UVB/UVA Bulb Small🌞

Bring the outdoor sun indoors for your pets with this UVB/ Compact Fluorescent bulb🌞 This bulb is specially designed to provide beneficial UVA and UVB―the full spectrum of natural sunlight that pets need to thrive and stay healthy, both physically and psychologically. UVB rays for optimal calcium metabolism (to make vitamin D3) which is essential for growth, overall health, and reproduction plus UVA rays that stimulate appetite, activity, reproductive behavior, help to see colors, recognize mates, locate food, and identify different species. This compact fluorescent bulb provides a balanced light spectrum and is self-ballasted. 26 Watts / 5.0. Recommended for baby marmosets, turtles, birds and reptiles etc. Place bulb close enough for them to feel the warmth, but not touch while in their or feel hot in their cage. We recommend replacing bulbs after 6-8 month. You can test/check your bulb to be sure by using the UVA/UVB Sensor found on this site. For adult Marmosets use the 160 Watt Bulb also found on this site under UVB/UVB Lighting. Bundle this Bulb with the Lamp Fixture and $AVE.

Key Benefits

• Provides beneficial UVA and UVB light that pets need for overall health and wellbeing.
• UVB is needed to make vitamin D3 (for better calcium absorption) for normal growth and development, and reproduction.
• Your pets use UVA to see colors, which benefits psychological health in your feathered pal.
• The compact fluorescent bulb is self-ballasted so you can use it in most fixtures and uses 26 watts of power.
• Easy to set up both indoors and outdoors, and requires no assembly or extra converters to use.

Compact Fluorescent UVB Bulb 5.0. 26 Watt. Ideal for small mammals & reptiles Optimal UVB & UVA output Simulates appetite, activity and reproductive behavior Provides necessary UVB rays for optimal calcium metabolism Increase feeding, mating and other natural behaviors

Features:

• 26 Watt
• 7 x 3 x 3 Inches
• Built-in ballast
• Fits most fixtures and uses 26 Watts powder.

Instructions: Simply screw the compact fluorescent bulb into fixture, turn fixture on. Your lamp will provide beneficial UVA and UVB for a period of 12 months. After 12 months, the lamp should be replaced with a new 26 watt / 5.0 UVB Compact Fluorescent Lamp. Before you turn your lamp on for the first time, date the base of the lamp to remind yourself when to replace it.

The ideal distance to place your fixture for maximum absorption - during bulb break-in (which is first 40 hours of use) is 18-20 inches and after break-in is 12-14 inches. The lamp should be placed directly overhead of your pet. Bulb has a CRI of 88 and a Kelvin rating of 6800K, the lumens are 900.