Melissa Kaplan's
Herp Care Collection
Last updated December 18, 2009

One person's pet is another person's food...or feeder.
- Melissa Kaplan

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Advance Care Directives
Chronic Neuroimmune Diseases
Lyme Disease & Coinfections

Blogs:
 Lizards-in-Scarves

Supporting Sick Reptiles
Emaciation (Starvation) Protocol
Fluids and Fluid Therapy in Reptiles

Feeding Tips
Ball Python Feeding Problems
Feeding Hatchling Snakes
Feeding Tips for Carnivorous Reptiles
Firefly/Lightening Bug Toxicity
Picky Eaters: Herbivores and Omnivores

Alfalfa, Alfalfa Sprouts and Other Sprouts
Mature Alfalfa
Use of Sprouts vs Mature Greens and Whole Beans

Commercial Food Products
Evaluating Commercial Diets
Commercial Reptile Food Product Development: Two Scenarios
Chemical Analysis of Six Commercial Adult Iguana, Iguana iguana, Diets
Foraging Mix for Tortoises
Why Is the Pet Food Industry Killing Our Pets?

Foodborne Diseases
Alfalfa Sprouts: Health Food or Health Risk?
Are Sprouts Safe To Eat?
FDA Warns High-Risk Groups: Don't Eat Alfalfa Sprouts
Salmonella and Vegetables
Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet)
Salmonella (CDC)

Food and Nutrition
Fact vs. Fiction: Clarifying Internet Food/Feeding Myths
Overview of Digestion in Iguanids and Other Herbivorous Lizards
Michael Balsai: Savannah Monitor Diet
Nutrient Data
Vegetable and Fruit Names
You Say Yuca, I Say Yucca...

Vitamins & Minerals
Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation for Herps
Calcium Oxalate Content of Selected Iguana Foods
Reptile Veterinarians and Zoo Reptile Curators on Feeding Live Rodent Prey
Thiamine

Just For Fun
Iguana Salad for Humans

Nutrient Composition of Foods
Nutrients Of Foods Commonly Fed To Carnivorous/Omnivorous Reptiles
Arbor Nutrition Guide
Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Database
Plants for a Future Database
Swedish Food Composition Table
Tabla de Composicion de Alimentos de American Latin | Latinfoods
U.K. Food Composition Table
USDA Food Composition Tables
USDA Nutrient Database (look up individual foods)

For buying and breeding prey, see Prey