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Fuschiablue View Profile	Used uvb on my leo Hey its been a while since I’ve posted. Life has been hectic. Last time I posted on here, though, I was asking you guys what I should do since I was thinking of getting uvb for my leo. Yes they are nocturnal, but I had reading up on it a lot and the positives outweighed the neutrals, and there were no negatives, so I gave it a go. Some places I read where the leo would benefit because they do bask a little bit. Even some caresheets for nocturnals on Repticzone say that using a uvb can be useful to enhance the colors and that the day/night cycle makes the gecko more active. All of this I found to be true in the past few months that I started using them. The main thing that drew my attention was the fact that they were more active, and I don’t know if this had anything to do with it, but one of them was not as picky of an eater as before. I guess I just wanted to put it out there, that if you want to, you should try it. If cost is the issue, then I’d avoid getting anything like a mvb. Although, I don’t think I’d recommend that since its a lot for a reptile that will bask only a little bit under it. I’d go with simple high output fluorescent uvb. The Reptisun 10.0s are good (as I have tried them in the past), but as I wrote last time, I ended up using Zilla Desert 50s for my leo setups because they had been recommended. I am always skeptical about trying new things but I was pleasantly surprised. I will try to look for some of the links in other forums where people talk about positive outcomes of uvb on leopard geckos. Also, I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone whose used uvb for a leos and had them suffer MBD. Hmm..
10/08/09  12:28pm

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