Optimizing Your Reptile's Diet | Dr. Chapman DVM

Dr. Kelsey Chapman returns to the podcast to discuss reptile nutrition! In this episode, Dr. Chapman explains how to properly supplement Vitamin A to avoid deficiency and what to look for on your container of "reptile multi-vitamin" prior to using it. She also describes the dangers of over-using grocery store "greens" for herbivorous reptiles, specifically land tortoises, whether or not water should be offered to arid species and if spinach is safe to feed to your reptile or feeder insects. We wrap up the episode with rapid-fire questions that were submitted via Instagram.

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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1557506320301312
https://www.vin.com/vin/
https://lafeber.com/vet/
https://mazuri.com/

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0:00 Coming Up
1:02 Guest Introduction
3:17 Housekeeping
4:59 Welcome Dr. Chapman / Background
8:08 Vitman A | Function, supplementation, deficiency
13:28 Should we supplement vitamins for snakes?
17:17 Feeder insects, dusting multi-vit & Oral D3
23:50 The myth of goiter & proper tortoise diet
30:45 Feeding Bearded Dragons fruit
31:26 Feeding spinach | Oxalates | Urinary stones
36:54 Offering water for arid species
43:32 Cancer in Reptiles | UV Exposure
49:08 Salmonella blood poisoning
51:58 At-Home First-Aid kits?
54:22 Reptile vet med case studies, extra training for vets and vet courses
1:01:48 Fear-free practices for reptiles
1:05:50 How to tell if your reptile is obese?
1:08:38 Closing Thoughts
1:10:50 Outro

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