Wanna know something?

[Grimleo]

Wanna know why I like snakes better now?

I had a really bad experience with a site that sold UV lights for reptiles that need UV. I wasn't informed the product was on backorder. I ended up waiting since June 30, to July 22 to get the product for my pet, while my pet was off of UV for the whole time. I got the product, and it was faulty. EVEN THOUGH they said they had FIXED the faulty UV bulb problem, I got a faulty one. So now my Poor lizard has photo kerato conjunctivitis from the faulty bulb and I can't have her on UV for another long while. She won't even eat because she can't open her eyes. .___.

SORRY that this is mostly a rant, but I thought I'd share with everyone that I am now that much more into snakes, lol.

[infernalis]

Have you thought of other ways to get UV??

Pet stores carry spiral lamps that fit in any socket......

http://www.dbtechno.com/images/CFL_bulb_mercury.jpg

[shaunyboy]

i use uvb tube lighting.

same kind you'd use in fish tanks

im not having a go at you pal as i really feel for you and your lizard.

i always make sure i have the set up for anything new im buying up and running a full week before i make the purchase.i also keep a spare back up bulb for my set ups.

i hope your wee guy gets better soon.
cheers shaun

[Grimleo]

Compacts are known to cause eye problems. There's also a specific tube light that has a perfect amount of UV for any diurnal basking reptile and that's the repti-sun 10.0.

Shaun you wouldn't believe the crap I had to go through. When I first got her I had a perfectly fine UV setup. It was a small compact hood with two coil lights stuck under it. I also had a "backup" tube light with an extra hood just in case. This was before I found out(the hard way) that these would both screw over my lizard .__.

Basically I had bad UV on her for a good month or so before I found out it was bad. She was already having problems like lethargy, and signs of an uncomfortable beardie. I knew I had to do something so I switched her over to the tube light(reptiGLO 10.0 .__.) and thought it might make her better. But this tube lights been known to cause eye problems(which I found out later) and Squeak had been closing her eyes a little bit in addition to the lethargy and such. I had to take her off of this...And then this is when I ordered this nice new bulb that had great recommendations and no problems whatsoever. I waited almost a month for it and when I got it, it made her worse. Turns out I got one of the "bad bulbs" they have been sending out due to a fault in the company. This is where I am at now. I have to send the bulb back, and spend more money on a reptisun 10, and she will finally just be happy >.<

This is all while my big healthy fat beardie is having the time of his life, lol.

Anyway, I thought I had it all together just fine. I usually do have the right info first go but beardies just happen to give me bad luck, lol.

I dunno, whatever .__.