CRESTED GECKOS: Do they need UVB?
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I just got a uvb lamp for my little dude last week and was surprised how much he seemed to enjoy it. Immediately after plugging it in he crawled out of his coconut hide to go on top of it to bath directly under the light for the rest of the day, and seemed way more active at night. Out of all the expensive plants, hides and decorations I got him the uvb light really seemed to be the most impactful.
I highly recommend getting one!
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I use shadedweller from Arcadia, they seem to have better colors too..
Do you use it at night ? I have a good ass light but I don’t know if I should leave it on at night I’m guessing no because it would reach over 90° because the heat lamp ?
@@FlippyNL-zx1mb crested geckos (pretty much all animals) need complete darkness at night to be active and healthy. I have my uvb on for 12 hours, but it goes through a mesh with blocks about 50%.
What uvb do you use?
If I dusting cricket with d3, in daily diet,, can I still give them UVB? Or do I need to get another calcium withoutd3? Thanks! (Now suffering from MBD)
If the gecko has MDB there’s no way to cure it.
So the best thing to do is keep dusting. You can provide UVB if you like!
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Also, and this is probably just a semantic issue... I dont like saying needed or not needed when it comes to uvb. "Not needed" just has such a weird connotation. Lately I've been preferring the distinction, needed and essential. basically I say UV is needed for reptiles.
Cresteds wont die without UV if supplemented correctly (most of the time) so I dont consider it essential, though I still say its needed, and it is for certain functions, they can just survive without it.
I'm definitely on the same boat as you. I don't think it's cruel or bad ownership not to provide UVB to animals that are fine without it, but it's also 100% good if you can get it. Crestie!
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Sorry to disagree.
But it is my honest opinion that it is bad to deprive an animal of something it would otherwise have access to, had you not deprived him/her of it by keeping him/her in captivity.
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I don’t use ubv for my cresties but in the summer time I would take them outside with me or let them roam on a plant with sunlight and now that it’s winter I was a little worried but they do have light and calcium w vd3 so thanks for this! Reassurance is always nice 👍
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What lighting would enyone recommend for a baby crested gecko is there eny lighting that's small and won't take up lots of space ovisly it's only a low wat bulb or any kind of led and I'm just going to make a small tub viverum a few sizes of tubs and move it in a viverum when the time is right
As long as you have room light I wouldn’t worry about it
OK thanks but what is there eny uvb lightning you would recommend and great video
@@tyicbranch2734 5.0 uvb and below! Arcadia makes a “shade dweller “ bulb that’s literally perfect! Here’s a link!
www.arcadiareptile.com/shadedweller/
hey so is a mini compact 5.0 UVB (13 wats) light bulb bad or is it okay?
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very helpful but i'm confused if the uvb light should cover the whole tank or should if it only cover one side?
Doesn’t matter! I would put it on the back side but the rays will go where they go!
I am already going to be providing calcium for my gecko but I couldn't find a bulb, all I could find was a uvb coil and decided to use that for light. Is this ok Or should I get an actual light bulb online?
Get the actual bulb, the coils don’t do much sadly!
So what light do you use if you don’t use a uvb bulb
Just natural room light!
@@NickHowellElectricgeckos could I use a led light?
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Uvb is a specific wavelength in one extreme and infrared in the other extreme. With the visible spectrum (for humans and most animals) in between.
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Hi There thank you for the information. I have a question. I live in the uk and the breeder I purchased my gecko off has said I need to get a uvb bulb but at the moment I am using the exo terra sun heat bulb at 25watt and the night glo bulb at 15 watt. Will this be enough?. I am a first time owner and I have had him since yesterday. Thank you
You do not need UVB, be very careful with heat they can be sensitive, just make sure it’s on a thermostat and set to 75.
If yo provide uvb use a strip light! It has benefits but it’s not essential for life!
I would use uvb if I didn’t have so many cages lol my house bill would be up the roof but they all stay in my room so I leave the light on all the time during the day and dark at night but I definitely provide calcium on the crickets
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Hello! I know this is an older video, however, I was hoping to get your opinion on the Arcadia Shadedweller 7% UVB lamp. I know in this video you mentioned not to go over 3% however I was wondering if the dimensions of my tank would alter this recommendation at all. My tank is 40" tall, I am hoping that this is tall enough to provide enough room for the gecko to get as close or far as it needs. Please let me know what you think! I am not at all opposed to getting the 2.7% lamp should you think that is best. :))) great video btw, thank you so much for making it!
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Okay, so my question is.. I am a very new created gecko owner. I am also making a bio active enclosure. I have a nano light with a normal 40 war and a red one for night time.. should I move to a uvb bulb??
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I find my females are up and more active before the males are. Crestie.
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@@NickHowellElectricgeckos I think the males like to sleep in. It’s just something I’ve noticed I see females out and moving around before I see my males.
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What about juveniles do they need light ...?
All ages do! UVB is optional!
@@NickHowellElectricgeckos thanks so much I just unboxed a juvenile crested baby n the paper said don't put under light so I was confused 🤔... thanks 😊
Hmm not sure what that means! Haha
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Yep!
I provide UVB lighting for my geckos, I house all of mine in bio active enclosures and feel that the plants might benefit more than the actual geckos do especially because one of my geckos sleeps inside the cork all day and does not bask at all. Crestie
UVB doesn’t actually do any thing for plants! Plants need a certain color spectrum not UVB!
