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Are we overexposing our dragons to UV?
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[QUOTE="Claudiusx, post: 1894718, member: 31715"] Hmm, interesting I didn't even think to ask when we were discussing this. I went back through our e mails just now and she doesn't really elaborate on that at all. I had to think of that for a minute before feeling comfortable with giving an answer. My answer is, it would change my opinion to a degree. I would feel more comfortable with slightly higher UVI's than I feel comfortable with right now, but it wouldn't in complete essence change my thoughts. Only because their are other potential harms from higher UVI levels than just excess vit. D production. Since I went back through our past conversations, I did find another interesting comment she made that I think adds to my thoughts too that noon time UVI levels are not a good basis for what we do in our enclosures. I'm blue, she is red. [color=#0000BF]At what point is mimicking their natural environment going to start being more detrimental than simply knowing what they need and providing that.[/color] [color=#FF0000]I would say that “mimicking their natural environment” is the very best we can do, and if done properly, is exactly what we DO need to aim for... but the key is in the words “natural microhabitat” not “natural climate” which is what so many people imagine they need to provide. Quite the opposite! I have a series of slides of UVI readings on a sunny June day here. At human height, in the sun, UVI 5.6. In an only moderately-leafy grass meadow: UVI 0.9, the meter (or animal) shaded just by the blades of grass.[/color] I worded my question kind of weird I suppose, and her response kind of reiterated the fact to me that recreating natural habitat is what we should aim for as a basis (and then make adjustments based on any data we can get on different morph skin types such as hypos and trans and leathers). But she makes a good example of the simple difference in UVI a slight change in scenery can make, and the importance of realizing that micro-habitat, is the important part here, not natural climate. Which is why I never bought into the whole basing general uvi levels of the outback to what we do with our enclosures. -Brandon [/QUOTE]
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