What do your snakes need that they can't get from the rodents?
Seriously.

I know there is a trend in people to want to pop pills for various things, and sometimes it really is necessary, but do you honestly have a valid reason to know that your snakes need vitamins or nutrients that they are not able to get from the mice they eat?

I know people with gravid females, especially if they want to double clutch, will sometimes use calcium supplements. Perhaps that is justified, I don't know. But I do know that snakes in captivity that never get any vitamin supplements ever seem to do quite well.

Insect eating herptiles, those we know need supplements - and we can explain why (poor nutrition value of CB crickets). I know mice raised on dog food are not recommended. But unless you have a scientific reason for doing it, I wouldn't - because I've not seen anything that indicates they need it.
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3.0 WC; 0.1 CB L. getula californiae
0.1 CB L. pyromelana pyromelana
0.1 WC; 10 eggs (7/11) Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata

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• Vitamin Supplement - Black_Wolf, Wed Jul 19 09:45:25 2006
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