Authored by: Christina Miller CAHT/RVT, RLAT, BSc MBD in Herpetoculture Captive reptiles and amphibians are subject to a somewhat unique situation. Unlike our mammalian companions, they’re highly dependent on their captive environment for their most basic physiology to function, making good husbandry the key to maintaining healthy companions. One of the most common health problems […]
Authored by John F. Taylor of Reptile Apartment Calcium and Reptiles | What we think Calcium specifically but overall vitamin and mineral supplementation is something that is and has been ‘guessed’ at for as long as we have been keeping reptiles. Type in the search string calcium supplementation reptiles and out of the top ten […]
For the most part, you look at any animal that’s in the wild and, of course, I’ve not yet seen a lizard or a turtle or a bird or a rhinoceros go to the health food store and order calcium. So the fact that they’ve all been here for so long and have been here longer than we have, I’m really inclined to believe that the natural diet they have has taken care of that.”
