Repti Glo 10.0 Compact

[BeardedSpike]

Hi, Im getting my first dragon in about a week, and ive done alot of research and found that the Repti Glo 10.0 Compacts were a big no-no, but that was in 2007, as it is 2011, do you think they are safer for my dragon? I have already purchased it, I will use it when I get Spike but if I see any signs of its health dropping im going to take it back and get the repti sun 10.0 tube. I will keep you guys up to date! Im also going to contact Exo-Terra/HagenKB.

 

[heffe2001]

I started with 2 repti-glo cfls one of my dragons thrived, one had issues with them and very nearly died (he's finally starting to come round after replacing the glos with a 24" sun 10.0 tube. For me, the cfls arent going back in the fixtures...

 

[BeardedSpike]

I see this all the time, some beardies love it! But others are what it seems "allergic" to it. Hopefully mine loves it! Im glad he is coming back around

 

[heffe2001]

Got both of our dragons at the same time (bought them both on 9/2 from Petsmart, both approximately the same size). The larger one is what they referred to as a 'regular' beard, and the smaller is a 'fancy' (I still need to determine the specifics on the smaller as to exactly what type he is). The larger dragon eats like a horse, and will eat just about anything (wouldn't touch Reptiworms, neither of them would). Made several mistakes early on as far as the lighting and substrate (fixed the lighting, still working on substrate, should be fixed this weekend hopefully).

Took this picture this morning (for the time being, they are housed together, but fed seperately, which has helped considerably on the smaller dragon's intake). Now if I could just get the smaller one to eat his veggies...

 

[jabronie]

you really really need to separate them heffe. that size difference is wayyyy to much.

and i would personally just return it. i mean, why risk it if you can just exchange it? they're better off with no uvb then bad...

and im pretty sure its the repti-glo TUBES that are fine now, and that compacts are still a no no.

 

[Jpiroden]

You gotta separate them, one wring move and he big beardie will try to kill(or at least injure) the smaller one. Also repti-glo may cause eye problem, you won't even be able to see that he's having problems, which is even more dangerous. Just get a repti-sun 10.0 and a lighting fixture to hook up in each of there tanks.

 

[Kalyn876]

I agree with the previous posters, one of my close friends had two beardies housed together and they had the about same size difference. I pleaded with her to seperate them to which her reply was "but they love eachother". About a week later she came home to a bloody mess and her little beardie was gone...she couldn't even look at her larger beardie for quite some time without bursting into tears...very sad indeed.

Kalyn

 

[Jpiroden]

I agree with the previous posters, one of my close friends had two beardies housed together and they had the about same size difference. I pleaded with her to seperate them to which her reply was "but they love eachother". About a week later she came home to a bloody mess and her little beardie was gone...she couldn't even look at her larger beardie for quite some time without bursting into tears...very sad indeed.

Kalyn

That was....um....quite the story..... Horrific but it makes a point. Bearded dragons are solitary animals, they do not need a "buddy" and they dont "love" eachother (well mated ones feel a strong bond towards eachother) other wise, co-op habitats is a no no for beardies

 

[heffe2001]

We're looking for a new viv for Hiccup but it will likely be next week before I can move him. So far the seem to get along well, Toothless carries him around quite a bit, and we do feed them separately so hopefully we won't have any problems before we can separate them.

 

[BeardedSpike]

This was there response, " All prior problems with UV bulbs have been speculative. When using CFL's, you should be sure that distance and hide areas can be controlled. Exo Terra has taken the stance of providing normal amounts of UVB so as to not negatively impact the reptiles. "
Thank you, Sharon Emond Customer Service Dept. Rolf C. Hagen (USA) Corp.
Sharon Emond (Hagen Customer Service Rep) 10/21/2011