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Hi
i got last year 20 babie beardies with eyes shut after i used a compact 5.0 from zoomed.
a long storie but i send it to belgium.
there zoomed europe test the light and told me nothing is wrong.
i asked them send me back a normal 5.0 reptisun tube i wil not use the compact any more.
what he dith he send back the compact light hmmm.

i know a lady in U.K. and she tested the light and wrote a report .
i send mine light to uk and send some pictures of mine babie beardie to her.
so the picture of the 2 babies beardies in test r from me.

now she test the light and they gave to much uvb/uva
becuase they not put in a note where the max-minium distance whas on .
now they put in the new lichts ,a note, to warning the people.
http://www.uvguide.co.uk/

thats the link where you can read the report .
i hope zoomed slogan wil be ,zoomed save animals ,and not kill animals .

byeeeeee
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www.dragoncave.nl

Good information.

Last spring I was using a terrarium with an old style ESU Reptile Combination hood over it. This hood has standard long fluorescent tubes and uncandescent sockets mounted horizonally. As temps. warmed I replaced one of the incandescent bulbs with a household compact fluorescent (not UVB) in the hopes of keeping the enclosure bright without as much heat. Within a few days the dragon in the enclosure began to keep his eyes closed in increasing amounts. I immediately removed the bulb.

With this observation (although a very limited sample) I'm not sure if it's just a UVB problem. I won't use any type of compact fluorescent in any dragon set up now.

Hi
atleast am happy zoomed wil try to solfed this problem.
so less animals wil be hurt.
i have used the good old reptisun 5.0 with good results ans stil like that light .

i also trying a other light a exo terra reptiglow 5.0 and the 10.0 .
am now using them with good results .
you only must take the 13 watt the 26 watt is to strong .
i got mine babies under the light right away after they hatched and i got no problems with it .

byeeeeeee
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www.dragoncave.nl

I noticed the exact same thing. I bought a new Exo-Terra 26 watt Repti-Glo compact flourescent light with 10.0 UVB. Almost immediately, the two juvenile beardies in the enclosure started keeping their eyes closed all the time. A vet check-up and fecal found nothing wrong. I removed the light and they returned to normal in a short time, but then started brumating. Hopefully they will be ok when they wake up.

Weird... I thought it was just a defect with that one particular bulb. I had no idea others were experiencing the same problem with the compact lights.

Lisa