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Ed...
I realize frozen foods contain thiaminase, the enzyme that breaks down thiamine.
My question is...my keeping so many individuals, and species require that I feed frozen foods, although I supplement with fresh healthy fish when I can...how do I supplement, or replace the lost thiamine?

how do I supplement, or replace the lost thiamine?

Buy some thiamine! B1 pills can be chopped or crushed and inserted or injected into the mouth or body cavity of a thawed fish. Since those pills are sometimes 6,000 times the normal daily intake for humans, you only need to give a very small amount for most herps.
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Ideally the thiamine is fed to the frog in a seperate prey item at least 1 hour before the frozen thawed fish.
Adding thiamine to the frozen/thawed fish helps but it is also possible that the thiaminase can catalyze most of the supplemental thiamine.

Ed

You're saying, use the crushed healthfood store thiamine supplement?
How about I give it to the frogs/turts/etc on a different prey item? Rosy red maybe?
Of for frogs...sprinkled on a worm?

Its probably better if it can be inserted into the food items as opposed to sprinkled on the food item. This is only required if a significant portion of the diet is going to be frozen/thawed fish.

Ed