The need for UV is also nonsense as far as turtles are concerned. I keep and breed spotted turtles. I have just received my first second generation breeding from animals that I hatched and raised to adulthood. They have never come in contact with UV. They have not had any shell issues at all or other health problems that will supposedly occur without the use of uv. They were raised indoors with incandescent floodlights. I have also raised bearded dragons and veiled chameleons (generations of each) without uv. It is a marketing scam, plain and simple. As Frank stated, calcium placement is related to an adequate diet and usable heat as apposed to a spectrum of light.

Oh, to keep with the forum topic, my monitors have also never had any uv lights and they have grown to adulthood very quickly without any problems to speak of. They were raised on dusted crickets and mice exclusively. Good luck.

Will

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