LundqvistNYR
Member
My baby panther chameleon around 2 1/2 months is inside. should i be dusting the crickets with d3 everyday? or without d3
Are you supposed to use suppliment with d3 everyday?
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LundqvistNYR
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what kind of multivitamin? i have the with d3 one.
nj011908
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Hey Dez. That can work, but I want to offer an even more certain test. Foolproof .........
Grab the chameleon behind the head, so as to upset it. This will prompt it to open its mouth in the hopes of biting you, its aggressor. Depending on the size of the chameleon, then offer it the appropriate sized finger to take out its angst upon. If it is OK on calcium, it will be a strong bite. If not, the bite will be nothing, such that its jaws will bend in the effort.
Dr. Alfonso came up with this years ago, to my knowledge. It is most accurate.
To Kevin: Try something different for Calcium:
http://www.foodotc.com/ProductDetail...134428&Click=6
Two drops orally per 50g of chameleon every 3 days, until symptoms are gone. Then dose once weekly. Far more effective than the powders.
Edit #2: Herptivite is a near useless product. None of the powders are very good, but that is in the no-good category. I suggest you switch to liquid vitamins as well.
Either this : http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...=c&cagpspn=pla
1 drop per 50g weekly. Or buy the human product, for babies, Poly-Vi-Sol, by Enfamil, in any drug store. Same dosage.
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Jim Flaherty
The Chameleon Company, LLC
jim has many years with chameleons and breeding, check out this thread
https://www.chameleonforums.com/possible-mbd-please-read-122229/
Grab the chameleon behind the head, so as to upset it. This will prompt it to open its mouth in the hopes of biting you, its aggressor. Depending on the size of the chameleon, then offer it the appropriate sized finger to take out its angst upon. If it is OK on calcium, it will be a strong bite. If not, the bite will be nothing, such that its jaws will bend in the effort.
Dr. Alfonso came up with this years ago, to my knowledge. It is most accurate.
To Kevin: Try something different for Calcium:
http://www.foodotc.com/ProductDetail...134428&Click=6
Two drops orally per 50g of chameleon every 3 days, until symptoms are gone. Then dose once weekly. Far more effective than the powders.
Edit #2: Herptivite is a near useless product. None of the powders are very good, but that is in the no-good category. I suggest you switch to liquid vitamins as well.
Either this : http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...=c&cagpspn=pla
1 drop per 50g weekly. Or buy the human product, for babies, Poly-Vi-Sol, by Enfamil, in any drug store. Same dosage.
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Jim Flaherty
The Chameleon Company, LLC
jim has many years with chameleons and breeding, check out this thread
https://www.chameleonforums.com/possible-mbd-please-read-122229/
nj011908
New Member
no its not however reptivite (also a decent powder with everything you need a couple times a week and has usable vitamin A) is a multivitamin with calcium and d3 so some may think its a vitamin.
FrankTheTank
Established Member
There is a great thread on supplementing at the too of this forum section
Olimpia
Biologist & Ecologist
You could use a multivitamin that contains vitamin D3, I find that to be just fine. So you can use that 2-4 or more times a month, depending on the brand and the D3 concentration. My routine consists of plain calcium from Repashy and their Calcium Plus LowD (which is a calcium plus vitamins plus vitamin D3)
Right now though since all of my chameleons get near daily sunshine exposure I'm not using the multivitamin. But I've preferred to use a 2-in-1 product for my vitamins for some time now.
Right now though since all of my chameleons get near daily sunshine exposure I'm not using the multivitamin. But I've preferred to use a 2-in-1 product for my vitamins for some time now.
