I've no idea why you're having so much trouble with your RHP. Mine have peformed as well as I was told they would. I am, more than happy with them. And I will continue to outfit all of my cages with them as money allows.

As far as full spectrum lighting...a little anecdote.

I have a large male albino in a monster cage. I was too cheap to have a light installed when I bought so I added my own.

A full spectrum GE bulb and fixture.

And I never plugged it in. As more people kept stopping by to see the critters, I finally lit this one particular cage.

I left it on, and lo and behold. A very lazy burm finally came to life. He was off his feed all summer. And began hunting in earnest, and devouring everything I offered him.

I now try and give him a few hours of full spectrum light each day...as I do all my animals.

Works for me. For what reason I've no idea. All I know is that with this one particular animal having full spectrum light made a difference. I now rotate all my UVB lights on all my animals so they all get some exposure.

Only my geckos and skinks go without it...it seems to make them hide more.

For the $18 investement, it was well worth installing that light.

For my next cages, I am going to try and find a fixture I can install permanently that will take a 2.0 reptisun bulb

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