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After doing more research, I'm not planning on using a UVB bulb for my Redfoot. However, I do have a question: Redfoot NERD, in your sticky post in the top of this forum about raising Redfoots, I noticed that you said that you said that you
This got me to wondering, why then do box turtles need UVB? I know that they eat much more animal protein than Redfoots, and yet they still need it. Does anyone know why?
And now, to kind of steer this thread back to my original question... what do you Redfoot keepers do in the winter? What are your setups like?
eliminated the UVB that "omnivorous" redfoots don't need because they get the "D" vitamins from the animal protein part of their diet.
This got me to wondering, why then do box turtles need UVB? I know that they eat much more animal protein than Redfoots, and yet they still need it. Does anyone know why?
And now, to kind of steer this thread back to my original question... what do you Redfoot keepers do in the winter? What are your setups like?