Vitamin D3 Overdose
Lidee
New Member
"Signs of MBD include stunted growth, bent legs bones, fractures of those bones (double elbows or knees), weakness, falling off branches, grabbing at its own legs, tongue not shooting as far, a 'rubber' jaw, the mouth doesn’t close all the way, etc."
Symptoms are pain, constipation and/or eggbinding, probably other not very specific things.
Out of the above signs only weakness and falling off branches (which are actually pretty similar to each other) in D3 overdose might make sense to me due to organ damage and buildup of waste products in the organism creating neural issues. The rest are all directly connected to calcium's role in muscle contraction, nerve conduction or bone strength.
Is there anything more specific for D3 toxicity? How does one test for it?
Symptoms are pain, constipation and/or eggbinding, probably other not very specific things.
Out of the above signs only weakness and falling off branches (which are actually pretty similar to each other) in D3 overdose might make sense to me due to organ damage and buildup of waste products in the organism creating neural issues. The rest are all directly connected to calcium's role in muscle contraction, nerve conduction or bone strength.
Is there anything more specific for D3 toxicity? How does one test for it?
fluxlizard
Avid Member
Are there more subtle problems that occur?
I have been interested in this thread and kind of expecting an answer to this question that would not have showed up on casual necropsy to an untrained eye, let alone something I could see obvious signs of. Something that could possibly shorten a life, not in an obvious way but a way that could lead one to believe the animal involved had just kind of died of old age at times.
I have been interested in this thread and kind of expecting an answer to this question that would not have showed up on casual necropsy to an untrained eye, let alone something I could see obvious signs of. Something that could possibly shorten a life, not in an obvious way but a way that could lead one to believe the animal involved had just kind of died of old age at times.
ChamsAJaxs
Member
My Jax recently was extremely wobbly to the point of almost falling. I'm new to owning her so I didn't know that you don't need to give her D3 everyday, which I was doing. I stopped and just fed her gut loaded crickets and she went back to normal.
