Great video! Now I just want a 10 hour rant from you on why UV should be provided for every animal. I'm not kidding, I get genuinely happy when I watch these science based husbandry videos.
@@ReptilesandResearch haha I sure would love it. Today I listened to the animals at home podcast episode with thomas griffiths for the fourth time. Same goes for the episodes with frances baines. I watch them constantly to refresh my knowledge and make sure I give the right information when I try to educate people on the subject. I'd love to be a lighting consultant cause I'm genuinely obsessed by all of it. I even understand what they say when I'm reading the papers from the field of physical chemistry. I'd've never thought that I could get so involved in something as complex as lighting 😁
The cone cell wavelengths of ball pythons got me thinking. A lot of us uses LED for visible light illumination, but "white LED" is "white" only because it's tuned to the wavelength of human cone cells. A white LED to humen will be a "warm" color LED to snakes, as it has too many 650 nm "snake-infrared" irrediation, while lacking 360 nm "snake visible light". Transparent acrylics, which blocks a lot of light below 375 nm, would be a "yellow acrylics" to snakes. Glass also blocks a lot of light below 345~355 nm, also in snake-visible range. So it sounds difficult to avoid deliberately color blind a snake. We need to change both the LED lights (to what?) and acrylic/glasses (to what?).
Vitamin D is hugely important. The vast majority of humans, except for those who get a lot of sun exposure, are deficient, and this has many deleterious effects on their health. The recommended daily minimum dose is ridiculously low. It is almost certain that if people had taken three thousand units or more daily during the covid pandemic there would have been far less serious illness, and far fewer deaths. It is more than probable that snakes benefit from good levels as well, and yes, of course they need a day/night cycle. Of the snakes I keep, the one with the most marked behaviour changes between day and night is my Brazilian rainbow boa. Other than in the breeding season, she is almost always in hiding when there's light. She is out and about and very active very soon after lights out. During the breeding season, she is out, though inactive, during the day, and this is the only time she will be exposed to uvb. It would , on this basis, be reasonable to infer that nocturnal and crepuscular species require lower vitamin D levels than diurnal ones. Thanks for a good video.
The dog walk analogy is perfect! I'll use it when I see someone argue against a welfare item just because "it's fine without it". Also I would like to ask a question: should we give UVB to an albino snake? UV can cause skin and eye-damage in albino snakes. Although albino snakes did choose to bask, the snakes don't know about cumulative damages. We cannot entirely rely on the choice of the snakes. The reduced UVB basking time of an albino snake (10 min) comparing to a normal snake (144 min) also suggests they might be irritated by UVB in someway. In my mind, UVB for albino snakes is like donuts to an diabetes patient. They subjectively want it, but if we let them have as much as they want, it would be harmful. Am I thinking correctly? Should we abandon UVB for albinos? Should we use a UVB lamp with ~1/15 of the normal irradiance for albinos?
@@ReptilesandResearch Thanks for the info. Could you advise on UVB for animals already in Ferguson zone 1, like leopard geckos and corn snakes? Maybe something like 0~0.1 UVI gradient? Or no UVB?
Question for you, where would you stand on using uv on things like Ridleys Cave Racers? What percentage of time do they spend in the depths of caves,compared to areas uv can reach them, is it worth using it for them?
Yeah Ridley’s range far wider than just caves, it just so happens they use caves too, same situation with retics. The video’s saying they don’t leave caves are absolutely ridiculous 😂
I dont do forced handling, if she doesnt want to come out i dont make her, but also when shes out she wants to roam around on the floor not be held by me constantly. I dont agree with making youtube videos whilst holding a rreptile against their will the entire time. But saying that i do totally see why that makes it more entertaining to watch. When i get the new vivs the ball pythons glass will be at my shoulder height so she will be in the background going forward.
I got a UVB light that's on 12 hour timer and a deep heat projector that's on temp control. It never has come out to bask. Can they see the infrared from the dhp? Would I be better with halogen light and can they see that?
@@ReptilesandResearchWhat do you not like about the DHP? I use them as my heat source and have a separate UVB light on a 12 hour cycle. The DHP works well for me in a 36x18.2x18.2 enclosure. Keeps temps exactly where I want them! What would be your reasoning not to use them? I will be moving my ball python to a 6x2x2, just got this enclosure because she was so small. She’s a year old now and about 3 feet long so she’s moving up to the forever home in about a month.😊
Light bounces around and even in shaded areas will help with subcutaneous synthesis of vitamin D. Plus having valued resources available might encourage your ball python to be more active to use such resources. Hope that helps 😄
Absolutely stellar video! Every reptile keeper needs to watch this!!! 🙌🏼🔥🙌🏼🔥
Glad you enjoyed it!
First time I’ve heard the “dog needs a walk” analogy. Perfect.
Why thank you 😊
Great video!
Now I just want a 10 hour rant from you on why UV should be provided for every animal.
I'm not kidding, I get genuinely happy when I watch these science based husbandry videos.
Don’t tempt me 😂
@@ReptilesandResearch haha I sure would love it.
Today I listened to the animals at home podcast episode with thomas griffiths for the fourth time. Same goes for the episodes with frances baines. I watch them constantly to refresh my knowledge and make sure I give the right information when I try to educate people on the subject.
I'd love to be a lighting consultant cause I'm genuinely obsessed by all of it.
I even understand what they say when I'm reading the papers from the field of physical chemistry. I'd've never thought that I could get so involved in something as complex as lighting 😁
@@Chopingporky it’s takes over your mind doesn’t it 🤪😂
Ideally every captive reptile or even enclosed animal should be provided with access to uv, not just Royal pythons!
