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Nekton Rep Color

marinneli

marinneli

Just lovin' Cubes!
Has anyone fed Nekton Rep Color to corns?


This is what I've found on the internet:

Nekton-REP is a general purpose dietary supplement providing vitamins, minerals and free amino acids for reptiles and amphibians. Typically, Nekton-REP is administered on food items. It may be sprinkled on fruits and vegetables or, for carnivorous or omnivorous reptiles, it may be applied to prey items by the "shake and bake" method (put the vitamin powder in a bag with the prey item and shake). In some circumstances, it is beneficial to mix Nekton-REP with water and soak the animal (this works well with sick tortoises).

Nekton-REP-Color is similar to Nekton-REP with the addition of carotenoids --canthxanthines and apocarotinal-- which are an important group of natural reddish and yellow pigments. These carotenoids serve to revive and enhance skin coloration. Nekton-REP-Color allows colored reptiles and amphibians to obtain optimal striking colors.



Haven't found an exact list of what the product contains...


So, any experience? Is it safe to use? Is it any good?
 
Rarely anyone suppliments their snakes, and usually only those who do, do it on rare occasions for breeding females.
 
I asked a similar question loooong ago and received a very detailed answer from JFDery.


JFDery said:
To my opinion, these products, if they work, would work only with animals that assimilate carotenoids as an important part of their coloration. From what we see of cornsnake mutations, their coloration is very likely based mostly on pigments synthesized by animals, which excludes carotenoids. Most mutations we know respond as expected from an enzyme or hormone inhibition, but there's always a possibility...

There are hundreds of carotenoids, and very few are used by reptiles as tegumental pigments. Plus, just because you supplement a reptile with a certain carotenoid, doesn't mean it will store it as a skin pigment, it may be metabolized into something else. But if I had the product here, I would probably try it.
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Farther than my understanding reaches, but sheds some light :D
 
Thanks for the answers. :)

I know most people don't give any supplements to their corns, and that's what I've thought to do so far. After considering my options for a while I decided to give Lillan (-08 female) some calcium supllement. Just to see if it does any good. And when I was doing my purchase on an online store I saw this Rep Color product. That's why I got interested in the first place. :)
 
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