Vitamin supplements??

[Bogie=babyDINO]

What brand of vitamin supplement do you guys use for your sulcatas? And is it okay to give my tort a vitamin or carrot soak every once in a while just for an additional immunity boost? I know it's for sick sulcatas but I'm thinking it can't hurt. Or can it?

 

[Jodie]

Carrot or vitamin soaks probably won't hurt, but is absolutely unnecessary. MinerAl from sticky tongue is a good supplement. Just calcium powder is what I use. In winter I use calcium with D3. 2-3 X per week is all. This is for young, which I am assuming based on avatar, your tortoise is a baby. Order males require less calcium as long as they are getting a good diet.

 

[Bogie=babyDINO]

Yeah it's just some days he seems up and about then the next day he is sleeping all day. I just thought giving him a vitamin soak every once I would know he is getting enough vitamins.

 

[Prairie Mom]

I really don't think a vitamin soak is necessary, but if you really want to try it out, I always have vitamin drops for birds on hand. I actually use them for squirrels who also have really high calcium and d3 requirements. I would be willing to put them in tortoise water if I felt it was needed.
Here are a couple products I've used:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004QDAC28/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B71OUHK/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20

I'm sure there are reptile versions of these drops, but I don't know anything about them.