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Post by Jeremy's Boggle on May 24, 2012 7:28:02 GMT -5
So I've been reading the lighting and adrenal discussions. Am I understanding that it is the UV and not light in general that causes the problem? We were given UV filters for the curly bulbs awhile back for Marcus. Should using these eliminate the light aspect of adrenal for our ferrets?
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Post by acodlin on May 24, 2012 10:39:47 GMT -5
Sounds like it should, its hard to say unless there are some kind of tests showing that the filters work. I hope so for sure because they are doing away with regular light bulbs and all we will have left are the curly ones
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Post by Sherry on May 24, 2012 12:55:02 GMT -5
It's the blue spectrum in particular that appears to cause the problem. If the filter eliminates that, then it *should* work.
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Post by Jeremy's Boggle on May 24, 2012 13:44:13 GMT -5
They cut out all UV. So my skin and fir kids covered in on item.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2012 13:47:26 GMT -5
Like Sherry said, the blue spectrum is the one to eliminate. As blue is in the visible light spectrum and not the UV, I think you'd still have issues with blue light.
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Post by Jeremy's Boggle on May 24, 2012 13:54:06 GMT -5
I'll contact the company and check on the blue light.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2012 15:42:39 GMT -5
1 Semi antidote, sunlight. What mustlids do in the wild when theirs lightening. Go under ground. Number of weasel type animals in the wild with lighted homes, 0. Hope that helps.
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Post by Sherry on May 24, 2012 18:07:08 GMT -5
What I've done since my ferrets have to have the cages in my living room was change all my bulbs to amber ones.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2012 18:12:04 GMT -5
I never knew that uvs were bad for ferrets! of course, they do live underground. i thought they might come up for water and food quite a bit though..
this is interesting!
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Post by Sherry on May 24, 2012 18:22:15 GMT -5
The problem is when they are exposed to the blue spectrum too much(as in artificial light after sundown) the adrenal glands are overstimulated, triggering adrenal.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2012 18:33:08 GMT -5
Wow! so covering them with a blanket at night(the cage) would help?
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Post by Sherry on May 24, 2012 19:33:17 GMT -5
If the lights are on, certainly won't hurt. Also make sure they have very dark places they can get into at all times. Ferrets, from what I remember, need about 14-16 hours a day of total darkness. Obviously, the bulk of those hours would be after sundown.
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Post by Jeremy's Boggle on May 24, 2012 20:36:53 GMT -5
Well darn. They don't block it. Does anyone know if I'd need T8 or T12 amber bulbs?
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Post by Sherry on May 24, 2012 20:51:21 GMT -5
I'm still using the incandescent, so would be interested myself. Frankly don't know the difference between the two you've listed.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2012 2:11:33 GMT -5
Try bulbs.com for references for different types of lightbulbs at good prices. If for T12 and T8 you mean flourescent tubes, then try for a warm white color and/or an amber screen to go over the tube. This works for tubes and other kinds of bulbs. Its more about the color of the light than anything else. (Don't paint the tube, that is dangerous.) For energy savings and environmental issues you may want to get LED bulbs. Pricey but last forever. You know what you can afford better than I.
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