Vitamins

[Jeremy l]

what is a good all around vitamin suppliment i can administer to my chams. i think this may be one of my problems with my sick panther. i give them calcium suppliment that i dust the crickets with, and gut load the crickets and superworms. i give them a wax worm a day as a treat, but i have not really paid attention to the vitamins part until now. please point me in the right direction.

jeremy

 

[ciafardo 4]

i use herptavite and minerall and it seems to work well for my guys

 

[opihiman]

what is your gut loading for your feeders like?

also what was/is your supplementation schedule like?

Is you Ca with or without D3, phosphorus?

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[Jeremy l]

crickets are gut loaded with flukers gutload, carrots, apples, and collard greens. calcium is flukers with d3 and phophrous 2 times a month. chams are not lithargic or dehydrated and very active. my panther just has one eye thats bothering him but he is otherwise healthy. i am now thinking his problem might be a low vitamin problem. i dont have a herp vet locally the closest one is 2 hrs away. anyway all i need to know is what a good multivitamine is.

Cage Info:
Cage Type - screen 24x24x36
Lighting - reptisun 5.0 linier
Temperature - 70 cool spots, 95 warm spots, 76 at night
Humidity - 60's with a spike to 90's after automatic mister goes off three times a day for 15 mins
Plants - live scheffelera abrocola with real sticks and vines
Location - crab nebula

Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - panther and veild
Feeding - crickets and supersworms, waxies are a treat
Supplements - flukers calcium suppliment with d3 dusted twice a month on crickets
Watering - automatic mister three times daily for 15 min
Fecal Description - pink and a little sky blue
Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites? yes none
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.
Current Problem - ok now that i typed all of this up back to my origional question. what is a good vitamin suppliment that i can administer i have not thought about the vitamins.

 

[dodolah]

i used herptivite.

and some people might disagree with me on this.
but i do occasionally give him preformed vit A (retinyl Palmitate).
-about once every 2 months. in a very tiny amount-

 

[opihiman]

I use

zoomed's Reptivite,

You may want to also consider a Calcium only supplement once or twice a week too.

OPI

 

[kinyonga]

I dust with a phos.-free calcium powder at most feedings. I dust only twice a month with a phos.-free calcium/D3 powder and twice a month with Herptivite.

Check whatever you feed to the insects, chameleon and supplement with for the preformed vitamin A, phos., calcium and D3 levels.

 

[Brian]

Herptivite all the way. You can get it cheaper at LLL...

 

[Jeremy l]

i bought some herptivite last night i think it will do some good.