Hi all,
Well.....
First off, I don't endorse nor particularly care for reptivite. I did use it, never had a problem. Switched to Repashy products and am now using the Rep-Cal brand calcium and separate mult vitamin (herptivite).
I do know, as I'm looking at an old sample that I had, that the reptivite is safe for amphibians.
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Also, I did a brief search online about the product, and can't find any real accounts of why reptivite is un-safe for amphibians.
This mysterious issue of reptivite having killed meal worms and a tree frog, seems to me very unlikely. I would guess it was either a drowning situation, or coincidence, or something enitirely different.
Heather has made some good points. If there is too much of any product ingested at one time, this could cause a problem as well.
But, as I said, I do not use reptivite at all any more, and can't speak for it's efficacy.
I dis-agree that the product is dangerous, however....
And, guilletto:
The exo-terra products work fine. Just be sure to use a separate vitamin and separate calcium.
Dust with calcium a couple to three times per week and the vitamin once per week.