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I agree that the animal will get out of the sun once it is at the correct temp, which I feel my lizards mimic in their enclosures. The numbers you are posting 5-250uW is what I am talking about, different species will receive and use different points in that range, depending on what part of the world they are in, the amount of cloud cover that day, whether they have thick/thin skin, and whether they bask in direct sunlight or in the shade. Lets say your bulb is putting out 180uW at your basking spot, but in the wild Rhinos only get 100uW, how do you deal with that? Or the other way around, lets say my bulb is putting out 75uW, but in the wild my Rhino would get the same 100uW, what do I do? I am saying since we have no idea how much UVB they are getting in the wild, it is near impossible to replicate it in our homes. All we can do is guess and watch our animals to see they look healthy.

Did you read the info on the link Maro posted?

<blockquote data-quote="james.w" data-source="post: 86021" data-attributes="member: 2019">I agree that the animal will get out of the sun once it is at the correct temp, which I feel my lizards mimic in their enclosures.&nbsp; The numbers you are posting 5-250uW is what I am talking about, different species will receive and use different points in that range, depending on what part of the world they are in, the amount of cloud cover that day, whether they have thick/thin skin, and whether they bask in direct sunlight or in the shade.&nbsp; Lets say your bulb is putting out 180uW at your basking spot, but in the wild Rhinos only get 100uW, how do you deal with that?&nbsp; Or the other way around, lets say my bulb is putting out 75uW, but in the wild my Rhino would get the same 100uW, what do I do?&nbsp; I am saying since we have no idea how much UVB they are getting in the wild, it is near impossible to replicate it in our homes.&nbsp; All we can do is guess and watch our animals to see they look healthy.Did you read the info on the link Maro posted?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="james.w, post: 86021, member: 2019"] I agree that the animal will get out of the sun once it is at the correct temp, which I feel my lizards mimic in their enclosures. The numbers you are posting 5-250uW is what I am talking about, different species will receive and use different points in that range, depending on what part of the world they are in, the amount of cloud cover that day, whether they have thick/thin skin, and whether they bask in direct sunlight or in the shade. Lets say your bulb is putting out 180uW at your basking spot, but in the wild Rhinos only get 100uW, how do you deal with that? Or the other way around, lets say my bulb is putting out 75uW, but in the wild my Rhino would get the same 100uW, what do I do? I am saying since we have no idea how much UVB they are getting in the wild, it is near impossible to replicate it in our homes. All we can do is guess and watch our animals to see they look healthy. Did you read the info on the link Maro posted? [/QUOTE]

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