UVB Bulb caution

[dreshany]

I was not sure where to post this, but I thought it might be important. I have a juv beardie which I bought from a reputable breeder a few months ago. I ha bought a new MVB bulb for her about a month ago. All of a sudden my beardie began showing signs of MBD. She was weak and dizzy. I took her to the vet and we went over my set up, I brought up the fact that I had bought a new bulb. I was told that as long as the bulb is less than 6 months old and is on it is producing UVB. Well to make a long story short, the vet was WRONG. It turns out the new light I got was not producing UVB and in fact she was suffering from MBD. So I wanted to caution everyone that MVB lights can be faulty and if your beardie is showing signs of MBD and everything else is correct, try changing the bulb.
Oh it was a powersun bulb 160w (I think)

 

[Willa]

Hey thanks for letting us know. I didn't know they could be faulty right out of the box. How do you check if they are producing enough UVB anyway?

 

[vickson420]

You know I keep hearing more and more lately about the Powersuns.I wonder if there is a bad batch out there.Did you contact the company on it?

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

Sorry to hear that happened to you. I would contact the company, Zoomed, regarding that issue. It is possible that there was a bad batch out there.

Tracie