quikksilver8
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Is mixing herptivite and repti-cal bad? Just wondering. Seems people have different thoughts on this.
Mixing supplements
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Fidel
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I personally don't mix. I alternate. The vitamins(especially A, D3 and E) can compete for uptake in digestion, when mixed. You can correct this by mixing the two supplements to the correct ratio, but it seems easier to me to just alternate. Also if you want to mix you have to make sure to mix fresh every time because they can have some sort of reaction and degrade each other over time(I think this has to do with the beta-carotine)
Dave Weldon
Avid Member
Howdy,
Chelation is the chemical reaction mentioned. Mixing certain vitamins/minerals together can cause one or more of them to change in undesirable ways. As was mentioned, if you have separate products for supplementation then use them on different days just to be sure
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Chelation is the chemical reaction mentioned. Mixing certain vitamins/minerals together can cause one or more of them to change in undesirable ways. As was mentioned, if you have separate products for supplementation then use them on different days just to be sure
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Eric Adrignola
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What I do is mix rep-cal with D3 with minerall without D3. This is done before supplementing, not in a batch.
It gives me flexibility in dosing D3, so animals with higher needs (babies, females with eggs) get slightly more repcal, and others get just a small fraction.
Repcal is very high in D3 - much higher than it "needs" to be. So I cut it.
I like having the repcal available in full strength, in case I need extra D3 (resuce, sick baby, etc.)
I like having minerall, as when they're outside, I don't give them much D3 at all. And, minerall has many more minerals than repcal does, so they get a good balance.
It gives me flexibility in dosing D3, so animals with higher needs (babies, females with eggs) get slightly more repcal, and others get just a small fraction.
Repcal is very high in D3 - much higher than it "needs" to be. So I cut it.
I like having the repcal available in full strength, in case I need extra D3 (resuce, sick baby, etc.)
I like having minerall, as when they're outside, I don't give them much D3 at all. And, minerall has many more minerals than repcal does, so they get a good balance.
quikksilver8
New Member
Well I was just wondering because on the back of the repti-cal it says to mix a 1:1 ratio of that and herptivite
Eric Adrignola
Avid Member
yeah, it's a sales thing. It will work, and your animals will live, but it isnt' the best, most effecient way of doing things.
