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Importance of Lighting for lizards

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Posted by: markll at Tue Sep 26 13:46:45 2006   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by markll ]  
   

I have long been of the opinion that this whole UV thing is a scam designed to sell us $90 dollar light bulbs.

My opinion is that heat is what is important and that very little UV actually penetrates the thick skin of a lizard.

I was discussing this at the Anaheim show with a guy who produces thousands of beardeds a year and he basically agreed with me but added this very important caveat.

He said that he thinks "brightness" combined with heat is what is important, NOT UV.

I thought that this was brilliant and wanted to get FR's and other's opinion.

Keep em HOT and feed em a LOT and maybe add a some bright lights and they get all they need.

   

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