I'm indifferent about UVB lighting. Some of my dragons have reptisun 10.0s and some don't have any UVB lights. Neither behave any different.

The first UVB bulb we ever bought was for beardies and in 93'. It was a compact bulb and "top of the line" for $40. I produced a thousand babies (appox) and raised them for selling without any fancy bulb. We had a couple iguanas for years before (and after) we got the dragons and they never had any fancy bulbs. The only UVB they got was on warm NY days when we had the window open.

The questions I would like answered are 1) How much UVB does a dragon need to produce D3? 2) At what core body temperatures is a dragon able to metabolize oral D3?


Bdlvr,

The basking temps are only an option. They can bask at any temp they want. We allow them to choose instead of deciding their basking temp for them. For the most part, my dragons bask in the 135* basking spot and then lay around the beam of light just like yours.

Its like Robyn said in another thread, you can't have high basking options and poor air movement. Or high basking options and no areas of any real humidity. If you upgrade one area, you have to up upgrade all areas.

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