Which Multivitamin to use?

[Kaianuanu]

I am trying to get my supplementation schedule squared away before I get my 3 month nosy be in a few weeks. I decided I want to use both minerall indoor and outdoor For 6 days a week to meet my cham's calcium and D3 needs. Now, I just need to choose a multivitamin to use twice a month. I was going to use repashy SuperVite, but it has a lot of vitamin d in it already so that's no good, for what i want to do. I also thought about Herptivite but I didnt like the fact that it didn't have any preformed vit. A at all. So now, I'm thinking maybe Reptivite w/o D3. How are the preformed Vitamin A levels in that?

If reptivite has too much vitamin A, could I possibly use it only once a month and then also use Herptivite once a month?

 

[Bush baby]

I use ReptoCal.

 

[Kaianuanu]

I use ReptoCal.

Is that good stuff? I was hesitant, Tetra being the Walmart/petsmart brand.

 

[Bush baby]

Is that good stuff? I was hesitant, Tetra being the Walmart/petsmart brand.

I've never had any issue with this. I've raised two Veiled chams over the last 12 years up on this stuff. Veileds grow fast, and this stuff apparently provided the needed calcium, that i've never had a case of MBD.

Got a Jacksons now, and use this regularly....but then again i'm gut-loading my feeders with bug burger, cricket crack and fresh oranges.....

 

[Kaianuanu]

Does anyone else have any input on SuperVite, Reptivite, or Herptivite? Also, I read on here that panthers are especially prone to Vitamin A defficienies, and cannot convert carotenoids into vit. A. If I used a gutload that contained preformed vitamin A, would this make up for the absence of vitamin A in Herptivite?

 

[tkilgour]

I use Herptivite. I offer it about every other week. Some people offer it more times then that. However, I try to provide many of the essential vitamins through food.

 

[Kaianuanu]

...However, I try to provide many of the essential vitamins through food.

Could you please elaborate? And while I have you, how would dinofuel fit into the mix?

 

[tkilgour]

Could you please elaborate? And while I have you, how would dinofuel fit into the mix?

Personally, I think that it is better to get vitamins through food. Therefore, if you gutload with a diverse range of quality foods, you can provide essential vitamins this way. DinoFuel can easily fit in. Simply, put a tablespoon of DinoFuel on your vegetable mix. It is an excellent gutload or even a dust.

 

[Kaianuanu]

I see. Dino fuel doesn't have anything you could overdose a Cham on does it?

 

[tkilgour]

I see. Dino fuel doesn't have anything you could overdose a Cham on does it?

No, it is totally safe.

 

[Kaianuanu]

I'm thinking a mixture of your dinofuel and repashy superload as a gutload will adequately compliment Herptivite in what it lacks. My only problem is I'm now second guessing my choice to use STF Miner-All indoor and outdoor as my source of calcium and D3 since I'm pretty sure Herptivite has most of the trace minerals that set miner-all apart from normal calcium powders. Now I'm thinking that maybe some repashy SuperCal NoD and SuperCal HyD would work better.

 

[tkilgour]

I'm thinking a mixture of your dinofuel and repashy superload as a gutload will adequately compliment Herptivite in what it lacks. My only problem is I'm now second guessing my choice to use STF Miner-All indoor and outdoor as my source of calcium and D3 since I'm pretty sure Herptivite has most of the trace minerals that set miner-all apart from normal calcium powders. Now I'm thinking that maybe some repashy SuperCal NoD and SuperCal HyD would work better.

They all work, but it all boils down to how you are using them.

 

[Kaianuanu]

I think I'm going to order repashy SuperCal LoD, HyD, and Reptivite, along with my thermo/hygro unit. Would you suggest any deviation from the standard 5 days a week NoD, and then HyD & Reptivite each twice a month (alternating weeks).