d3 overdose.....

kezia911 · 13-03-2011, 10:01 PM

I've just read an interesting article, suggesting that a tortoise can overdose on d3 and the results mimic sunburn......... is this right? if so perhaps my tort is not suffering with septicemia but has in fact overdosed!
and if it is possible to overdose by supplementing d3 how much is too much?

Balboa · 14-03-2011, 05:06 AM

I don't feel qualified to say yay or nay on it, but I have read some very convincing articles that explain it to be DIFFICULT to overdose on D3. That means it certainly is a possibility, but the risk of too little D3 is greater than the chances of over doing it.

**Alan1** · 14-03-2011, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by kezia911

I've just read an interesting article, suggesting that a tortoise can overdose on d3 and the results mimic sunburn......... is this right? if so perhaps my tort is not suffering with septicemia but has in fact overdosed!
and if it is possible to overdose by supplementing d3 how much is too much?

Have you got a link to the article?

As said above, it is possible but I've never heard of anyone's tort having a D3 overdose. People who shovel Nutrobal onto torts' food may be capable of doing it. Folk tend to ignore the instructions on the tub but even so, I've still never heard of anyone doing it

kezia911 · 14-03-2011, 12:08 PM

When i find the article again I'll paste in the link

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Dazza · 14-03-2011, 12:18 PM

I rescued an iguana a few years back, he was a BIG lizard in a small enclosure and only a T-Rex UV heat for basking, it was also difficult for him to escape that. When i first got him home he would hide from the UV and not bask, choosing to bask under just normal reflector lamps.

Reptiles are great at self regulating UV - its a subject of much debate and research is still going on to understand it better.

darren

**Alan1** · 14-03-2011, 07:20 PM

Very interesting Darren. I have noticed with my torts that they have spells of months at a time of sitting close to being under the lamp then they will have spells of months of sitting much further away (it's not the heat as that is consistently the same). One that has kept away from the lamp for months is now basking close to it and the exact opposite is happening with the other tort. On the occasions when they are in the basking close to the lamp mode they also eat far more and are far more active

13-03-2011, 10:01 PM	#1
kezia911 Member Hatched Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: chichester, west sussex Posts: 330	d3 overdose..... I've just read an interesting article, suggesting that a tortoise can overdose on d3 and the results mimic sunburn......... is this right? if so perhaps my tort is not suffering with septicemia but has in fact overdosed! and if it is possible to overdose by supplementing d3 how much is too much? Last edited by kezia911; 13-03-2011 at 10:24 PM.

14-03-2011, 12:18 PM	#5
Dazza Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,486	I rescued an iguana a few years back, he was a BIG lizard in a small enclosure and only a T-Rex UV heat for basking, it was also difficult for him to escape that. When i first got him home he would hide from the UV and not bask, choosing to bask under just normal reflector lamps. Reptiles are great at self regulating UV - its a subject of much debate and research is still going on to understand it better. darren __________________ www.inkaproducts.co.uk www.megaray.co.uk

14-03-2011, 05:06 AM	#2
Balboa Member Egg Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Pacific NW, USA Posts: 75	I don't feel qualified to say yay or nay on it, but I have read some very convincing articles that explain it to be DIFFICULT to overdose on D3. That means it certainly is a possibility, but the risk of too little D3 is greater than the chances of over doing it.

14-03-2011, 12:08 PM	#4
kezia911 Member Hatched Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: chichester, west sussex Posts: 330	When i find the article again I'll paste in the link x

14-03-2011, 07:20 PM	#6
Alan1 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland Posts: 21,512	Very interesting Darren. I have noticed with my torts that they have spells of months at a time of sitting close to being under the lamp then they will have spells of months of sitting much further away (it's not the heat as that is consistently the same). One that has kept away from the lamp for months is now basking close to it and the exact opposite is happening with the other tort. On the occasions when they are in the basking close to the lamp mode they also eat far more and are far more active

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