Repashy Calcium Plus for juveniles?

[Kaianuanu]

I'm about to order a thermo/hygro and aupplements and I'll finally be 100% ready to get my chameleon. I'm getting a male Nosy Be panther that will probably be around 3 months old. I've searched the forums and read threads about the Repashy Calcium Plus all in one supplement and it seems to get a good report on here. However, I have not found any threads about using it specifically for juvenile panthers. So my questions: Can I raise a Juvenile panther as young as 3 months, on Repashy Calcium Plus all in one? If so, what schedule should I use, 6 days a week?

 

[Lathelia]

You supplement juveniles just like adults. I guess each person has their own way to use repashy calcium plus. If you are going to offer vide variety of feeders and provide nice gut load I would use it even less then 6 times a week, but that is just my opinion.

 

[Kate]

There has been lots of debate on this product. Some on here have used it daily with no problems. Others have reservations. I believe that Dr O is doing some research. Personally I prefer to use it once or twice a week and use plain calcium in between.

 

[arnau666]

well i used it daily for 3 week and 1 week brake when he was younger.
but now my boy is a grown man ) and he eats at 3 days .so now i use it at 3 days .
since i started using this product he is eating much better than before .
+ he had a bump on his body but after 1 month of using Repashy cal + that disapeard ( dont know if the product is related with this but he had that bump for 3 months + ).

i defenetly recommend this product !

 

[Battlecat29]

Repashy plus

I've had my nosey be for a little over a year. I got him when he was a baby. He was the size of my finger when I got him. The breeder recommended repashy plus calcium and bug burger for a gut load. So he has been on that regimen since he was a little guy. I've never had a problem. He has always been strong and healthy. Now he isn't growing as much and only eats every other day. I probably dust every other feeding.

 

[Kaianuanu]

Now he isn't growing as much and only eats every other day.

You mean because he's maturing, or do you mean in a bad way?

 

[sandrachameleon]

I'm about to order a thermo/hygro and aupplements and I'll finally be 100% ready to get my chameleon. I'm getting a male Nosy Be panther that will probably be around 3 months old. I've searched the forums and read threads about the Repashy Calcium Plus all in one supplement and it seems to get a good report on here. However, I have not found any threads about using it specifically for juvenile panthers. So my questions: Can I raise a Juvenile panther as young as 3 months, on Repashy Calcium Plus all in one? If so, what schedule should I use, 6 days a week?

I would not use it that often. I would use a vitamin free calcium supplement most of the time, and a vitamin powder like repashy C+ once a week, maybe twice a week.
It also depends on what feeder prey you will provide, how you will gutload, whether or not the cham will be inside under UVB or outside, etc

 

[Battlecat29]

Not in a bad way. He is maturing and I don't think it's necessary to bomb him with vitamins everyday. He mainly eats horned worms and those keep him full longer.

 

[Kaianuanu]

Not in a bad way. He is maturing and I don't think it's necessary to bomb him with vitamins everyday. He mainly eats horned worms and those keep him full longer.

Aren't hornworms a bit low in nutrition for a staple. I'm pretty sure they are really low in protein. I read somewhere that they are so higher in water content that a panther can starve on a stomach full of them. Great for hydration though. You might want to look into silkworms though, they have 3 times the protein of crickets and high in calcium also.

 

[Battlecat29]

I think he may be getting bored of them, I was thinking about try silk worms or mantids to stimulate his appetite. Horned worms have a high nutritional value and are high in everything including protein, calcium and water. That's all he ever wants. I think it's the green color.

 

[Kaianuanu]

Silkworms are definitely nutritiously superior to hornworms. Hornworms are also high in fat.

But anyway, does anybody have any input on using repashy 2 days a week, and then calcium four?

Such as a schedule like:

Mon.- Repashy Cal+
Tue. & Wed.- STF Miner-All Outdoor
Thurs.- Repashy Cal+
Fri. & Sat.- STF Miner-All Outdoor

 

[Kaianuanu]

Bump.......

 

[sandrachameleon]

But anyway, does anybody have any input on using repashy 2 days a week, and then calcium four?

I can think of many situations where that would be a perfect rough schedule, but like i mentioned earlier it depends on what feeder prey you will provide, how you will gutload, whether or not the cham will be inside under UVB or outside, etc