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Post by ace on Mar 16, 2009 20:02:43 GMT -8
I didn't really take a good look at the calcium powder that my husband bought and now that I am reading it contains a D3 minimum of 400,000 IU/ KG. I know that vitamin d is a big no no but I am wondering why is it in there then?? I am really upset at myself for not checking the label especially because it is opened now and was very costly. I am not to worried about my Ig because we have only used it for the last week.
Does anyone know where I can find the best vitamins for the lowest prices I am more and more loosing faith in my exotic pet store is'nt this something that they should have pointed out to him???
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Post by Jen on Mar 16, 2009 20:07:01 GMT -8
Dont ever rely on petstore advice its just not accurate. I use Jurassi-cal. Its all in reading the labels I know there are others I just cant think of the brands off hand. Jurassi-cal is rather cheap.
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Post by ace on Mar 16, 2009 20:23:19 GMT -8
Thank you I am not a new iguana owner which is what is worse I should have read all the labels before hand. I just couldn't believe that they didn't even try to talk to my husband about it. I thought that being an exotic pet store that knowledge of said pets would be part of the application requirements but I am thinking not.....
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Post by Merlin on Mar 17, 2009 6:14:46 GMT -8
Some reptiles do require Vit D in their supplement, just not iguanas.
I use the RepCal Supplements. Look around at online suppliers and you can generally find things that are considerabley cheaper than at the stores.
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Post by ace on Mar 17, 2009 14:15:28 GMT -8
The only reason I am surprised they didn't catch it was because my husband had actually purchased the iguana there (that day). I did find something on the internet thanks guys. I have been out of the herp field for a while and the usual store that I knew everyone at has since went out of business so the internet it is! I am not really sure how I feel about the store that we got fury in they seem knowledgeable but maybe there just aren't enough people working at one time. Also if you ask them even a simple question they kind of treat you like a moron...I hope I am not driving you guys crazy yet!  |
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Post by Merlin on Mar 18, 2009 7:12:41 GMT -8
In my experience most of the people who behave that way do so for a simple reason,...they don't have a clue themselves and don't want to admit it.
A good store would be more than willing to help with the simplest questions. We ALL started somewhere!
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Post by Jen on Mar 18, 2009 9:14:49 GMT -8
Yes we did lol and I started out on pet store advice, thankfully I did some googling and found out I was not doing things right and that is how I ended up here. I had the standard set up. 10 gallon tank, heat rock, small branch, a hamock, repti-carpet, bag of crickets, bag of mixed veggies carrots, broccoli and cualiflower.
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Post by ace on Mar 20, 2009 14:12:39 GMT -8
The calcium got here in the mail finally! Yeah!!! I must admit though I talked to another employee on the phone today (asking if he wanted to take a rescue I had) and he was very knowledgeable and helpful. I guess I just need to have faith!
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