Advice for Day and Night Bulbs

TRD · 04-23-17, 09:45 AM

@dannybgoode;
So for test I have put a UVB light above my MBK, With about 30 min he was laying under it... Now I need to get a UVI meter to actually see if I got the gradient right in the first go (doubt it, but I have to project UVB through a thick-ish metal mesh, so it's hard to guess without meter). In any case, the snake seems to seek it out and spend time under it. Didn't really expect that to happen, but it did.

Also found a nice research article, which covers UV exposure requirements of reptiles in captivity using different UVB sources and covers quite some species...

https://www.researchgate.net/publica...rorgjzararticl

dannybgoode · 04-23-17, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by TRD

@dannybgoode;
So for test I have put a UVB light above my MBK, With about 30 min he was laying under it... Now I need to get a UVI meter to actually see if I got the gradient right in the first go (doubt it, but I have to project UVB through a thick-ish metal mesh, so it's hard to guess without meter). In any case, the snake seems to seek it out and spend time under it. Didn't really expect that to happen, but it did.

Also found a nice research article, which covers UV exposure requirements of reptiles in captivity using different UVB sources and covers quite some species...

https://www.researchgate.net/publica...rorgjzararticl

Its astonishing a snake's response when offered it. I've seen meant examples of royals basking, boas, carpets love it as do most of the Australian species (unsurprising really given their climate) etc.

Thanks for the paper too. I'll have a read. I have access via a Facebook group to hundreds of papers on various aspects of husbandry and wading through them takes time! I'll link to some of them when I've got this house move out of the way...

dannybgoode · 04-24-17, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by TRD

@dannybgoode;
So for test I have put a UVB light above my MBK, With about 30 min he was laying under it... Now I need to get a UVI meter to actually see if I got the gradient right in the first go (doubt it, but I have to project UVB through a thick-ish metal mesh, so it's hard to guess without meter). In any case, the snake seems to seek it out and spend time under it. Didn't really expect that to happen, but it did.

Also found a nice research article, which covers UV exposure requirements of reptiles in captivity using different UVB sources and covers quite some species...

https://www.researchgate.net/publica...rorgjzararticl

I use that paper all the time when researching for new enclosures. Its a fantastic resource.

Fran Baines is a member of my goto Facebook group also-her research in this area is world leading and its great to hear her thoughts first hand from time to time on various species and their requirements.