>I also feel better using a vitamin made for a reptile. Same as I would feel best using vitamins made specifically for a bird, rather than feeding it a dog treat, if I was giving vitamins to a bird.

I generally agree with this. Except a lot of reptile vitamins are actually for lizards and contain calcium. Boas get plenty of that in their preys' bones, and too much calcium can be bad for them. Mammal vitamins usually have vitamin D in the form of D2, which reptiles and birds don't matabolize well. Lacking a vitamin made for mammal-eating snakes, I'd go with a good liquid multiple vitamin for birds.

Paul Hollander

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• boa supplementation? - vet2010, Mon Mar 12 21:38:00 2007
• RE: boa supplementation? - Craig K., Mon Mar 12 23:51:29 2007
• Great answer Craig! - gmherps, Tue Mar 13 05:16:21 2007
• RE: boa supplementation? - drimes, Tue Mar 13 07:58:47 2007
• RE: boa supplementation? - vet2010, Tue Mar 13 08:28:31 2007
• RE: boa supplementation? - JPCONS, Tue Mar 13 09:05:18 2007
• RE: boa supplementation? - drimes, Tue Mar 13 09:07:33 2007
• RE: boa supplementation? - Paul Hollander, Wed Mar 14 17:28:28 2007