Again, what are you basing this on?

I would hazard a guess that you have never seen a wild Boid? What about a wild Boa constrictor? If the answer to any of those two questions is yes I think your previous response would have been very different.

Whilst the traditional answer might well have been "no, boas don't need UV" I think many people who have used UV on their snakes / given their animals to unfiltered sunshine would argue differently.

I currently have a research project running studying this very subject. Initial findings made by an MSc student (on behaviour) are incredibly interesting. Long term studies on blood D3 levels will enlighten us even more.

For the time being, let's just say that we just don't know enough to make definitive statements like yours. Whilst an animal may grow and breed without UV, this doesn't mean to say that given access to such wavelengths that that particular animal wouldn't live longer, breed better, have higher fecundity etc etc.
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• UVB lighting - Alexcr, Mon Sep 24 00:13:00 2007
• RE: UVB lighting - edkim, Mon Sep 24 02:15:38 2007
• RE: UVB lighting - caparu, Mon Sep 24 07:03:01 2007
• RE: UVB lighting - tex959, Mon Sep 24 14:51:56 2007
• Let me explain the differences... - edkim, Mon Sep 24 18:37:05 2007
• RE: Let me explain the differences... - TnK, Mon Sep 24 19:28:41 2007
• RE: UVB lighting is for lizards - TnK, Mon Sep 24 08:37:37 2007
• RE: UVB lighting is for lizards - caparu, Mon Sep 24 09:58:26 2007
• UVB causing cataracts - AbsoluteApril, Mon Sep 24 11:01:16 2007
• RE: UVB causing cataracts - caparu, Mon Sep 24 11:52:08 2007
• Actual research on UVBs and Snakes - slyBCI, Mon Sep 24 12:32:05 2007
• RE: UVB lighting is for lizards - dberes, Mon Sep 24 17:27:13 2007
• unnecessary, if not dangerous - SnakesByDesign, Mon Sep 24 10:08:13 2007
• Ridiculous statement s - caparu, Mon Sep 24 11:29:18 2007
• RE: Ridiculous statement s - TnK, Mon Sep 24 15:18:37 2007
• glad you posted this - TenorGoddess, Wed Sep 26 21:11:46 2007
• RE: unnecessary, if not dangerous - Slithering_Serpents, Mon Sep 24 15:24:03 2007
• This is an Important issue - What about - tcdrover, Mon Sep 24 16:10:17 2007
• RE: This is an Important issue - What ab - Ophidia_Junkie, Mon Sep 24 17:21:43 2007