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10-May-08, 06:25 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-08 Location: Sydney Gender:  | | | UV or not UV? That is the question...
Hey guys,
Firstly, I just got myself some new Hypo Bredli hatchies. I'm keeping them in plastic storage containers (click clack style) until they grow big enough for their other enclosures.
Should I have a UV light on them? I use a UV flurescent tube on my big Jungle enclosure but I've heard that UV doesn't penetrate plastic (like my click clack lids) like it does with glass and wire mesh. Does anyone know if this is true or not?
Also, How essential is it for my hatchies to have UV light? Can they go without? or will they die or get sick without direct UV contact.
AND (last Question I promise)... Does anyone know the difference between "UVA" and "UVB" light and what it does?
Cheers 
Timmy
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10-May-08, 06:29 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Wollondilly NSW Gender: | | | | Australian Snakes don't need UV, only heat, with the exception of possibly Diamond Pythons. Uva I think is for the growth of lizards/turtles and uvb is for digestion in lizards/turtles.. or viceversa. |
10-May-08, 06:45 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-08 Location: Melbourne, VIC Age/Gender: 22 | | | Hi Timmy,
I didnt have a UV globe in for the first few weeks with my hatchy olive python and he was fine without. However, UV apparently promotes activity and ive had a UV globe in for the past couple weeks. Since the addition of UV, my python has been much more active and alert. Id say some exposure would be good for your snakes, but no doubt other people will say otherwise. I think its each to their own.
UVA and UVB are different bands of ultraviolet radiation. The sun naturally delivers UVA, B and C (although UVC wavelengths are too short too reach us and are blocked by the atmosphere). UVB helps in the production of Vitamin D in reptiles and helps prevent metabolic bone disease. It is especially neccesary for diamond pythons and lizards. Here is a link explaining more about the different bands of UV: http://www.who.int/uv/faq/whatisuv/en/index2.html
Not sure if you can actually pull anything from that ramble so in short:
- most globes produce both UVA and UVB, they are different bands of ultraviolet radiation
- some UV is better than no UV (in my opinon)
- UVB wont get through glass. Plastic will absorb/filter some light, some may get through.
Cheers
Nick
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10-May-08, 06:50 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Vic | | | | Lots of different opinions on this one timmy 1. Im sure most people will say you dont need UV. I personally do use UV lights on all my pythons (i figure it can only do good). I read a paper some time ago on Bredls, it spoke of when some were being legally taken from the wild for wildlife parks, etc. Many went from a brick red type colour, to a dull brown in the first year of being in captivity. A theory to keep their colour was to expose them to more UV light.
So... they can go without. They wont die. But you have purchased "Hypo" Bredls obviously for their colour? I would use UV. |
10-May-08, 06:50 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-08 Location: Sydney Gender: | | | cheers mate very helpful 
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10-May-08, 07:14 PM
| | | | At HHS we had a speaker talking about UV lighting (UVA, UVB and UVC) and this was an enlightening chat.
You need to speak to someone very knowledgeable about this, try someone who has been breeding them for years. Ask how long they live and then ask another person, etc etc.
Longevity (on average) is the key to a happy pet.
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