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You are correct, fish oil does have vit. A. I use Cod Liver oil as a sort of laxative.i think i read somewhere that fish oil has vit A in it, does anyone know?
You are correct, fish oil does have vit. A, but it is controversial if the chameleons body is actually able to use fish oil form. I use Cod Liver oil as a sort of laxative.
IMO the safest bet is gutload with a high quality fish flake or get Vitamin A caps derived from RETINYL PALMITATE, so that the chameleon for sure can convert.
From what I understand it is very easy to overdose with A, and no "safe" dosages have yet to be determined. From our experiences with a 150-170g animal we have always given a small drop from an 10,000IU cap no more than 5-7 times a week upon diagnosis, and never had any problems seeing results. In fact occasionally gout was observed and believed to be positively correlated with the increase of vit. A We gradually backed it down to around every other day, every other week, and then as needed. I would love to see some more research done to better dose our chameleons, who are so frequently deprived of this essential vitamin.
PrEformed vitamin A is obtained from fish oil.