Posted by:
LdyPayne
at Sat Dec 27 12:56:59 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by LdyPayne ]
That isn't completely true, if i remember correctly. UVB is needed to produce vitamine D3 in a bearded dragon's body. Supplimenting D3 into the dragon's diet ensures there is enough D3 to metabolize what calcium the dragon eats. There is still alot of debate whether a dragon can be healthy and fit using supplimented D3 alone instead of a UVB bulb. Personally I haven't been able to prove this can be done so use both methods to ensure all bases are covered.
Having a UVB bulb does, however, bring out alot more colour in a dragon then a regular light alone. This is something I have noticed personally. Once when I take my dragon out into natural sunlight in the summer and then when I switched from Repti-glo 5.0 bulb to a 8.0 bulb.
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- reptisun 5.0 - pacman101, Fri Dec 26 19:38:25 2003
- RE: reptisun 5.0 - clickman, Fri Dec 26 19:39:58 2003
- well - pacman101, Fri Dec 26 20:04:02 2003
- RE: well - trevoro, Fri Dec 26 20:43:56 2003
RE: well - LdyPayne, Sat Dec 27 12:56:59 2003
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