Administering Reptiaid

[chascarpenter1]

I bought some Reptiaid for my guys. While they seem to be in good health, I figured it might be a good idea to administer it a couple times a year to be proactive. I have some syringes that I no longer need. Has anyone tried injecting feeders with meds to make it less traumatic for their cham's?

 

[junglefries]

Maybe would work on silkworm, hornedworm, or superworm. They could probably survive it long enough to still be moving to be eaten. I wouldn't start of with too much, work your way up the dosing. That way you'll know what is TOO much. imagine a crix or roach wouldn't last too long, unless you dehydrated them first, even then sounds iffy. But what do i know, i have never tried it. I am not sure about using the reptaid though, as i have never had to use it. Back in the day when i managed pet stores, i use to taste all the 'vitamin' stuff that came in. Most back then was just colored water, a rip off. Don't know about todays products. I was once paid $100 to eat a new product called pig ears for dogs back in the early 90's, that is commiment to your pets. Good luck with whatever you choose.

 

[chascarpenter1]

Anyone else?

 

[chascarpenter1]

So, I just went ahead and did it. I found that hornworms don't work well because all of the fluid oozes/squirts out on the first bite. However, dubias work great! The exoskeleton holds the the medication nicely when injected into the abdomen with a syringe. A medium/large dubia can hold about .2ml. If one dubia is too small to hold the entire dose, I assume it could be split between multiple feeders. I hope this helps those who have lizards who are less than enthusiastic about taking their meds.

 

[junglefries]

Welcome to today's class: fun with insects. Your insects will now fail professional sports ped testing.

 

[chascarpenter1]

Welcome to today's class: fun with insects. Your insects will now fail professional sports ped testing.

..................................................................................Nice!

 

[codiwatkins]

LOL to JungleFries!

This is a great idea...When I gave it to my chameleon I literally had to hold him and force it in...Wasting about half everytime...

 

[junglefries]

I forgot how the hornedworms exploded. Sorry, should have warned to use a little less. Messed up with ped joke, also. Should have said cham would fail test. I can't do anything right today.