ProT5 UVB ShadeDweller Max Arcadia kit

Arcadia's ProT5 ShadeDweller Max Kit is a lighting set designed especially for snakes. It is a highly adaptable kit with high-quality internal electronics, a highly effective but removable reflector, power cable, fixing kit, free connection cable and an Arcadia T5 ShadeDweller Max 2.5% UVB lamp.

The ProT5 Kit uses the most sophisticated electrical components to ensure safe operation and a long lamp life. Each kit has built-in protection systems against excess voltage, excess current, overheating and short-circuit protection. The ProT5 Kit has no Teflon or any reflective coating that absorbs UVs.

- Connect up to 10 kits;

- Easy to adapt to the exterior or interior of any terrarium;

- Ideal for Corn Snakes, Ball Pythons, Milk Snakes, Hognoses...

- Lamps made in Germany.

UV indices

Ultraviolet radiation (UV radiation) is extremely important for most reptiles and amphibians and is obtained in the wild through direct exposure to the sun. In captivity, it is essential to provide this radiation artificially (using UV lamps) in order to guarantee your pet a long and healthy life.

Ultraviolet radiation can be divided into 3 spectra:

UVA - Stimulates normal behaviors and helps regulate feeding, behavior and reproductive mechanisms;

UVB - Essential in the process of synthesizing Vitamin D3, which in turn helps in the absorption of dietary calcium;

UVC - Radiation used as an antibacterial method which, in large quantities, can be harmful to most living beings.

The ultraviolet lamps marketed for reptiles and amphibians only emit radiation from the UVA and UVB spectrum.

It is also important to note that ultraviolet radiation is filtered out by materials such as glass and plastic, so direct exposure (without barriers) is always necessary for your animal to benefit from it.