Quote Originally Posted by Raven01 View Post
Granted I cannot guarantee iron toxicity in reptiles why take the risk?

"Iron poisoning is an iron overload caused by a large excess of iron intake and usually refers to an acute overload rather than a gradual one. The term has been primarily associated with young children who consumed large quantities of iron supplement pills, which resemble sweets and are widely used, including by pregnant women—see overnutrition (approximately 3 grams is lethal for a 2 year old"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_poisoning
Any 2 year old considerably outweighs the largest BP so dosage could be miniscule if the function is the same biologically.
If you have contradictory info from someone like a herp vet please do share it so that I can stop spending on stainless for pet=steel with small animals.
Thanks.

you need to consider how much 250 mg or 3 grams are. a bit of rust, enough to leave a visible red stain on your fingers, is maybe around 5 milligrams, upper estimate, it may only be 1 milligram. so you need to rub your fingers against rusty iron until they visibly have red dirt on them, and then lick them clean, and repeat that for 50 times at least, to get to 250 milligrams. Now how is a BP with its tiny toungue supposed to get that done?

rust doesnt look good and is hard to keep clean, but really, not poisonous or toxic. still thinking about a good analogy for 250 milligrams. a small bean, or a large pill, thats about the weight. you really need large surfaces that rust like crazy to get there, and then the snake needs to somehow scoop it all up and swallow it.

btw:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_poisoning