Absolutely
Great vid, love the rocky backing in the viv, where could I find this?
It’s universal rock
The cone cell wavelengths of ball pythons got me thinking.
A lot of us uses LED for visible light illumination, but "white LED" is "white" only because it's tuned to the wavelength of human cone cells. A white LED to humen will be a "warm" color LED to snakes, as it has too many 650 nm "snake-infrared" irrediation, while lacking 360 nm "snake visible light".
Transparent acrylics, which blocks a lot of light below 375 nm, would be a "yellow acrylics" to snakes. Glass also blocks a lot of light below 345~355 nm, also in snake-visible range.
So it sounds difficult to avoid deliberately color blind a snake. We need to change both the LED lights (to what?) and acrylic/glasses (to what?).
I think halides could be a solution as well as some new technology that is in the works that I can’t talk about yet
Vitamin D is hugely important. The vast majority of humans, except for those who get a lot of sun exposure, are deficient, and this has many deleterious effects on their health. The recommended daily minimum dose is ridiculously low. It is almost certain that if people had taken three thousand units or more daily during the covid pandemic there would have been far less serious illness, and far fewer deaths. It is more than probable that snakes benefit from good levels as well, and yes, of course they need a day/night cycle. Of the snakes I keep, the one with the most marked behaviour changes between day and night is my Brazilian rainbow boa. Other than in the breeding season, she is almost always in hiding when there's light. She is out and about and very active very soon after lights out. During the breeding season, she is out, though inactive, during the day, and this is the only time she will be exposed to uvb. It would , on this basis, be reasonable to infer that nocturnal and crepuscular species require lower vitamin D levels than diurnal ones. Thanks for a good video.
I take 8000 IU daily and it’s been great so far
This is such a good video!!
Thank you ☺️
The dog walk analogy is perfect! I'll use it when I see someone argue against a welfare item just because "it's fine without it".
Also I would like to ask a question: should we give UVB to an albino snake?
UV can cause skin and eye-damage in albino snakes. Although albino snakes did choose to bask, the snakes don't know about cumulative damages. We cannot entirely rely on the choice of the snakes. The reduced UVB basking time of an albino snake (10 min) comparing to a normal snake (144 min) also suggests they might be irritated by UVB in someway.
In my mind, UVB for albino snakes is like donuts to an diabetes patient. They subjectively want it, but if we let them have as much as they want, it would be harmful.
Am I thinking correctly? Should we abandon UVB for albinos? Should we use a UVB lamp with ~1/15 of the normal irradiance for albinos?
I’d still give them uvb, it just have them at a considerably lower uvi than normal. The general rule of thumb is drop down a Ferguson zone
@@ReptilesandResearch Thanks for the info. Could you advise on UVB for animals already in Ferguson zone 1, like leopard geckos and corn snakes? Maybe something like 0~0.1 UVI gradient? Or no UVB?
Question for you, where would you stand on using uv on things like Ridleys Cave Racers? What percentage of time do they spend in the depths of caves,compared to areas uv can reach them, is it worth using it for them?
Yeah Ridley’s range far wider than just caves, it just so happens they use caves too, same situation with retics.
The video’s saying they don’t leave caves are absolutely ridiculous 😂
You should have it out in your videos from time to time. Talking about them, there's one behind you, show us 🤣.
I dont do forced handling, if she doesnt want to come out i dont make her, but also when shes out she wants to roam around on the floor not be held by me constantly. I dont agree with making youtube videos whilst holding a rreptile against their will the entire time. But saying that i do totally see why that makes it more entertaining to watch. When i get the new vivs the ball pythons glass will be at my shoulder height so she will be in the background going forward.
@@ReptilesandResearch Fair, I was wondering if there was a reason 👍.
Great video! I have a question. How would you put a UVB bulb in with them without them getting on the fixture or touching the bulb?
I’ll have to make a video about this! But essentially you can get uvb guards from Arcadia etc
@ReptilesandResearch, yes, please! I would love to see a video on that. In the meantime, I'll look those guards up. Thank you!
@@tracym6297 good luck and let me know if you need anything, I’ll make a video at some point
@@ReptilesandResearch thank you!
I got a UVB light that's on 12 hour timer and a deep heat projector that's on temp control. It never has come out to bask. Can they see the infrared from the dhp? Would I be better with halogen light and can they see that?
DHP is crap much better to go with a halogen light like you say
@@ReptilesandResearchWhat do you not like about the DHP? I use them as my heat source and have a separate UVB light on a 12 hour cycle. The DHP works well for me in a 36x18.2x18.2 enclosure. Keeps temps exactly where I want them! What would be your reasoning not to use them? I will be moving my ball python to a 6x2x2, just got this enclosure because she was so small. She’s a year old now and about 3 feet long so she’s moving up to the forever home in about a month.😊
Should I turn his heat lamp off at night? How long should I leave it on and off?
Yes turn it off at night so it mimics natural sunlight, keep it on for 12hrs and off for 12hrs :)
Can they be by a window?
No glass filters out uv
Huh? @@ReptilesandResearch
Just battle to understand how some expensive light can help with Vitamin D and whatever when my ball python sleep in his hide all day?
Light bounces around and even in shaded areas will help with subcutaneous synthesis of vitamin D. Plus having valued resources available might encourage your ball python to be more active to use such resources. Hope that helps 😄
@@ReptilesandResearch, will give it a try and see if he show his face during daytime, thanks.