2 in 1 bulb?? - Page 2

Lynnieloo · 24-09-2007, 06:29 PM

I bought my Bulb off Ebay, it was much cheaper than Dazza's. Sorry but we have to share our bargains don't we? Mine was £45 with shipping and is a Mercury Vapour bulb. 100 watt.

**sarah** · 24-09-2007, 06:40 PM

Was it a trex bulb? Yes please share all bargains

but also think of customer care and refunds if things go wrong, i know Dazza has excellent customer care.

herbie's mum · 24-09-2007, 06:50 PM

sorry sandy

i will try to remember in the future

what is a murcury vapour bulb? is that the same as the zoo-med?

EJ · 24-09-2007, 06:55 PM

All those screw in bulbs that offer UVB are was is called self ballasted mercury vapor lamps.

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Originally Posted by herbie's mum

sorry sandy

i will try to remember in the future

what is a murcury vapour bulb? is that the same as the zoo-med?

Jason1 · 27-09-2007, 06:59 PM

Hi Mandy,

you say you are not using any other suplements. are you not using nutrobal?

herbie's mum · 27-09-2007, 07:24 PM

hi,
no, at the moment i am only using the calcium powder... as i have said i am a bit worried about all these different aditives!! what does it do? and why do they need it? i thought that as long as they were getting fresh leafy weeds that would be a good thing

like in the wild... any advice would be gratefully recieved -x- mandy

Jason1 · 27-09-2007, 07:31 PM

I take it your in the uk. The problem is tortoises need d3 to process calcium into a useable form. There is no D3 in green stuff only D2. D3 can be obtained through uvb and some sort of reaction under the skin. In the med there is something like 3000 hours of sunlight per year on average in the uk this is only 1000 per year. So as you can see even if kept outdoors the Uv exposer is a lot less and hence the amount of d3. This is the primary reason for using nutrobal please start using it once a day for young torts.

Jason

herbie's mum · 27-09-2007, 07:45 PM

hi again j, if you look at the top of this thread you will see that i asked about solar drops... but i was told that these are a bad thing... if you read down you will see what i mean... are there different sorts of d3 drops? are some better than others? god its a mine field out there

please let me know your opinion... thanks -x- mandy

Jason1 · 27-09-2007, 08:25 PM

Nutrobal is not just a d3 supplement. It conatins all sorts of trace elelments and minerals. The D3 in nutrobal is quite safe for daily use of the product and is reccomended everywhere. Please someone confirm so Mandy can see its not just my point of view. The sloar drops you refered to are a funny product. I e-mailed t-rex re these and they said they couldn't actually find out the ingredients or exactly how much D3 was in the product, although they did assure me it was safe. the directions are something like give one drop a week regardless of the size of the animal. Very dodgy to my mind and if it is truely safe the amount of D3 in there must be truely minimul and therefore pretty useless.

Jason

Dazza · 27-09-2007, 09:14 PM

Liquid D3 can be deadly in the wrong dosage - providing the tortoise has an adequate habitat and access to good quality UVB there is no reason to use drops -not to mention a healthly balanced diet. trawl the tortoise trust website there are some really great articles

This might help :

http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/d3.html

dazza

24-09-2007, 06:40 PM	#12
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27-09-2007, 09:14 PM	#20
Dazza Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,486	Liquid D3 can be deadly in the wrong dosage - providing the tortoise has an adequate habitat and access to good quality UVB there is no reason to use drops -not to mention a healthly balanced diet. trawl the tortoise trust website there are some really great articles This might help : http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/d3.html dazza __________________ www.inkaproducts.co.uk www.megaray.co.uk

24-09-2007, 06:29 PM	#11
Lynnieloo Junior Member Egg Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 17	I bought my Bulb off Ebay, it was much cheaper than Dazza's. Sorry but we have to share our bargains don't we? Mine was £45 with shipping and is a Mercury Vapour bulb. 100 watt.

24-09-2007, 06:50 PM	#13
herbie's mum Member Incubating Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 219	sorry sandy i will try to remember in the future what is a murcury vapour bulb? is that the same as the zoo-med?

27-09-2007, 06:59 PM	#15
Jason1 Member Hatched Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lancashire Posts: 405	Hi Mandy, you say you are not using any other suplements. are you not using nutrobal?

27-09-2007, 07:24 PM	#16
herbie's mum Member Incubating Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 219	hi, no, at the moment i am only using the calcium powder... as i have said i am a bit worried about all these different aditives!! what does it do? and why do they need it? i thought that as long as they were getting fresh leafy weeds that would be a good thing like in the wild... any advice would be gratefully recieved -x- mandy

27-09-2007, 07:31 PM	#17
Jason1 Member Hatched Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lancashire Posts: 405	I take it your in the uk. The problem is tortoises need d3 to process calcium into a useable form. There is no D3 in green stuff only D2. D3 can be obtained through uvb and some sort of reaction under the skin. In the med there is something like 3000 hours of sunlight per year on average in the uk this is only 1000 per year. So as you can see even if kept outdoors the Uv exposer is a lot less and hence the amount of d3. This is the primary reason for using nutrobal please start using it once a day for young torts. Jason

27-09-2007, 07:45 PM	#18
herbie's mum Member Incubating Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 219	hi again j, if you look at the top of this thread you will see that i asked about solar drops... but i was told that these are a bad thing... if you read down you will see what i mean... are there different sorts of d3 drops? are some better than others? god its a mine field out there please let me know your opinion... thanks -x- mandy

27-09-2007, 08:25 PM	#19
Jason1 Member Hatched Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lancashire Posts: 405	Nutrobal is not just a d3 supplement. It conatins all sorts of trace elelments and minerals. The D3 in nutrobal is quite safe for daily use of the product and is reccomended everywhere. Please someone confirm so Mandy can see its not just my point of view. The sloar drops you refered to are a funny product. I e-mailed t-rex re these and they said they couldn't actually find out the ingredients or exactly how much D3 was in the product, although they did assure me it was safe. the directions are something like give one drop a week regardless of the size of the animal. Very dodgy to my mind and if it is truely safe the amount of D3 in there must be truely minimul and therefore pretty useless. Jason

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