Multivitamin Advice

[thradia]

What are your recommendations on a multivitamin for your beardies?
We dust with calcium right now but have been told we need to add a multivitamin to her schedule, but I'm not sure where to start on that one! any advice would be great on this

 

[bayoupig5]

Schedule will depend on the dragon's age, so that would be important to know. I have used Rep Cal Multivitamin for years, and that one still is a good choice. Recently, I have been trying Repashy Calcium Plus. This is of course calcium with all the multi vits to include D3. It really depends on choice. As I had an egg laying female and a baby dragon, I figured the extra calcium would not hurt.

Either of these choices will be fine and dosage schedule is dependent on age. For dragons a year old and under I dose multi vit 2-3 times per week, and for adults once per week.

 

[xp29]

I use this one, its probably tge same as Bayoupig5 mentioned as its made by rep-cal

Rep-Cal Herptivite Multivitamin 3.2oz - ReptileUV

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reptileuv.com

 

[xp29]

Huh i dunno why that link mentions uvb but i clicked it and it does go the the multivitamin page, weird.

 

[thradia]

Thanks! I'll look into some of those and see what I can get. She's 11 months old now and probably if I can get a multivitamin with the calcium included would be ideal

 

[xp29]

Not so much, they need calcium daily until they are adult, they only need multivitamin 2 to 3 times per week.
What i do is keep a couple of the containers that the bugs come in, one i put straight calcium in and the other is calcium and vitamins mixed. I just drop the bugs in which ever one i need that day and shake till coated.

 

[RangoRocky]

I use these for vitamins and spray it on their green 2-3 times a week.

 

[fcooper]

You don't need to do a multivitamin unless the diet is not adequate; with that being said, a vitamin once a week is likely not going to hurt him. Like you already stated though, the science behind vitamins in humans to controversial and with a species we know less about, even more so