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[Light of Dae]

Could it help to add the supplement? Or could it hurt?

At least it's not full on seizures and it seems very minor so far. Just hope it doesn't get worse.

[ConcinusMan]

Could it help to add the supplement? Or could it hurt?

Probably not, and yes, it could. That's the problem with supplements anyway, and why I don't even use them. It's a slippery slope. Overdosing on certain vitamins or not having a proper ratio of certain vitamins can actually cause what you're trying to prevent. It can cause deficiencies and overdosing can be far more harmful than a mild deficiency. You don't know how much thiamine to give a snake, particularly when thiaminase containing fish are part of the diet. Lets be clear, you don't even know if there is a deficiency at this point, or how severe it is. Overloading with vitamins at this point can do more harm than good. I would just stop feeding thiaminase containing fish and load the snake up with plenty of whole, safe fish and rodents, skipping the supplement altogether.

I've seen snakes gradually get better by just doing that. If it's so bad that the snake can't recover doing that, then there's probably very little that supplements can do anyway.

Correction: I was wrong. Apparently thiamine (B1) is water soluable and difficult to overdose on. Now, if you were to feed your snake B1 by itself with no other vitamins, sprinkled on it's food then there's a good chance the snake will recover.

http://www.gartersnake.info/articles...thiaminase.php