Enoch the Western Toad.

[Jace]

I found Zoo Med's Reptivite with D3 that has...let's see....Vitamin a 99, 910 IU per lb or 220, 264 IU per kg. I honestly have no idea what that means but it was the only vitamin supplement I could find that even listed Vitamin A. Is this better than nothing? I will phone my fav petstore tomorrow and talk to them about Repashy and do some sluething on line. I will start Enoch on this supplement tonight. Let me know what you think. And thanks again Greg-I really appreciate all your help!

[Greg M]

Hi Jace,

I used Reptivite for a while. It has Vitamin A acetate, which is biologically available to toads (as far as I can tell from a cursory review of the literature), and is the same vitamin A form that is used in Repashy Calcium Plus. The Vitamin A content in the Reptivite is much higher (220, 264 IU/Kg) than in the Repashy formulation (80, 000 IU/Kg). I think you should be fine with Reptivite, although my toads object to the taste - they like the Repashy formulation better... There may, of course, be other issues that make one better than the other (and that are beyond me). I know Allen has spent a lot of time working on the Calcium Plus, so that it complements the crickets nutritional value...

Cheers,
Greg