Exo Terra Daytime Blue Bulb

[Matthew G]

Hello, these are my cham's favorite bulbs. He hates house lights. I was wonder if there was a basking bulb like it because mine burn out after a month. This puzzles me. The bulb looks fine, is there anything I could do to get it to work again?

 

[Deevo]

Hello, these are my cham's favorite bulbs. He hates house lights. I was wonder if there was a basking bulb like it because mine burn out after a month. This puzzles me. The bulb looks fine, is there anything I could do to get it to work again?

You know your cham hates house bulbs how?

Also different cham species require different basking temps, so without knowing the species of your cham, nobody can really offer you any help.

 

[KatiLemons]

Once a bulb stops working there is no way to "fix" that. They are cheap enough, I would just buy another one. At least it wasn't your UVB bulb. Those things are so expensive for a light. I also am wondering how you know he hates the house bulb? If it was too hot for him you could just go down in wattage so that it was a little cooler, if that was the case

 

[Matthew G]

You know your cham hates house bulbs how?

Also different cham species require different basking temps, so without knowing the species of your cham, nobody can really offer you any help.

I have a male veild and I keep his basking spot at 87 degrees. When I had the house light on him he was always very dark. When I changed it he turned green again.

Is there anyone other bulb that makes very clear light like the blue daytime bulbs do?

 

[ReptiGeek]

The Zoo Med blue daylight bulb is the one I use, and I love it. Gives off an appealing light, and it provides UVA (not UVB!), so that is always a bonus. I haven't had any burn out on me so far and it's been a couple months. Just make sure your fixture can handle the desired wattage (I generally use 60W). Also these bulbs are fragile, so that means bumping them can cause the filament to break, same goes for power outages.

 

[Matthew G]

The Zoo Med blue daylight bulb is the one I use, and I love it. Gives off an appealing light, and it provides UVA (not UVB!), so that is always a bonus. I haven't had any burn out on me so far and it's been a couple months. Just make sure your fixture can handle the desired wattage (I generally use 60W). Also these bulbs are fragile, so that means bumping them can cause the filament to break, same goes for power outages.

What kind of fixture do u use? I think that it is my dome that is killing all my lights.

 

[KatiLemons]

I have a male veild and I keep his basking spot at 87 degrees. When I had the house light on him he was always very dark. When I changed it he turned green again.

Is there anyone other bulb that makes very clear light like the blue daytime bulbs do?

You say that he was always day when you had the regular house bulb on him? When he was turning dark was he under the bulb or just dark generally in the whole cage when you had that bulb on him. Chameleons will get very flat and kind of tilt to one side underneath a basking light if they are trying to get warm. They turn green as to attract more light. Kind of like how when you go outside and wear black you generally get more heated than someone wearing a white shirt.... Just a thought

 

[Matthew G]

You say that he was always day when you had the regular house bulb on him? When he was turning dark was he under the bulb or just dark generally in the whole cage when you had that bulb on him. Chameleons will get very flat and kind of tilt to one side underneath a basking light if they are trying to get warm. They turn green as to attract more light. Kind of like how when you go outside and wear black you generally get more heated than someone wearing a white shirt.... Just a thought

He was dark throughout the whole cage.