Any correlation between led lighting and better veggie consumption?

[Sue E.]

I saw a poster online who claimed that his dragon has been eating veggies much better since he added led full spectrum lighting (specifically the Arcadia Jungle Dawn). Do you guys think there is any correlation? Those of you whose dragons eat their veggies very well, do you have led lighting in your tank? Those whose dragons tend to snub veggies, the reverse? Interested to know.

 

[Sue E.]

To expand on that, those of you who live in bright sunny climates probably get enough natural sunlight so the led lighting may not be much of a factor, but where natural sunlight is weak or absent (including a shadier part of the house), might full spectrum lighting influence not just behavior, but appetite for greens as well?

 

[ChileanTaco]

@Sue E.
Even in bright sunny climates, like we live in, and with an enclosure directly placed against windows, one misses out the UV which is filtered through glass.
My dragons eats veggies well.
I do not have LED, and cannot get anything from Arcadia here in Chile. Also in general, reptile supplies are hard to get here.
I have: ReptiSun Desert 10.0 T5 tube, Zoomed basking lamp 100 W, a household halogen lamp 100 W.
Enclosure is full glass and against two windows.

 

[Sue E.]

Thanks for responding! I am specifically referring to brightness, not uvb, so it sounds like your tank is very bright next to the windows and with the addition of the halogen lamp. I have the same uvb and basking lamp as you do (although the latter is 150Win my case..it is colder here). I havent added led yet but I am seriously considering it.

 

[xp29]

Thanks for responding! I am specifically referring to brightness, not uvb, so it sounds like your tank is very bright next to the windows and with the addition of the halogen lamp. I have the same uvb and basking lamp as you do (although the latter is 150Win my case..it is colder here). I havent added led yet but I am seriously considering it.

I recently installed l.e.d. in Zsa Zsa's habitat. She does eat bugs a little better but greens are still hit or miss. But I have always kept my habitats bright and cheery. Something else I have noticed is her color is better. I don't know if it's due to the lights or if lights just show them better

 

[ChileanTaco]

Thanks for responding! I am specifically referring to brightness, not uvb, so it sounds like your tank is very bright next to the windows and with the addition of the halogen lamp. I have the same uvb and basking lamp as you do (although the latter is 150Win my case..it is colder here). I havent added led yet but I am seriously considering it.

I have, in fact, two of them: 100 W + 100 W.
What I see very much in the reaction of my dragon:
- If the weather is just slightly (!) worse, means outside temp 2 - 5 degrees lower, or a bit of haze, my dragon stays in a cave the whole day.
- If one of the lamps fails, he stays in the cave until the lamp is replaced, unless it is a super bright day.

The sun can be seen through the two windows all day long, starting with sunrise at one to sunset at the other one.

(Regarding lamps failing and being replaced: Of course I do so as soon as possible, and despite lamps being hard to get here, I got me some from abroad and now keep a 1-year-supply at minimum.
Some hours without lamp just happen, nevertheless. For example, yesterday one failed, it was early in the morning and I instructed my husband to get a new one from the basement compartment and screw it in as soon as he's up (he sleeps longer, I leave super early, I told him and left him a note). He forgot... Dragon was in his cave all day long. I screwed the lamp in late evening so it switches on in the morning: Dragon out of his cave 6am, munching golliwog plant!)

 

[Sue E.]

Yes I bought the Jungle Dawn and it did brighten things up considerably...in fact I think I need two of them! Remains to be seen how Kai likes it.

 

[Claudiusx]

It's possible that the lighting (if it is filling any gaps in the spectra) could stimulate eating. Beardies see the world and color much different than we do, and that vision would be affected by the lighting in the enclosure. It's possible that under certain lighting, greens aren't recognized immediately as food. However, that would just be a theory and I haven't done any research to back that up at all, lol.

-Brandon