chamilionare
New Member
ive been told that you can buy human multivitamin tablets and crush them into powder and dust your chameleons food with it. sounds sketchy, but is this true?
multivitamin question
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xephyr17
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That's true, you'd want to see how much of everything they have in each and compare.
Lazy Boy
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My question would be why? Maybe if you got straight vitamins and not a multi but then if you don't know how or what to mix you could cause problems. A human multivitamin would not have the same ratios of vitamins as your cham needs. Go to a Petco and get the right stuff. Even straight calcium for humans I wouldn't use but hey its your cham.
ridgebax1
Avid Member
I remember when Pete was sick the vet gave me a recipe for a gutload that contained one vitamin tablet which was crushed and mixed with the other ingredients. I was to feed that to the feeders and still dust in the usual amounts. I think that Lathis is correct as far as the dosing is concerned. It would not matter much with the water soluble B and C vitamins but the fat soluble A, D, E, and K would be quite a concern as would any minerals especially iron.
We get calls all the time about kids eating 50 or 60 gummy vitamins and sometimes the chewables. The main concern with these is iron. We calculate iron content based on the child's weight to determine toxicity in an acute one time exposure. As far as the fat soluble vitamins, they would only be problematic with repeated overdoses. One time exposures are not a problem. So using a human vitamin to dust feeders on a daily basis, I think, could eventually cause problems especially with the issues chams can have with vitamin D and A. I would stick with reptile formulas. Also I think the human vitamins would be much more expensive.
We get calls all the time about kids eating 50 or 60 gummy vitamins and sometimes the chewables. The main concern with these is iron. We calculate iron content based on the child's weight to determine toxicity in an acute one time exposure. As far as the fat soluble vitamins, they would only be problematic with repeated overdoses. One time exposures are not a problem. So using a human vitamin to dust feeders on a daily basis, I think, could eventually cause problems especially with the issues chams can have with vitamin D and A. I would stick with reptile formulas. Also I think the human vitamins would be much more expensive.
chamilionare
New Member
has anyone tried human multivitamins on chams?
ive resently been told that you can used crushed up human multivitamins on chameleons. i made a thread on the subject and i was confirmed that its possible.
sounds too sketchy and i dont think its worth the try but im still curious.
has anyone ever done this? if so, how? what kind did you use? and how did you dose?
ive resently been told that you can used crushed up human multivitamins on chameleons. i made a thread on the subject and i was confirmed that its possible.
sounds too sketchy and i dont think its worth the try but im still curious.
has anyone ever done this? if so, how? what kind did you use? and how did you dose?
chamilionare
New Member
Yes hahah but i think its too sketchy and rather buy reptile vitamins. im just curious on how people do this
chamilionare
New Member
everytime i post something i only get a few replies so i figures if i made another post i would get another set of people to reply lol
Trace
Captain Awesome
Unfortunately a moderator comes along and merges the two threads.
I would stick to the reptile formulas - there's a difference in vitamins for men vs women, babies, vs pregnant women, vs. over 55, etc, if we balance our own vitamins that carefully, stands to reason that reptiles probably don't need things in quite the same doses we do.
For the cost, it's way less expensive anyway in both time to prepare and the quantity you receive to simply get reptile vitamins. If you've got people vitamins for cheaper than a reptile multivitamin, I'd question their quality!
-Jen
For the cost, it's way less expensive anyway in both time to prepare and the quantity you receive to simply get reptile vitamins. If you've got people vitamins for cheaper than a reptile multivitamin, I'd question their quality!
-Jen
Mike Fisher
Established Member
I'd be concerned about causing liver damage/failure. Reptile vitamins are usually cut (diluted) with calcium to a certain IU per kg. Dusting with straight synthetic preformed vitamins onto your feeders will most likely cause an overdose that may tax the liver and kidneys.
Not something to just mess around with.
Not something to just mess around with.
