Lighting/ Heating?

[joshtaylor123]

What do all of you use for UVA and heating during the day? the night?

 

[lynnedit]

Do you have a box turtle? Kinda depends on the type of tort or turtle you have.

 

[Yvonne G]

If I'm not mistaken, most of us use UVB, not UVA. I think the most popular is the mercury vapor bulb, but quite a few folks use the tube-type fluorescent. In my opinion, they don't work as well. No UV is required at night. If your house is too cold you can use a ceramic heat emitter (heat without light) or a black/red light.

 

[Jacob]

Yea, Most use mvb Bulbs That emit uvb, and heat all in one during the same.
At Night you can use a heat lamp or CHE, if your enclosure gets cold

 

[Madkins007]

UVA is helpful in some ways, but UVB is necessary for good bone health and development. Since all UVB bulbs also put out some UVA (usually 2-4 times more UVA than UVB), you don't really need a separate bulb.