Help correcting supplementation schedule

[Reptar88]

Okay so I have a 7-8 month old male Ambilobe panther chameleon. When I first got him the breeder I bought him from advised that I should supplement with calcium w/ D3 3x a week and reptivite w/ D3 once a week. This is because I can't expose him to natural sunglight often. Is this correct or have I been decevied? If not please help me with a proper supplementation schedule.

 

[kokom05lb]

Calcuim D3 twice a month, multivitamin twice a month, and i use Minerall every feeding

 

[AngieL]

Hi there! That sounds like way too much d3. My chameleon doesn't get sun either but that doesn't mean you need to use all that d3, just means you need to have a UVB bulb in its enclosure. Do you have a UVB source?

This forum recommends plain calcium without d3 every feeding, calcium with d3 twice a month and multivitamin with no d3 twice a month.

Too much d3 and multivitamin can be as bad as not enough.

Another alternative is repashy calcium plus at every feeding but you would need to do a little research in that to make sure it ties in with your feeders and gutloads.

 

[Swayne8998]

Okay so I have a 7-8 month old male Ambilobe panther chameleon. When I first got him the breeder I bought him from advised that I should supplement with calcium w/ D3 3x a week and reptivite w/ D3 once a week. This is because I can't expose him to natural sunglight often. Is this correct or have I been decevied? If not please help me with a proper supplementation schedule.

That doesn't sound correct to me.

You can chose to use separate supplements, or one supplement. Here's the schedule I use (separate supplements):

-Calcium NO D3 every feeding (Rep-Cal brand)
-Calcium WITH D3 twice a month (Rep-Cal brand)
-Multivitamin (Herptivite) twice a month (Rep-Cal brand)

OR you can use Repahsy's "Calcium Plus", which is a combination of everything. You usually give this 3-4 times a week.

 

[justjumpit621]

yeah way too much D3! I myself use plain calcium every feeding, calcium w/D3 twice a month, and a multivitamin once a month. But it also depends on your gutloading and how much natural sun he gets. Check out sandrachameleon's blogs, you will find lots of information there!

 

[Reptar88]

That really irritates me because it happens to be one of the site sponsers I purchased him from who advised the supplementation I described. Yes I have a reptisun 5.0 uvb tube. So now I'm off to order some calcium w/o D3 since no stores around carry it. I'm so mad about this it's not even funny. You would think spending over $1,000 of my hard earned money as a 1st time buyer through them that the breeder could of atleast told me the truth! I won't be doing business with them again. Thanks for the quick responses and help everyone.

 

[AngieL]

That's such a shame! So often people are misinformed about important things like this. Do you know if that's how they were supplementing him?

 

[Swayne8998]

That really irritates me because it happens to be one of the site sponsers I purchased him from who advised the supplementation I described. Yes I have a reptisun 5.0 uvb tube. So now I'm off to order some calcium w/o D3 since no stores around carry it. I'm so mad about this it's not even funny. You would think spending over $1,000 of my hard earned money as a 1st time buyer through them that the breeder could of atleast told me the truth! I won't be doing business with them again. Thanks for the quick responses and help everyone.

Yeah, I had to switch too when I first started. It sucks, but it's worth the extra $25.

 

[Nrupaw]

Sorry to jump onto this thead but I too have a question regarding supplementation. I have a Jackson's Chameleon and I know that Jackson's require less supplementation than Veiled and Panthers. But when i run searches on the forum i see a variety of supplementation schedules for Jackson's.

Can someone give me a definitive schedule i should follow?

This is the one i was planning to do.
-Calcium NO D3 twice a week
-Calcium WITH D3 twice a month
-Multivitamin once every 2 months

 

[Reptar88]

@ AngieL: Yeah and it's ridiculous I can't say anything on this forum about them directly because it's considered bashing even though it's not it's the ugly truth. I don't know and I probably never will because he was willing to answer my questions when I was interested in making a purchase but after he ignored my phone calls and emails.

@ Swayne8998: I hear you there no price tag matters when it comes to taking care of my little buddy. Repti-calcium w/o D3 $7.99, shipping $8.99 seems almost fair right? Haha

 

[chameleonkev]

No one has mentioned it but I wouldn't feed every day either, I feed five days a week

 

[sandrachameleon]

Okay so I have a 7-8 month old male Ambilobe panther chameleon. When I first got him the breeder I bought him from advised that I should supplement with calcium w/ D3 3x a week and reptivite w/ D3 once a week. This is because I can't expose him to natural sunglight often. Is this correct or have I been decevied? If not please help me with a proper supplementation schedule.

you may find these links useful for determing what is best for your particular situation (there is no single answer/schedule that fits all situations)
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/65-supplements.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/174-whats-supplements-brand.html

Note that Repitivite has Vitamin D3 10,400 I.U per lb (for comparison, Repashy calicum plus as min. 20,000 IU Vitamin D per lb)
So in most indoor cases, Reptivite can be used twice weekly, but you likely wouldnt want to add another D3 containing product.

 

[sandrachameleon]

Sorry to jump onto this thead but I too have a question regarding supplementation. I have a Jackson's Chameleon and I know that Jackson's require less supplementation than Veiled and Panthers. But when i run searches on the forum i see a variety of supplementation schedules for Jackson's.

Can someone give me a definitive schedule i should follow?

This is the one i was planning to do.
-Calcium NO D3 twice a week
-Calcium WITH D3 twice a month
-Multivitamin once every 2 months

It depends on the BRAND (potetency) of the supplement you are using, as well as how you gutload, etc
D3 and other vitamins may only be needed once a month.

This is a good resource for jackson keepers:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/hoj/634-montane-chameleon-care-info.html

 

[AngieL]

Sorry to jump onto this thead but I too have a question regarding supplementation. I have a Jackson's Chameleon and I know that Jackson's require less supplementation than Veiled and Panthers. But when i run searches on the forum i see a variety of supplementation schedules for Jackson's.

Can someone give me a definitive schedule i should follow?

This is the one i was planning to do.
-Calcium NO D3 twice a week
-Calcium WITH D3 twice a month
-Multivitamin once every 2 months

For Jackson info I would ask this person https://www.chameleonforums.com/members/action-jackson/ or this person https://www.chameleonforums.com/members/xanthoman/

 

[Nrupaw]

It depends on the BRAND (potetency) of the supplement you are using, as well as how you gutload, etc
D3 and other vitamins may only be needed once a month.

This is a good resource for jackson keepers:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/hoj/634-montane-chameleon-care-info.html

For Jackson info I would ask this person https://www.chameleonforums.com/members/action-jackson/ or this person https://www.chameleonforums.com/members/xanthoman/

Thanks guys! will follow up on the advice