@@NickHowellElectricgeckos well then it’s a good thing I provide plant lights too 😆
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For a bio active enclosure for Cresties what kind of plant light can I use? I’m a first time owner
I have a leopard gecko with possible uv burns. I leave the light on when the the sun rises, and turn it off when it sets. My temperatures are perfect. I just recently added the UV light so I was wondering if the bulb I got was too strong or I am leaving it on too long. I used the Exo Terra® Repti Glo Tropical Terrarium Lamp - UVB 100 which is the 13w 5.0/5%. Please respond. I really need some advice.
5.0 shouldn’t do that! They need 10.0! If you have burns are you sure it’s from UV? Also do you have enough hides so that the gecko can escape the light?
@@NickHowellElectricgeckos I have three hides. Warm, cool, and moist. It appears to be uv burns from what I can tell. It is 100% not from her heat mat. Her temperatures are good so i don’t think it’s from her ceramic heat emitter. From the research I have done I thought they needed 5%-6% not 10%. Some ppl even give 2%. Or am I just dumb and 5.0 doesn’t mean 5%?
I can’t imagine it’s from UV, 5.0 is pretty weak. How tall is the tank?
@@NickHowellElectricgeckos a little under 13”. It’s a 20 gallon long.
I think you may need to do a vet visit. If you think it’s UV I would ditch it entirely and see if it goes away!
So if a coil light is just a twisted tube light what makes them not work? I see people say this all the time but I don’t see the big difference.
The coils are not effective for UVB! Tube is way better. Especially for coverage.
@@NickHowellElectricgeckos I’m not sure if it’s all but seen a video talking about how they are effective horizontal not vertical like the major of lamps used for them.
I’m saying even basic out out is worse on the coils when compared to the tubes!
@@NickHowellElectricgeckos I’m surprised they get away with selling them
Very true. Not sure why they bother anymore, I think it’s because it’s cheaper honestly
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Very helpful
The main thing for me is the fact they're colorblind without UVA, which is usually with the UVB bulb. and i've seen individuals even with proper diet that end up with swollen limbs... it's very rare but i think some individuals do need it, and the uva thing is a big sticking point for me when it comes to offering these lights.
So how do they see at night? I’m just curious because I know nothing about UVA!
@@NickHowellElectricgeckos there's actually an opposite issue, that it actually makes the day darker for them, which can sometimes throw off their rythm and make it harder to recognize certain things. I'm not 100% sure on how if the effects of UVA in the color range continues at night. On earth, UVA rays get caught and bounced around by our atmosphere, and even caught under things that provide cover, like trees, so small amounts of UVA are contained at night. With that said im not 100% sure how this works in captivity, I dont think the effects of uva just go off with the light but I'm having a hard time finding something explaining exactly how UVA works at night in regards to reptile vision.
That super interesting! Thank for sharing! I’m going to look into it!!
@@NickHowellElectricgeckos I was able to find this; but again it doesnt explain how this works at night, if it does.
www.uvguide.co.uk/whatisuv.htm
This part, the website was a bit confusing to navigate. Still looking for sources for night time.
UVA (320-400nm) is an important component of sunlight, and is supplied in small amounts by "ordinary" household bulbs (incandescent lights) and by lighting often described as "full spectrum" light. Larger amounts are supplied by all specialist ultraviolet lamps.
UVA is part of the visible spectrum for reptiles; they see colours and patterns differently to us because of this extra dimension to their vision. Some reptiles rely upon UVA light to identify individuals of their own species by their UVA-reflective markings; many plants and insects also have distinctive UVA reflectance and "patterns" which enable reptiles to recognise them.25,28,31,40,41
Reptiles exposed to UVA light show increased social behaviour and activity levels, are more inclined to bask and feed and are also more likely to reproduce as UVA light has a positive effect on the pineal gland, a light-sensitive structure just below the brain which responds to the increase and decrease of daylight with the changing seasons.2,36
What I find interesting, is when people discuss UVB lights increasing their geckos activity and awareness, it sounds more like the UVA supplied by the UVB bulb that's causing it.
I did also find mention of UVB helping the immune system of reptiles but it didnt go beyond a mention.
Though the link I sent in the prior message, they did a skin test with reptiles. If I read it correctly apparently reptiles offered UVB had a thicker shed, to help block some of the UV, while reptiles with supplements had thinner skin sheds, which would allow more UV to be absorb. A strange test but I do find that an interesting way if that's how they kind of help regulate their UV intake through the skin
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I have a exo terra 5.0 tropical uvb bulb. It’s a coil and now I wasted $30 lol
It sucks that they even sell them!
@@NickHowellElectricgeckos yeah people like me that wanna get a uvb bulb to go above and beyond end up getting screwed over from all the bad products
At least your willing to change it! It sucks but I can already see you’re a damn good keeper and care a lot!
@@NickHowellElectricgeckos yeah I have two cresties two tree frogs and a leopard gecko Tjey all have a coil uvb but I took them All out and am going to the store today. I’m 15 and pay for everything myself the worms the exo terras and everything I mow lawns and shovel snow :)
That’s awesome! Keep up the grind! It pays off!
Crestie ! and I believe UVB is beneficial but should be Very low amount and around for 1-2 Hours but it’s totally up to the person
If you offer it 8 hours on is fine! The crested gecko will bask and hide as needed! Entered!
@@NickHowellElectricgeckos I usually say 1-2 hours because of when the sun rises and when the sun goes down
But yeah just as long as we don’t over do it everything will be Fine
Over do what?
Over do light? Anything over 12hours is too much.
Anything under that is selfish ownership at this point in time
Well that’s not necessary true. 6-8 hours is plenty. If you want to cycle the sun you can but it’s not always 12 on and 12 off!
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