Hi Magnus,
I was curious to see what was out there so I did a quick Copernic search for
"vitamin dose reptile" I think. There are some hits on Melissa's pages and
some uninteresting stuff, but you might find something. I didn't really
look at it that closely.
You can see the results of the search at
http://www.geocities.com/groginsky/page.html.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Magnus Forsberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Gecko] vitamins, minerals, and trace minerals
>
> ----- 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
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>
> 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
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