Advice for Day and Night Bulbs

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That page you linked I happen to know... and some articles that UVB radiation promotes vitamin D3 production in snakes I know too. However there's a ton of info available that while they do react (so to say) to UVB, it's a hard time to prove there's an actual significant benefit for it. Snakes seem to get all they need through their diet, at least in captivity. Stable rodent diet... which contains all if not most of the essentials if fresh enough and from a good vendor.

That's where my main question originates from -- would it add anything to the snake's health, even though all it requires is already provided?

I'm pretty interested in the subject, and have long been contemplating it. I have however not found one single source that really pointed out any benefits to using UVB with snakes besides articles that describe it helps with metabolizing D3 and A. Also all UVB lights provide UVA which helps the vision. Now UVA I provide anyway. UVB if required would mean quite a bit of work since you can't place those lights outside the terra as UVB is blocked by glass 95-100%. Drilling extra holes and all into the metal meshes I don't like, and CFL UVB lights are bad to reptile eyes (too bright)... so it would need to be some T5HO or similar and that's a real pain to put inside of glass terra not made to support it.