Vitamin supplement

[Donatello]

My vet for my russian tortoise said Nek-ton was better then flukers. I just wanted to know anyone's thoughts on this. I was using the flukers but he talked me into the other stuff which was 18 dollars....

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

Does your vet sell Nek-ton?
What were the qualifiers for the one over the other?

 

[Maggie Cummings]

I just finished reading that vitamin’s for humans are a waste of money and really don't do anything. I read that in medical journals. I personally believe that if you feed a good diet for your species of tortoise, a good and varied diet that is, only calcium is needed. And sun, I have raised some pretty good specimens on food UVB (or sun) and calcium....

 

[Elohi]

I just finished reading that vitamin’s for humans are a waste of money and really don't do anything. I read that in medical journals. I personally believe that if you feed a good diet for your species of tortoise, a good and varied diet that is, only calcium is needed. And sun, I have raised some pretty good specimens on food UVB (or sun) and calcium....

This is hugely true because most vitamin supplements are the wrong type and mostly the cheap, non-bio available varieties. You have to do a lot of studying up to know which are bio available and which are not and it is A LOT to remember.


Elohi(Earth)

 

[Donatello]

The vet didn't say why the other was better. Yes he sells it. I bought it from him. He said my tortoise is healthy. He did have worms. But that was all. He gets the last dose of worm medicine tomorrow.

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

The vet didn't say why the other was better. Yes he sells it. I bought it from him. He said my tortoise is healthy. He did have worms. But that was all. He gets the last dose of worm medicine tomorrow.

Profit drives a lot of opinions. I'd stick with a very varied diet with plenty of sun and or uv lights supplemented with calcium.