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Are we overexposing our dragons to UV?
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[QUOTE="Taterbug, post: 1894702, member: 71213"] We do have to make some judgement to choose to err on the side or too much or too little. My research has led me to choose the too much side, and to mitigate that risk with environmental enrichment as best as I can. It's definitely not the only way and I wouldn't even say it's "the right way", it's just the way I choose to do it. The D3 cycle and the role of it's components in the body is complicated, and I worry that it's not a clear delineation between thriving and surviving sometimes. For me, the lack of MBD is not a good baseline. MBD that we can easily identify on on sight is a devistaiting level of defficency. Not having MBD does not mean the animal has adequate D3 levels for all their systems, or that we have found the level of "just enough" UVB, (or that we haven't for that matter.) To draw a parallel, one form of MBD in humans is osteomalacia (rickets in children), it's crippling and painful and it is the far end of the spectrum of low-D3 related maladies. Maybe a person's defficency not bad enough to cause disfigurement or broken bones, but still cause lots of pain. D3 also plays a role in other systems. Yhis is all poorly understood in humans; there aren't really good limits for deficiency vs adequate vs optimal. So of course, it's even harder to assertain where on that spectrum our pets end up. Fatigue and weakness and other other subclinical symptoms may exist... How can we tell the difference between our pets being lazy because they are living the good life or if they don't move because they are tired or their muscles are too weak or they are in pain? From how I understand the D3 cycle too much (from photosynthesis) is less harmful than too little, [i]within reason[/i]. I limit my UVI to 6 max with plenty of options, and only use lamps that are vetted by the community for having "safe" spectrums. I also provide UVB lights for my snakes. even though they are capable of surviving without it they can utilize it. So again I choose to effectively over provide with the setup designed for self regulation. [/QUOTE]
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