Exotic Animal Formulary5

compounded commercially
0.3 mL/kg PO, then Box turtles/hypovitaminosis A;
0.06 mL/kg q7d×3-4 parenteral use may result in
treatments 35 hypervitaminosis A and D;
given PO may enhance Ca
uptake
Vitamin B complex 0.3 mL/kg SC, IM q24h 117 Most species/anorexia;
hypovitaminosis B; use with
caution as B 6 toxicity may
occur
Vitamin B 1 (thiamine)
25 mg thiamine/kg PO
q24h×3-7 days 11
50-100 mg/kg PO, SC, IM
q24h 45
Most species/appetite stimulant;
hypovitaminosis B
Piscivores/thiamine deficiency
from thawed fish
30 g/kg feed fish PO 117 Crocodilians/treat or prevent
deficiency
Vitamin B 12
(cyanocobalamin)
0.05 mg/kg SC, IM 117 Snakes, lizards/appetite stimulant
Vitamin C
10-20 mg/kg SC, IM
q24h 102,264
All species/empirical for
hypovitaminosis C;
stomatitis; skin slough in
snakes; supportive therapy
for bacterial infections
Vitamin D 3 — Nutritional secondary
hyperparathyroidism;
hypocalcemia; deficiency and
excess may result in softtissue
calcification
1000 U/kg IM, repeat in 1
wk 38
Most species/deficiency; use with
oral calcium glubionate and
carbonate, general dietary
management, and UVB
irradiation
200 U/kg PO, IM q7d 16,22 Lizards/PO may be safer than IM,
but absorption is poor in
some species 27,297
400 U/kg IM q7d×3
treatments 230
Green iguanas/nutritional
secondary
hyperparathyroidism; use
with calcitonin after
normocalcemic; also
supplement oral calcium
169