olimpia]

Yea, that sounds like BS to me. I can't think of anything in carrots that would affect parasites in any way, so I'm going to say that the store owner doesn't know what he's talking about. Carrots aren't even really recommended as gut loading food (I forget why now), but if people don't think they're good as food for chameleons I don't think feeding one carrot juice would do anything by make the chameleon sick.

Edit- found it. They are moderately high in Oxalic acids.

 

[Takara]

of all things you would still have to mist it, i dont think they recognize standing water

 

[Chameleons Canada]

...Carrots aren't even really recommended as gut loading food (I forget why now), but if people don't think they're good as food for chameleons I don't think feeding one carrot juice would do anything by make the chameleon sick.

Edit- found it. They are moderately high in Oxalic acids.

Interesting... Could you please provide the link or source you found this from? I've been using carrots to goat load my crickets for years, never had an issue. I'm curious now

 

[sandrachameleon]

Interesting... Could you please provide the link or source you found this from? I've been using carrots to goat load my crickets for years, never had an issue. I'm curious now

Carrots and other items with moderate Oxalates levels are okay to use. They just shouldnt form the major part of the gutload.
Oxalic Acid binds with calcium, making it less bio-available.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/215-oxalic-acid-content-vegetables.html
http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=9444

 

[carol5208]

wow I use carrots every time!!! uh oh I guess!

 

[Chameleons Canada]

Thank You

 

[SilverDragoness]

The pet store guy is full of it. Garlic and oregano doesn't work either. People come up with some weird anti-parasite ideas.