D3 or no?

[artes]

I think you use D3 for frogs, and without D3 for lizards. I could be wrong though, but I'm pretty sure I'm correct.

[DogRetepCow]

I think you use D3 for frogs, and without D3 for lizards. I could be wrong though, but I'm pretty sure I'm correct.

Interesting, I'd like to know if that's true... Can anyone confirm this?

[artes]

I did oversimplify it btw. You do use D3 for some lizards occasionally, but not often.

[Eric Walker]

I have allways use the stuff with D3 for all my reptile and amphibians. I have no clue what you would use the stuff without D3 for. I think the D3 is needed to help matabolize the calcium or something along those lines.

[artes]

That's what D3 is used for. But D3 is toxic to some lizards, so they can only have very small amounts. Leopard geckos, for example.

[demeteraurion]

Well I would be using it for my Crested gecko as well. His food has D3 in it and calcium though.

[nickc]

For my chameleons and frogs I limited there use of calcium of D3 to twice a month. D3 is used for reptiles and amphibians which are raised under UVB/UVA bulbs. Im not sure but i think for more nocturnal phibs, its not completely necessary for use. For all my older animals I maintain a supplementation schedule of cal w/d3 twice a month , multivitamin twice a month and for regular calcium either three times or twice a week (frogs may not require as much calcium as reptiles)

Hope this helps