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    Re: Vitamins for Freddi (ball python)?

    Quote Originally Posted by MD_Pythons View Post
    Is there a study or anything on that for Diamond Pythons? I've been looking into them, the cooling and the price of entry is a bit daunting but it's always cool to read about them.
    Edit: While anecdotal, I did hear that Bredli's showed brighter coloration when exposed to UVB. I have one of of those Zoo Med double domes on my IJ's tank so I may throw a UVB on a timer and see if it affects her behavior.
    Not so far as I'm aware, but they are highly susceptible to MBD, which leads me to believe that UVB can only benefit them, as well as general proper care and wintertime cooling.

    This is the only thing I could find regarding UVB and diamond pythons: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.p...52353484849652

    Also, if that BP study is the one I'm thinking of, they only used 6 female adult ball pythons for their UVB group.... and to quote Frances Baines:

    Quote Originally Posted by Frances Baines
    All the females in the experimental group (a batch from one owner) had extremely high 25(OH)D3 levels initially, compared to the control group (a batch from another owner) so the groups were not comparable from the start. Also, the females in both groups had far higher 25(OH)D3 levels than the males, both at the start and the end... the authors discuss the possibility of egg production stimulating raised serum 25(OH)D3 levels in these females. This surely raises the question as to whether, if vitamin D3 synthesis was indeed occurring in the females given UVB, any extra produced could have been transferred to developing eggs - which require high levels of vitamin D for embryonic development.
    Last edited by Starscream; 02-21-2018 at 10:34 PM.
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