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For the sake of our geckos I wanted to share this.


Vitamin Excess (Hypervitaminosis): Anyone under the impression that pumping your lizard full of vitamins is doing it a favor is totally wrong! Too many vitamins can be fatal. Dosages that are consistently too high can sometimes lead to damage as serious as that caused by not enough vitamins. Excessive Vitamin D can cause the onset of calcification of the arteries and uncontrollable bone and cartilage growth can occur. Too much Vitamin A can cause uncontrollable bleeding in the internal organs. Check the label of your vitamins for proper dosage; if you're unsure, check with your veterinarian.

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Reptiles-704/leoparad-gecko.htm

http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070417233757AA0jbR9

One of the members mentioned that too much vitD can cause MBD which I found hard to believe but I guess it's true.

http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/forums/lizards/318715-mbd-metabolic-bone-disease-info-7.html

Food items should be dusted in a calcium powder (available at pet stores) almost every other feeding. Products containing D-3 should not be used more than weekly as this substance can be dangerous in large doses. To dust, simply place food items in a small plastic bag with a bit of the calcium dust and shake. A small dish (such as a milk bottle top) of pure calcium should also be left in the enclosure at all times.

http://geckoforums.net/showthread.php?t=47162&page=2
 
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I agree that overdosing of fat soluble vitamins is a potential problem. Some people feel that if a little bit is good, then a lot is better. This is simply not true. However, when I first started keeping leopard geckos back in 1995, I supplemented them with vitamins every feeding. My original geckos lived to be 12+ years old without any problems. My vet (President of the ARAV) has never seen a case of hypervitaminois D3 in a leopard gecko in over 20 years of practice.

I think that if the feeders are well gut-loaded with nutritious food, and leos are supplemented weekly with vitamins, there shouldn't be any concern.
 
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Yes, I agree once a week. The reason I started to worry was because I have noticed alot of people started using Repashy plus which has calciumD and multivitamins mixed together. So I mentioned it should say on the bottle how much to give according to weight and someone responded it just says with every feeding. That would mean everyday for a baby gecko which is too much don't you think? Right now I am using reptivite because they did not have repcal in stock and it says half a teaspoon per every 71grams of weight per week. So for a baby the amount weekly should be very, very tiny. I have been reading alot about what happens. It can take years before the kidneys start to fail by toxicity. Their legs become swollen and they become dehydrated. They can also start showing signs of mbd because the kidneys stop functioning. I have seen pictures in here in the old post of one that had mineralization and swollen legs. I have also read seen more in other forum. So all the vet finds is kidney disease as the cause of death. I have read it in some medical journals.

Many people just bury their lizards in the yard. Many don't know why their gecko died.
I wished I would have saved everything. If I find any good ones I will post them.
 
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gecko4245 said:
For the sake of our geckos I wanted to share this.


Vitamin Excess (Hypervitaminosis): Anyone under the impression that pumping your lizard full of vitamins is doing it a favor is totally wrong! Too many vitamins can be fatal. Dosages that are consistently too high can sometimes lead to damage as serious as that caused by not enough vitamins. Excessive Vitamin D can cause the onset of calcification of the arteries and uncontrollable bone and cartilage growth can occur. Too much Vitamin A can cause uncontrollable bleeding in the internal organs. Check the label of your vitamins for proper dosage; if you're unsure, check with your veterinarian.

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Reptiles-704/leoparad-gecko.htm

http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070417233757AA0jbR9

One of the members mentioned that too much vitD can cause MBD which I found hard to believe but I guess it's true.

http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/forums/lizards/318715-mbd-metabolic-bone-disease-info-7.html
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I guess you are talking about what I wrote. I did not right it causes "MBD", I said it can cause the same symptoms of MBD. Kidney disease can cause edema.

Since you have been searching here is one to look at.

http://geckoforums.net/showthread.php?t=59571&page=2
 
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Does it take a lot of oversupplementation for it to be dangerous? Now I'm worried.
 
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I don't think it is much to worry about because I'm sure that Allen puts a lot of effort to make the perfect product.
 
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I used to only dust with d3 and then I found out that it wasn't good so I started dusting with different supplements.
 
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