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Zagermeister
at Sun May 8 22:54:36 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Zagermeister ]
Thanks for the reply FR.
To answer your question, what I'm worried about is the results of either over or under supplementing him. Calcifying his internal organs from over supplementing calcium, or MBD from undersupplementing calcium. I've also read that too much D3 supplementation can be just as dangerous, as can too much vitamin supplementation.
At this point he's just big enough to eat pinky rats. Are their bones going to be well enough developed to provide him w/ the calcium that he needs? Also, will the UV being 16" away be enough to make his body create D3 to process that calcium? Will a diet of nearly all pinkies be too fatty for him? Maybe multiple fuzzy or hopper mice would be better than a single pinky rat?
I will definitely work on the temp situation. Right now I have 2 35w halogen floods & 2 50w GU10 size halogen floods spread out over his basking spot. I'll try downsizing the 50w ones & moving them all closer to the rock slab that he basks on. That should up the surface temps & drop the ambient temps, which should in turn drop the cool end temps. The room he's in is usually around 73F, so it won't take much heat to bring it up to mid to high 70's.
Thanks again for responding!
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RE: Supplement/UV advice for Nile, "taming" - Zagermeister, Sun May 8 22:54:36 2011