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Old 06-09-19, 05:00 PM   #1
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Re: how long to leave lights on

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I appreciate the information and do not disregard it and Inwill look into it when time permits. I will have to consider this when answering this question in the future, but when I consistently see snakes live decades in captivity without any UV being offered it may be a hard thought pattern to break. Thanks again for all of that.

I think it is a just one of those things we all “know”. It is repeated in most care guides that snakes don’t need UVB since they get their D3 from their food. Results from research suggesting something different have not (yet) found their way into the standard care guides. Since snakes are hardy enough to survive decades without supplemental UVB nobody questions the old dogma. Only if you actually read the new papers and see the difference in blood concentration with and without supplemental UVB light you start to think.

That’s why Fran Baines, Roman Muryns and others try to spread the information and why I try to argue in favor for using it here in the forum, not to argue for arguments sake but to spread the word and help to improve the way we keep our animals.
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Old 06-09-19, 05:58 PM   #2
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Re: how long to leave lights on

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I think it is a just one of those things we all “know”. It is repeated in most care guides that snakes don’t need UVB since they get their D3 from their food. Results from research suggesting something different have not (yet) found their way into the standard care guides. Since snakes are hardy enough to survive decades without supplemental UVB nobody questions the old dogma. Only if you actually read the new papers and see the difference in blood concentration with and without supplemental UVB light you start to think.

That’s why Fran Baines, Roman Muryns and others try to spread the information and why I try to argue in favor for using it here in the forum, not to argue for arguments sake but to spread the word and help to improve the way we keep our animals.
Thank you, good sir. I've got some reading to do.
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