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And yea I just recently was looking at the SDZ diet, has that worked the best for you so far?

I've been using this diet now with my own variations thrown in every now and then. This is a great recipe for Tegus, (and monitors) and if necessary, can be used as a staple diet.

Currently, this diet makes up 75% of my juvie's diet(s). The other 25% comes in the form of pinkies.

When mixing the eggs, to prevent as much avidin/biotin bonding as possible, I separate the yolk(s), keep the shell(s) and get rid of the whites.

I add calcium powder to one batch, and liquid calcium to another - alternating with each feeding. I use a multi-vitamin powder and never use d-3.

Regarding additional vitamin D-3:

"Vitamin D3 is a fat soluble vitamin. It is made naturally in the skin of most animals and it helps the animal use and digest the calcium in it's diet properly. An animal getting a well balanced diet, and UVB light or direct sunlight should not need vitamin D3 supplements in it's diet. It will be making enough of this important vitamin on it's own.

If it is getting vitamin D3 supplements or too much vitamin D3 supplementation the D3, being fat soluble, can build up to toxic levels in the animals system.

Hypervitaminousis D produces soft tissue calcification. Vitamin D intoxication has followed ingestion of rodenticides containing cholecalciferol. Clinical signs in mammals are depression, anorexia, polyuria/polydipsia (frequent urination/excessive thirst), and weight loss. Treatment regimens for reptiles have not been tested by controlled clinical trials; currently, treatment should follow guidelines for other species, which often include glucocorticoids and calcitonin."

More can be found here: Calcium defieciency in reptiles

<blockquote data-quote="m3s4" data-source="post: 111268" data-attributes="member: 2950">And yea I just recently was looking at the SDZ diet, has that worked the best for you so far?I've been using this diet now with my own variations thrown in every now and then. This is a great recipe for Tegus, (and monitors) and if necessary, can be used as a staple diet.Currently, this diet makes up 75% of my juvie's diet(s). The other 25% comes in the form of pinkies. When mixing the eggs, to prevent as much avidin/biotin bonding as possible, I separate the yolk(s), keep the shell(s) and get rid of the whites. I add calcium powder to one batch, and liquid calcium to another - alternating with each feeding. I use a multi-vitamin powder and never use d-3. &nbsp;<hr class="bbc-hr bbc-hr--3" />Regarding additional vitamin D-3:&quot;Vitamin D3 is a fat soluble vitamin. It is made naturally in the skin of most animals and it helps the animal use and digest the calcium in it's diet properly. An animal getting a well balanced diet, and UVB light or direct sunlight should not need vitamin D3 supplements in it's diet. It will be making enough of this important vitamin on it's own.If it is getting vitamin D3 supplements or too much vitamin D3 supplementation the D3, being fat soluble, can build up to toxic levels in the animals system.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Hypervitaminousis D produces soft tissue calcification. Vitamin D intoxication has followed ingestion of rodenticides containing cholecalciferol. Clinical signs in mammals are depression, anorexia, polyuria/polydipsia (frequent urination/excessive thirst), and weight loss. Treatment regimens for reptiles have not been tested by controlled clinical trials; currently, treatment should follow guidelines for other species, which often include glucocorticoids and calcitonin.&quot;More can be found here: <a href="http://www.triciaswaterdragon.com/calciumdeficiency.htm#vitamin" target="_blank">Calcium defieciency in reptiles</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="m3s4, post: 111268, member: 2950"] [b]And yea I just recently was looking at the SDZ diet, has that worked the best for you so far?[/b] I've been using this diet now with my own variations thrown in every now and then. This is a great recipe for Tegus, (and monitors) and if necessary, [i]can [/i]be used as a staple diet. Currently, this diet makes up 75% of my juvie's diet(s). The other 25% comes in the form of pinkies. When mixing the eggs, to prevent as much avidin/biotin bonding as possible, I separate the yolk(s), keep the shell(s) and get rid of the whites. I add calcium powder to one batch, and liquid calcium to another - alternating with each feeding. I use a multi-vitamin powder and never use d-3. [hr][/hr] Regarding additional vitamin D-3: "Vitamin D3 is a fat soluble vitamin. It is made naturally in the skin of most animals and it helps the animal use and digest the calcium in it's diet properly. An animal getting a well balanced diet, and UVB light or direct sunlight should not need vitamin D3 supplements in it's diet. It will be making enough of this important vitamin on it's own. [b]If it is getting vitamin D3 supplements or too much vitamin D3 supplementation the D3, being fat soluble, can build up to toxic levels in the animals system.[/b] Hypervitaminousis D produces soft tissue calcification. Vitamin D intoxication has followed ingestion of rodenticides containing cholecalciferol. Clinical signs in mammals are depression, anorexia, polyuria/polydipsia (frequent urination/excessive thirst), and weight loss. Treatment regimens for reptiles have not been tested by controlled clinical trials; currently, treatment should follow guidelines for other species, which often include glucocorticoids and calcitonin." More can be found here: [url=http://www.triciaswaterdragon.com/calciumdeficiency.htm#vitamin]Calcium defieciency in reptiles[/url] [/QUOTE]

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