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another dumb question.

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1_and_only

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ive been told not leave the light on in my viv all night because snakes need night time as well but i live in england and it gets very cold at night even with the under tank heater on sometimes dropping to 65f in the viv. But i have a black light(the ones that make white stuff really bright) is this ok to use because snakes can only see white lights? :shrugs:
 
Corns don't need lights to provide UV rays. They do, however, need a warm side to their habitat. Exact temps for the warm side vary, depending on who you ask, but they are hibernating 65 f isn't warm enough. The risk I've seen using overhead light for heat is toasting the whole container. If your UTH doesn't kick it up enough, might you consider a larger UTH, depending on what kind of housing your snake has?

Lin
 
the uth covers just under half of the 20 gallon viv. the substrate i am using is carefresh.ive layed the sustrate out so there is about 2inches from the bottom of the viv to the top of the substrate. do you think this could be to deep?
 
Are you measuring the temperature on top of the bedding or underneath the bedding close to the UTH? You will most likely notice a big difference between the two temperatures. A good indoor/outdoor digital thermometer would work best for this as you can place the outdoor probe anywhere you'd like within the viv.

You could use a red bulb for nighttime heating but personally don't like heat lamps as they are quite a fire hazard.

D80
 
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