A couple thoughts...

Posted by Doug T on March 29, 2002 at 16:24:22:

In Reply to: Any thoughts on Vitamin supplements? posted by MaXx on March 29, 2002 at 13:55:43:

First thing, I wouldn't advise shoving an entire vitamin tablet into a prey animal. You might actually be administering toxic levels of certain vitamins with a human sized tablet.

There are some reptile specific vitamin powders out there, but who knows how close they come to what a snake needs.

Personally, if I remember to do it, about 1 time a month I'll sprinkle a little Nekton Rep vitamin powder on a meal for a snake. I don't know how effective or ineffective it is.

The stuff I have is getting kind of old and I'll most likely just take a human grade multi vitamin, crush it, and sprinkle just a little of it on the food.

If you are feeding freshly killed prey, additional vitamins (except maybe D3) are probably not needed at all.

My thoughts,

Doug

: Dont really know if this has been brought up before - BUT I would like to get a few of y'alls inputs... (Actually if any one has been doing it - what is the outcome?)
: Would it be of any benefit to stuff a (Human) vitamin supplement (Centrum or somethin like that) to a feeder mouse before offering to your Drymarchon? Or do reptiles not need the same vitamins/minerals we do? I was thinking about the vitamin/nutrient content to a fuzzy vice an adult mouse, to the relation of a young Drymarchon and a human being and how the more nutrients we get as young ones - the better off (and healthier) we are as adults? Any thoughts?

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• Re: A couple thoughts... dave 03/29/02 (2)
  • Or just feed rodents . . . it's worked for decades. (n/p) Brandon 04/10/02 (0)
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: First thing, I wouldn't advise shoving an entire vitamin tablet into a prey animal. You might actually be administering toxic levels of certain vitamins with a human sized tablet. : There are some reptile specific vitamin powders out there, but who knows how close they come to what a snake needs. : Personally, if I remember to do it, about 1 time a month I'll sprinkle a little Nekton Rep vitamin powder on a meal for a snake. I don't know how effective or ineffective it is. : The stuff I have is getting kind of old and I'll most likely just take a human grade multi vitamin, crush it, and sprinkle just a little of it on the food. : If you are feeding freshly killed prey, additional vitamins (except maybe D3) are probably not needed at all. : My thoughts, : Doug : : Dont really know if this has been brought up before - BUT I would like to get a few of y'alls inputs... (Actually if any one has been doing it - what is the outcome?) : : Would it be of any benefit to stuff a (Human) vitamin supplement (Centrum or somethin like that) to a feeder mouse before offering to your Drymarchon? Or do reptiles not need the same vitamins/minerals we do? I was thinking about the vitamin/nutrient content to a fuzzy vice an adult mouse, to the relation of a young Drymarchon and a human being and how the more nutrients we get as young ones - the better off (and healthier) we are as adults? Any thoughts?

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