Coil UVB bulbs vs. Compact

[Pandora]

My boyfriend has a Frilled Lizard who's set up we've been trying to perfect.
I'm not going to get into details about the set-up on here because he's getting some feedback from a frilled dragon specific forum.
Someone on the other website told him that he should get rid of his Coiled UVB bulb and get a compact one because coiled bulbs tend to damage the corneas of reptiles. I was wondering what some of your personal experiences are with these two different types of UVB bulbs and what your opinion is on the two.
Thank you kindly =]

[Beardedragon]

No time to write anything out, but here you go.

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?t=83658

Delt with reptiles sick with them before,compact bulbs = BAD

[Christine]

I have a few turtles and I know on the turtle forum I go to, people see a lot of problems with the coiled UVB bulbs and turtles eyes. The problems that are usually listed are the turtles eyes are swollen shut.I wont use them.

[NYDragon]

IThe problems that are usually listed are the turtles eyes are swollen shut.I wont use them.

I've heard the same thing with beardies. Bad eye problems. I would go with a MVB or a tube. I've never had a problem with these. If you want some good, cheap sites to buy them, let me know

[Pandora]

Thanks for the feedback!
Also, out of curiousity, would photo-kerato-conjunctivitis have anything to do with loss of appetite?

[NYDragon]

This is what I've generally heard about the symptoms of compacts and coils.

Photo-kerato-conjunctivitis - Less severe symptoms include unwillingness to open eyes, lethargy, and loss of appetite; more severe symptoms include swelling/discoloration of or lesions on the eyelids that closely resembles burns.

Also, check out this site. http://www.uvguide.co.uk/phototherapyphosphor.htm

Hope it helps

[Christine]

With the threads that I have read about this with the aquatic turtles. It pretty much goes like this. Turtles are out of the water with swollen eyes and not moving or eating. People are told to shut the coiled uvb bulb off and the turtles tend to go back to nomal pretty fast. If its done early on and the damage isnt very bad.

[Beardedragon]

With the threads that I have read about this with the aquatic turtles. It pretty much goes like this. Turtles are out of the water with swollen eyes and not moving or eating. People are told to shut the coiled uvb bulb off and the turtles tend to go back to nomal pretty fast. If its done early on and the damage isnt very bad.

The eye will start to heal as soon as the compact is shut off, it is super easy to treat, and easier to prevent.