Delivers UVB light levels essential for desert reptile health
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Visible-spectrum illumination makes skin coloration more vivid
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Designed to fit most major fluorescent fixtures
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Promotes healthy bones in desert reptiles
High-efficiency bulbs provide the extra daily dose of UVB light that desert reptiles require for proper calcium development and long-term strength and bone health. Also delivers needed UVA light, plus full-spectrum illumination accents subtle reptile colors. Bulbs deliver 50 microwatts per second/cm and are designed for 3500 hours or 12 full months of average use.
Bulbs are ideal for most desert-dwelling reptiles, including: African Spurred-Thigh Tortoise, Ball Python, Bearded Dragons, Blue-Tongue Skinks, Eastern Box Turtles, Emerald Swifts, Fat-Tailed Gecko, Leopard Geckos, Nile Monitors, Red-Footed Tortoises, Savannah Monitors, Schneider's Skinks, Tegus, and Uromastyx.
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To maintain UVB effectiveness, replace bulb every 3500 hours or 12 months.
Warning Do not touch lamp or fixtures while operating. Heat is generated by this lamp. Keep away from combustible materials. Position and shield fixture so reptiles are unable to touch lamp. Keep out of the reach of children.
Caution This product contains mercury. Dispose of properly.
When a turtle or tortoise owner brings their sick animal to the veterinarian, the cause of illness can almost always be traced back to one of two causes, improper housing or improper nutrition.
Absolutely essential to their health and growth, UV plays a key role in the production of Vitamin D3, which is necessary in the absorption and metabolism of calcium as well as other essential vitamins and minerals.
Bearded Dragons originate in Australia. The most common species in the pet industry is the Inland Bearded Dragon, Pogona vitticeps, which was formerly called Amphibolurus vitticeps.
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