Supplement Schedule?

[FooL111394]

Yesterday I called the wonderful people at screameleons about my supplement diet and they said for my 4 1/2 month old blue-barred waldo that I should give him herptivite every other day along with calcium with d3. I heard that I'm only supposed to use herptivite on a cham of his age only once every two weeks and calcium with d3 every once a week also and use calcium without d3 every other day. This is confusing. So If you guys can help me out with my supplement schedule.

 

[So Pirate55]

mine is about the same age as yours and my schedule goes as follows. Remember though, that everyone has their own way of doing things and if the end result is the same(healthy chameleon), then so be it.

cal w/d3 2x week
cal w/o d3 3x week
herptivite 1x week
No supplement on Sunday

 

[sandrachameleon]

What individuals do for supplements varies. When determining what to do for supplements, One has to consider how well one is gut loading and what one is feeding to the cham, how much real sunlight it gets, age of the cham, gender, etc. So you are going to get a range of answers!

I use calcium on the morning prey item, everyday, plus whenever the prey item is crickets - so up to twice a day for calcium
Calcium with D3 is used once to twice a month.
Vitamin supplements are used once a month in summer, twice a month in winter (this reflects that the range of feeders I offer in winter is reduced somewhat).

 

[ChromaChameleons]

If you can't get a handle on supplementation , you can opt for an all in one type supplement . Zoomed makes reptivite with D3. It is formulated as a daily dust .

I prefer to use repcal calcium, calcium withD3 and Herptivite and minerall O. This allows you to tweeak or customize the supplementation , as Sandra mentioned earlier.

But if it is an overwhelming issue , then the all in one may be your solution.

 

[FooL111394]

Thanks currently I'm using herptivite calcium with d3 and without it

 

[Justin Carl]

Oh, man!
I'll show you mu supplement schedule.
It's constantly being changed, revised, and new supplements being added.
Their really isn't a schedule, but here is goes.

At most feedings I use a RepCals phosphorus free calcium without D3.
I also will substitute the phosphorus free calcium without D3 with MinerAll (o).
One time per month I use RepCals phosphorous free calcium with D3.
Somewhere in the first week of the month I use Herptivite one time.
In the middle of the month I use Sandfires T-Rex Chameleon Formula.(occasionally switched out with Reptivite)
Right now I'm trying out Nekton at the end of the month.
If I can remember, then I will dust with ground up bee pollen one time per month.

*edit*
As a side note, I only dust two-three feeders with vitamins per feeding.

 

[FooL111394]

thanks for the info

 

[Ryan Jarosek]

If you can't get a handle on supplementation , you can opt for an all in one type supplement . Zoomed makes reptivite with D3. It is formulated as a daily dust .

I prefer to use repcal calcium, calcium withD3 and Herptivite and minerall O. This allows you to tweeak or customize the supplementation , as Sandra mentioned earlier.

But if it is an overwhelming issue , then the all in one may be your solution.

I use the same sups . It is nice to be able to cut back on only what needs to be cut back on.

 

[bluegoldfish]

Should i use calypso cricket dust (no d3) daily? and then nutrobal (with d3) once weekly?

 

[addicted]

I have a 4 month old Ambanja Panther and I use calcium without D3 (zoomed) every other day, multivitamin (herptivite, repcal), and calcium with D3 (repcal) once per month.
I'm also confused as to weather I'm supposed to adjust this as he gets older and what are the signs to tell you weather you are over/under using a certain supp.?

 

[dc2ap2]

they have me on the same as you and it works grate this is what i do for my blue bar/red bar/pink
herp and rep 1 tbl each in my duster they get it on mon wed fri on all thir crickets that get feed carotts mangaos sweet spuds and some other stuff (it changes every week depends what my girl freand buys) but all my guys are growing fast and look soo good also the get some silkies and suppers and horn worms some times
now my 2 year veild get it only once a week on mon and she is happy

 

[Rosie42892]

Alrighty, well by my cham's breeder I was reccomended :
Herptivite- Monday, Thursday
Rep-Cal- Tuesday, Friday
Miner-all- Wednesday, Saturday

Any changes I should make?

 

[Rosie42892]

Please see above since I made two of the same one

 

[sandrachameleon]

You might find this blog entry informative/useful:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/65-supplements.html

 

[Sammysoffe]

What is the best supplement for a male juvenile veiled chameleon?