for totoises, I remember Graham in England was talking about

this and it made a lot of sense. Torts often get dirty

underneath their shell (poop and stuff) and having them lay down

on a heat source almost bakes this bacteria into them.

I had never thought about that, but I think that's true, in

nature heat's not coming from below - in order to escape heat

animals dig - how weird and unnatural is it if they dig and

there's even more heat! I know they like basking on rocks

and roads but they've probably not got any poop on them like

ours in a confined space will get into.

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• Is natural sunlight and artificial UVB equivalent in terms of time? - Jeannie, Mon Jul 21 20:40:26 2003
• Not even close. n/p - EJ, Tue Jul 22 00:17:24 2003
• informative link - fisherk2, Tue Jul 22 01:43:35 2003
• another link - fisherk2, Tue Jul 22 01:44:45 2003
• a better explaination by Melissa Kaplan. . . . . . . . . - fisherk2, Tue Jul 22 02:00:39 2003
• No harm then in 6-8 hrs of sunlight and 4-6 hrs of activeUV light? - Jeannie, Tue Jul 22 10:11:30 2003
• I wouldn't... - Niki, Tue Jul 22 14:29:33 2003
• So basically I should have both the Active UV and a regular heat bulb? - Jeannie, Tue Jul 22 15:22:00 2003
• That's exactly what I do... - Niki, Wed Jul 23 12:47:59 2003
• oh, why I would not use any UTH... - Niki, Wed Jul 23 12:51:56 2003
• Thanks, Niki, I was going crazy trying to figure all this out--m - Jeannie, Wed Jul 23 17:45:14 2003
• I used a ceramic heater/thermostat to keep my baby 78 at night. np - Niki, Wed Jul 23 22:37:19 2003
• is there a link to eye damage with artificial light? - mayday, Tue Jul 22 18:13:59 2003
• RE: is there a link to eye damage with artificial light? - Niki, Wed Jul 23 12:42:16 2003