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Posted by: azteclizard at Tue Dec 30 06:55:15 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by azteclizard ]

There are a few people on this forum including myself that do not use UVB bulbs. There are also several large scale breeders that do not either. I use spot bulbs for basking spots and plain floursecent tubes to create extra light intensity in my cages. I use supplement with the t-rex Sandfire superfoods only. There are 3 products put out by them 2 veggie supps. and one Insect dust. All 3 contain 4000 I.U. of d3/ kilo of product. This is safe safe level for daily use. Miner-all I also contains about the same amounts of d3/kilo. Rep-cal contains 400,000 I.U./ kilo. This is a product you might not want to use as liberally, although I know people who have and do with out problems. There seems to be a pretty large margin of error when supplementing with the powder calcium supps. that contain d3. More often than not people tend to under supp. and run into problems.

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Just out of curiousity...does anyone supplement D3 instead of using UV lighting???....n/p - cv768, Tue Dec 30 01:13:57 2003

RE: Just out of curiousity...does anyone supplement D3 instead of using UV lighting???....n/p - azteclizard, Tue Dec 30 06:55:15 2003

What steps might I have to take to switch them over to a supplement???..... - cv768, Tue Dec 30 07:09:06 2003

RE: What steps might I have to take to switch them over to a supplement???..... - azteclizard, Tue Dec 30 10:20:12 2003

RE: Just out of curiousity...does anyone supplement D3 instead of using UV lighting???....n/p - mattman, Tue Dec 30 08:50:01 2003

I totally agree. Why take the chance? I know a couple breeders that don' - brdfreak, Tue Dec 30 11:04:24 2003

UVB is the only sure way to prevent MBD - W.Wedeking, Tue Dec 30 20:58:24 2003

RE: UVB is the only sure way to prevent MBD - cricketscritters, Tue Dec 30 23:11:56 2003

RE: UVB is the only sure way to prevent MBD - azteclizard, Wed Dec 31 00:44:44 2003

We've done it for years with chameleons...I don't see it being a problem... - cv768, Wed Dec 31 11:10:17 2003

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RE: Just out of curiousity...does anyone supplement D3 instead of using UV lighting???....n/p

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