To my amazement, this collection of posts appeared this evening on the e-mail list of our local reptile club, the Northern California Herpetological Society. ...
OK.... so what is being said here is that "good" UVB lamps and "good" (strong) solar irradiance will make more D3 than it will convert to inert by-products...
... This is an interesting discussion posted at www.varanus.net, by Frank Retes, one of the worlds most successful monitor lizard breeders. "The sun emits...
Ahhhhhh....I just want to wrap a UVB bulb around this guys neck!!! This guy is the world's most successfull monitor breeder???? Who let this idiot be a keeper....
I agree... rubbish. And it got posted twice! Photons are tiny waves not particle "bullets". There are some physics theories out there stating photons have a...
I should imagine that very few of us feel inclined to send a reply for posting on the NorCal forum - if only because it is clear from the phraseology and the...
Iggies in nature eat meat, that is, they commonly consume birds and lizards, seen it man! <fr> ***first, off, i think he needs to define what species of ig....
Hi, Steve, BobMac, Jukka. The Webb/DeCosta/Holick article is excellent and describes one of the processes which prevents over-production of D3 in the skin. But...
It's certain that we on this group clearly know better, but since this topic seems to pop up around the net quite often I feel I have to offer my take on it...
Frances..."Just my pennyworth" reads like a million dollars worth to me. I think you are right on. Jukka and I emailed several times before he left today on a...
[Mod - Edited for excessive quoting. Please trim your posts before replying.] I beleive that he was over simplifying to appeal to a variety of readers. The...
Hello Sue, Is this one of the people that would be at the gathering I was invited to? My first comment is: " At its best, the internet can educate more people...
... mine basking under ordinary incandescent bulbs (no UVB) when they also have underfloor heat mats and are just as warm in the hide but no... they want to...
In a message dated 29/07/2005 18:56:47 GMT Standard Time, UVB_Meter_Owners@yahoogroups.com writes: I also have a reptisun 5.0 that I have in the leopard gecko...
... Hello Michelle, From reading the post, it is my belief that Frank wasn't over simplifying his post. I really don't believe he has any grasp of the EMS to...
Several folk on a leopard gecko forum I frequent have observed that "blizzard" leopard geckos (and some of the so-called "albinos" too) have difficulty...
Hello Fran, We have talked about your comments before. I very much enjoy them but as I did then, I recommend again that you bounce this off Michael. He should...
In a message dated 02/08/2005 22:37:16 GMT Standard Time, UVB_Meter_Owners@yahoogroups.com writes: Humble fluorescent tubes, albeit of the better makes, with...
Could this simply be due to distance from fluorescent lamps in a zoo environment? MV's throw more UVB farther... so naturally the circulating D3 would be...
Frank Retes says "about iggies, I have raised them with no Uv without problem. But then, I used more heat and fed a better diet." Pure, unadulterated mule...
In a message dated 03/08/2005 18:07:10 GMT Standard Time, UVB_Meter_Owners@yahoogroups.com writes: And just how healthy have the reptiles been that you...
Since there is a huge "debate" going on here on this subject, I thought I would share a story that gives proof to iguanas needing uvb...and in all reality it...
... under> fluorescent tubes? As Holick stated in his recent book, more people are> D3 deficient then aren't. Can't tell by looking at them though, can we? ...
... dubious like "only merc vapours are any good", and put folks off buying at least something! And for shade dwellers, of course, I think tubes actually are...
"Frank Retes says "about iggies, I have raised them with no Uv without problem. But then, I used more heat and fed a better diet." Pure, unadulterated mule...
"It's taken this list and Diane getting Solarmeters into the hands of hundreds of hobbyists for the realization that even in the shade there can be twenty or...
I had a breeder tell me this one time about their beardies,that they do not raise them on UV,and they feel with the right food,they are fine. I of course did...
In a message dated 04/08/2005 21:05:03 GMT Standard Time, UVB_Meter_Owners@yahoogroups.com writes: "Only good merc vapour (ie, MegaRay, shameless plug), are...
