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Snakes and UV Lighting
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by pitbulllady on May 8, 2007
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I've kept snakes successfully for most of my life, and I've never used any UV lighting with snakes, especially not with native snakes like Corns. There seems to be a lot of controversy over this topic on some reptile Q&A forums, though, which feature a lot of know-it-alls who are either "N0obie" snake keepers, or Animal Rights-group "trolls", who want to convince would-be snake keepers that it's too expensive and troublesome to buy all that special equipment to keep a snake alive in captivity when they're so much better off in the wild. One has gone so far as to tell me I didn't know what I was talking about, just because I'd had some snakes in my care live for 16-20 years(still have a Bullsnake I've had for 16 years, had a "greenish" Rat for 20 that was already three feet long when I caught it), because those snakes were "just lucky" and "snakes normally live for MUCH longer than that, so they would still be alive if I had put UV lighting on them". What's the consensus among you guys(and gals)on the NECESSITY of UV lighting for snakes? How many of you use it with your snakes? If this topic has been covered before, let me know.
pitbulllady
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by Cro on May 8, 2007
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Sharon, I am thinking you might have answered your own question to some extent. You have kept snakes without all the fancy UV lights for a long time. There are some animals that do benefit from them, but not all.
A lot of marketing hype also goes into many of the new products that are sold in pet shops.
Best Regards JohnZ
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by GOERescue on May 8, 2007
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I use UV lighting but only because i have an extensive collection of reptiles amphibians and snakes so i have converted most of my house to full spectrum flourescents and they get UV from being in the same room(it was cheaper than using individual fixtures and was checked for Uv saturation). Growing up I had Ball pythons, Corn snakes and garter snakes without lights and never had a problem.
j.m.o. Andrew
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by kacz on May 8, 2007
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I have no conclusive experience with UV lighting, one way or the other. I’ve used it but can’t attest to its value. What I do know is that glass is a lousy transmitter of UV radiation. Ordinary window glass, like that found in aquariums, and windows, does transmit a small percentage of UVA, but is opaque to UVB and shorter wavelengths. You might notice that you can’t get a tan in your living room no matter how bright and sunny it is. The absorption of UV rays by autoglass is responsible for “trucker’s tan” in which only the arm hanging out the window gets brown. It takes special, and expensive, quartz glass for UV transmission. So, you could have the best UV lamp in the world shinning in the middle of your herp room. But, if all that light goes through aquarium glass or window glass, on it’s way to the animals you’re wasting your time.
Paul M. Kaczmarczik
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by GREGLONGHURST on May 8, 2007
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I have never used lighting except an occasional heat lamp. Lotta years, lotta snakes, some of which were well into double digit years of being kept.
~~Greg~~
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