Frank,
I find it interesting that you post a LENGTHY monologue blasting me when I agree with you. I keep a variety of lizards and I do not own any full spectrum lighting. I use generic Wal-Mart bulbs! ( I DO like the color of full spectrum lighting, but that has nothing to do with UVB. It's just aesthetics)

I was merely thinking out loud that if a keeper's basic husbandry is off somewhere that the use of the lighting may be of benefit. It's better to fix the problem, but if someone couldn't nail the problem down, it's a quick fix. You said band-aid. Same thing. I am agreeing with you.

In one of my first responses to you, I mentioned that I was a rogue when I started at the zoo. I used to bump heads with supervisors because I didn't do things the ways they were used to. I learned my own way by doing and seeing what worked on my own before being employed by zoos. Yes. Some animals died along the way. Nothing any of us are proud of. Yes. There were/are successes. I think you have me pegged wrong.

AH

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