uv lighting for snakes?
Okay so i found my Columbian red-tail boa yesterday that got loose in my honda 2 weeks ago yesterday, and I took him to the vet today to make sure that he was okay and didn't have any respiratory issues. He got a clean bill of health but the doc told me some stuff that i had never heard before about snakes needing UV lighting in addition to heat source<s>. He said that snakes need the UV rays that they would be getting from the sun, and that the only way they can get these necessary light is from having a fixture with UV bulbs. I told him that i had never heard that and I have had snakes for about 17 years. If there is anyone out there with CORRECT information on uv lighting with snakes, please share! Thanks in advance.
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KaylaByrd :
referralguru Is right….they DO NEED UV!!!! All reptiles do…Snakes just don't need as much…
As for the people who say they have had snakes for howevery many years with out UV and thier snakes lived to be 20…One they are lucky they lived even that long and two…most snakes have a much longer life expectancy than that…Listen to your vet….they need proper lighting to digest food correctly….A Healthy snake needs UV!!!!
