----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Neil Groginsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 2:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Gecko] vitamins, minerals, and trace minerals
Hi Steven and all,
That does not go for all vitamins.Fat soluble vitamins as vitamin A and D3
are very dangerous
to overdose.Some vitamins gives the same symptoms if overdosed as if the
animal lack it.
Magnus
> I was told one time that if I got too much of a vitamin, it would just not
> be used and passed out of my system. I wonder if that applies to lower
> species.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "nathan hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 5:44 PM
> Subject: [Gecko] vitamins, minerals, and trace minerals
>
>
> I've been using some sort of vitamin and mineral supplement for over a
> decade for my geckos, and I started pondering some things. We, gecko
> keepers and breeders, really don't have a clue as to the proper amount of
> supplements to give our geckos. Yes, they need calcium on a regular basis
> and producing females require more, but don't some species need more
calcium
> than others. Every species of gecko has a different growth rate, and I
> assume that most people use the same general method of dosing for all of
> their animals. When a gecko reaches adult size, do we have any idea how
> much vitamins and minerals to give these geckos? It seems to me that
> hypervitaminosis can be more harmful to a gecko than hypovitaminosis.
I've
> had amazing success with many of the species I've worked with, but I think
> that so many dosages and amounts are simply not known. Unfortunately, I
> don't have that "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" mentality, and I'm
always
> searching for the "proper" way.
>
> Nathan Hall
> GECKOS UNLIMITED
>
>
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