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| 07/26/10 04:26pm |
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Message To: Primal_Heart In reference to Message Id: 2165149 Corn Lights
Strip UVB? Yes. Fine. In fact, for stubborn winter eaters, the clarity of the light that most of them produce is a very beneficial thing. It took me decades to even TRY the trick, only a few weeks to be sold on it, and I’ve continued to like it for several years. I live in a very drafty apartment, and I like big cages, so what I find to be helpful isn’t always what guys with perfectly-thermoregulated tub racks find helpful. Compact UVB? The little screw-in ones? Not recommended. Even turtles and lizards sometimes suffer eye problems from them, but the eye problems are easier to treat than MBD, so we often opt for high UVB lamps. With snakes, we’re talking about something that can’t even blink or squint, so the dangers are amplified. Snakes, lizards, turtles, and everything else in the wild often DO get cataracts if given enough time, but are usually "fortunate" enough to die of something else first. If you really want to just use it up and throw it out, add some extra screen under the bulb. Between the shading effect, and the horizontal/diagonal ricochets that it forces the lightwaves to do, it will lessen the amount going into the tank a LOT. This assumes a screen-topped tank. If it’s inside a front-opening enclosure, strong UV glaring right alongside the snake at eye level while it climbs past is especially not recommended. |
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