UVA UVB Light Bulb for Birds 2.4 UVB 20W Compact Flourescent Lamp for All Kinds Captive Birds

These things work pretty well I bought it for my female bird because she is a female of course, and they don’t have the proper UV lights. They can become egg bound when they lay eggs due to lack of the vitamins these lights provide. Make sure you check what animal are you using these for? Don’t mistakenly buy one for reptiles because it’s too strong. They can burn themselves and not get the proper UV vitamin D provide. Make sure it is for a bird. These lights are great. I highly recommend them. But keep an eye because they do expire because the UV runs off the coding of the lightbulb on any type of UB.

Recently had to replace 2 of these. Both arrived on time. Within 15 days, one stopped working. Contacted amazon and was replaced immediately. Working great and birds are happy.

My starlings were not recovering from their molt, and I was late in changing out their bulbs. The birds just moped around the cage. Truthfully, I was leery of using Amazon for lightbulbs, but my local store ran out and I was desperate. I took a chance and bought this. Immediately, my birds perked up. They actually faced the light bulb (usually, they face the opposite direction) and very soon, their molt grew back, with added shine. In all the years I bought lightbulbs, I never witnessed them react so quickly. I will definitely buy this again.

When you have an indoor pet bird, it absolutely needs a "sun lamp" to make vitamin D for the health of the bird and to allow its feathers to reach their full beauty. Bird supplements help but the light is still necessary. This one has been making a buzzing noise since we got it a week or so ago. My wifie thinks that it will quiet down after the break-in period, during which it should be about 50% farther away from the bird. Break-in takes about a week or two, as I recall. This one is affordable so I hope it goes silent soon. It's a good and popular brand/supplier, so I trust that it will do the job. I've seen other brands at up to $60, so this one will do. By the way, these are only good for around 6 months of average use so remember to replace them twice a year. If the price remains good, I'll get another one of these next time. We had to buy this one early because the lamp fell, and the light broke when it hit the floor. Do your bird a big favor and keep it under a UV lamp if you love it and want it to stay healthy.

If your birds do not get direct sunlight on them for at least 20” several times a week, they really do need full spectrum UVA/UVB light on them for several hours +/- a day. Be sure not to point it at them, or place it over their feed, but above the cage. This will deter aggressive behaviors, especially during breeding season. Plus, incandescent and fluorescent lighting has a flicker rate that we humans don’t see, but it’s highly disturbing and agitating for birds. Take a slo-mo video and you will see the blink rate. LED’s are better but they don’t provide UVA or UVB light. Plus, don’t forget that indoor birds should not have more than 8-10 hours of awake time, and should then be covered to go to bed.

I've not used this supplier's bulb, keep one on hand and change them out annually since they lose strength over time. It looks like this bulb is made for birds specifically, this is good for my parrot.

I needed these for my parrots works well

Burns out within 2 weeks.