There has never been any solid evidence that snakes benifit from UVA or UVB light. They don't need the UV to to absorb calcium D3 like basking turtles do. They get all the nutrients they absolutely need from feeding on whole food items. It's actually even becoming questionable that some turtles (snappers), and some lizards (monitors) that feed on whole food items don't need UV for absorbing D3. Many snakes are noctournal or spend the majority of the day hiding out of the sun.



I will not deny that there has not been any proof that offering UV will harm your snake. Just as long as it's not a crazy spectrum or consistantly on the snake 24/7. But given what definitive proof we have (that snakes live long and healthy lives without any UV light) I would not spend the money a UV bulb costs for a snake and I would not go out of my way to take it outside if it was terribly inconvenient.

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