04-03-2012, 12:31 PM | #71 | |
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Providing a gradient doesn't really make sense because I don't think the tortoise is selecting UVB amount for its need or by instinct.
I'm not saying UVB is not beneficial. I just wonder how much UVB is needed and how does anyone know this. There are also substitutes of UVB. Quote:
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As to what they actually require, that is something I wouldn't know but they seem to know themselves |
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How do you know it was the UVB and not another part of the sprectrum of light provided that it was shying away from?
Lets say that your tortoise can sense UVB... does that mean yours was getting too much UVB or that it did not want any UVB? Quote:
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yes, one of those probably
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Are they going to publish the proceedings?
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