You don't see the point of depriving them of UB bulbs, because they use that in nature.

Think please, what else are you depriving them off??? You and others seem to pick one little item and forget about all the rest your depriving them off. That is the entire point of this thread. Your depriving them of their REAL needs and giving them something you "think" they need, and only think they need it because of what you read in the advertising pages.

What they need is very simple, Its what they all seek in nature. They need a full range of temps to complete a full range of normal life events. They need a way to control a balance of temps and humidity. Not one temp or one level of humidity, a choice. This I call physical security. They then need pyshological or mental security. Which is the need to secure a basic home or homes that give them the feeling of safety from predators and includes the physical securities mentioned above. With these basic factors, they then "need" to fill the tank, that is, eat any and all foods they can stuff into their stomachs. And no, they are not picky about this.

That is what they need. Yet, beginers(ones lacking longterm or any successful results) think UV bulbs are what they need. Hmmmmmmmmm I find that odd.

The absolute truth is, monitors spend 99 or more % of their total life, NOT in UV. So why do you think its what they do in nature???? Of course, on the rare occasion that monitors get cold(they occur in hot areas of the world) they will seek the brightest areas to heat up. As soon as they reach working temps, they avoid lite and open areas. In most of the year, there is no need to seek these bright areas. Of course of the sixty something species, there are a small number of exceptions, the one species that occurs to the farthest north, or the one to the farthest south, may have a higher percentage in the sun. Or ones around water, you know the ones with elephant hide for skin, and the ability to cool off by jumping in the water. Or maybe the giant ones like KDs, They may be slight exceptions. But then, would you base your knowledge on any subject, on the few exceptions, or on the bulk of the subject? I hope common sense would apply here.

It does seem that failure causes folks to seek exceptions and not norms. Cheers

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