ZooMed UVB Hazardous

[summoner12]

On a cool day a cham. will bask for a longer period of time but receive the same intensity of UVB 150-250 uw/cm2 as it would on a warmer day.
So why would a 10.0 be too strong if its output is only 35-60 uw/cm2 at 6 inches from the bulb?


stronger=higher UVB output from the bulb.

Do you keep your chams outside year round?

I think most chams kept inside, and are then taken outside bask for long periods of time in an attempt to recharge. I know of someone with a green house, using proper UVB transmitting panels and reports that the chams do retreat from direct sun, especially in summer. They also report that the chams mostly come out in the morning and later afternoon.

 

[kinyonga]

Todnedo said..."So what is lacking in these uvb bulbs that requires us to supplment with vit.d3?"...I don't know that anything is lacking but I give the chameleons a little D3 dusted on the insects twice a month to ensure that they get some...the rest can be produced through their exposure to the UVB light.

Carlton said..."I don't think we know whether chams regulate their own UVB intake consciously"...
"Panther Chameleons, Furcifer pardalis, Behaviorally Regulate Optimal Exposure to UV Depending on Dietary Vitamin D3 Status"...
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/597525

 

[VeiledOwner87]

Exo-Terra 26W 5.0UVB Compact in Compact Top

hey guys, i'm new to this site, but i'm confident i'll get some good help. now i only want to give my girl the best i possibly can, and this stuff i am reading about the mesh not allowing all the uv to pass through is kind of worrying me. how are the screw in uvb lights? i dont have that big of an enclosure (flexarium 38) with an exo-terra 26W 5.0 compact inside the compact top. i lightly dust her feedings with reptical d3 because shes a youngin, about 6 months old. she loves basking close to her uvb bulb though. as this is the same with my girlfriends female veiled, but her housing is in a flexarium 22. is this a need to worry about? some answers please!

p.s.. how do you upload pics?

 

[summoner12]

hey guys, i'm new to this site, but i'm confident i'll get some good help. now i only want to give my girl the best i possibly can, and this stuff i am reading about the mesh not allowing all the uv to pass through is kind of worrying me. how are the screw in uvb lights? i dont have that big of an enclosure (flexarium 38) with an exo-terra 26W 5.0 compact inside the compact top. i lightly dust her feedings with reptical d3 because shes a youngin, about 6 months old. she loves basking close to her uvb bulb though. as this is the same with my girlfriends female veiled, but her housing is in a flexarium 22. is this a need to worry about? some answers please!

p.s.. how do you upload pics?

There is mention of the CFL lamps at the top of the thread.

I wouldn't use the CFLs....

do you have a basking lamp as well as the CFL?

You shouldn't dust with D3 every single day. you can overdose... Use normal calcium each day and then dust with D3 twice a day.

 

[Todnedo]

There is mention of the CFL lamps at the top of the thread.

I wouldn't use the CFLs....

do you have a basking lamp as well as the CFL?

You shouldn't dust with D3 every single day. you can overdose... Use normal calcium each day and then dust with D3 twice a day.

D3 twice a day? Thats an overdose for sure.

 

[summoner12]

D3 twice a day? Thats an overdose for sure.

Thanks capt. obviouse.

I meant twice a week.

 

[Todnedo]

Um you mean obvious?

 

[summoner12]

Um you mean obvious?

Yes, please pardon my iPhone.