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UVB lighting question......

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Question
I bought a Chinese water dragon today, and have his his cage all set up.
However, the light they had me buy I found out, does not produce UVB, only
UVA. Im planning to go to the store over the weekend to get the light. Will he
get sick or die from not having UVB for 4-5 days?

Answer
Hello Alex,

No your chinese water dragon will be fine for that timeframe with no UVB.  GREAT that you realized it only had UVA though before he began to have problems.
Make sure & get the Reptisun 10 flourescent tube bulb, or the Arcadia D3 12% flourescent tube bulb.  Do NOT get any compact or coil lights, ESU or Zilla lights, or the Reptiglo 10 flourescent tube light either.  Right now there are not many good UVB lights out there.

Tracie