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All animals need UV rays on their skin in order to absorb D3 and make calcium and strong bones. All diurnal animals that is, including humans. The problem with the internet is that you get an overload of info, then start reading things into stuff and if you don't fully understand in the first place, you can get confused. I will shortly be getting my first lizard and will be providing UV lighting just as I do for my tortoise when he can't go outside.My lizard (chamaleon) will also have access to natural UV as I plan on building a portable viv' to hang in the tree by the back door on hot days. All animals need it and to not provide it just because you read something somewhere without even knowing the full story, like if the animals have access to outside, that's wrong.
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And it was a really big help too! I'm looking at setting up a cham viv and never considered what bad UV could do! Most people say just stick a UV tube on top of the flexi, but having read this, that seems like a supremely bad idea! Even being 8 inches away from the source could give 3 times the recommended amount of UV exposure in a normal tube! I think now, and after the recommendation of cham_keeper I'm going to go with a powersun bulb to provide a UVB source and general heat in the enlosure (yemen is a hot dry place after all). It'll be easy to adjust one of these bulbs and make sure that it is 18" above the highest accessible part of the viv to provide the right level of UVB compared to a tube!
Thanks for the link! I hope other people find it as useful as I did! Good job getting it sticky!
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I'll contionue to use UV as i'm not convinced that they are more harm than good for my sav - i live in a dull place and his viv is located in less than sunny place, with a ceramic for heat. I would never try the Compacts, and i'm even more concerned that the Osram Vitalux is being sold online with little information - it produces more UV than is ever seen in nature!!!!
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Crikey....you post a link to uvguide and ppl start talking about eye damage...
the bad tubes were/are the exo terra 10...which is why ive been advising against it for the last heck knows how many months since the reports were published...including exactly why...nothing to do with levels of uv but the dodgy wavelength the exo terra tens delivered it at. Compacts were a problem, this time zoomed, although apparently sorted..i believe it was down to the wrong distance from rep being printed on the box rather than an actual fault with the compacts. I cant believe someone has removed thier uv from thier boscs viv cos of this thread. ANYWAYZ...
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Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical Science in the home Late nights all alone with her a test tube Oh, oh, oh, oh Maxwell Edison, majoring in medicine Calls her on the phone "Can I take you out to the pictures Jo-o-o-oan?" But as she's getting ready to go A knock comes on the door Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer came down upon her head Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer made sure that she was dead Back in school again Maxwell plays the fool again Teacher gets annoyed Wishing to avoid and unpleasant scene-e-e-ene She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away So he waits behind Writing fifty times "I must not be so-o-o-o But when she turns her back on the boy He creeps up from behind
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Can you have her confirm that the issues with eye problems from uv sources are due to incorect use [ie too close to the animal or animals eyes/line of sight ]or wavelength rather than, for instance them just being too strong?
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Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical Science in the home Late nights all alone with her a test tube Oh, oh, oh, oh Maxwell Edison, majoring in medicine Calls her on the phone "Can I take you out to the pictures Jo-o-o-oan?" But as she's getting ready to go A knock comes on the door Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer came down upon her head Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer made sure that she was dead Back in school again Maxwell plays the fool again Teacher gets annoyed Wishing to avoid and unpleasant scene-e-e-ene She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away So he waits behind Writing fifty times "I must not be so-o-o-o But when she turns her back on the boy He creeps up from behind
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Will do Dean but as asked can you plz put it in a PM as I dont want to miss any questions wanting to be asked which will happen if i got to scroll the thread in PM's it be much easier for me
 Cheers M8
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