Black Light Corns

[rustie]

I had a snow corn and a black light. when he was a baby his head and tail would glow green under the light. when he grew to about 2 years, his head and tail didnt glow as much. i began to noticed he glowed orange between the saddles and the background, where the black should be. i also noticed this same area glows on my amel. same color too.

does anyone know if there is a morph, like a reverse okeetee, that would have a larger than normal black light reactive area? or is there a morph with humongus black borders larger than okeetees?

has anyone ever seen a snow corn that didnt grow out of a green glowing head?

has anyone seen any other areas or paterns or anything that also glows on a corn.

if you havent seen your snake in a black light you should check it out, then repy. especially if you have any form of amel and it glows.

thanks guys

 

[Rich Z]

You may want to be aware that there is some inferrence that ultrviolet light can cause cataracts of the eyes from exposure. I would limit the exposure to UV by animals, especially those that cannot close their eyelids, to the VERY BARE MINIMUM possible.

 

[rustie]

just to let everyone know i dont house them with a black light and only expose them to UVA(black light) seldomly, just to check it out really. but just to debate about black light. OSHA defines harmful UV light at 320 nm and less. harmful, naturaly occuring UVB has a range from 320 nm to 290 nm. UVA is 365. this gives it the label "near UV". it is the least harmful of the UV. if you look at a novelty black light it would appear purple. this is because it is not completely "ultra" violet (less than). it actually overlaps the violet area. this would imply that the novely black lights sold in stores may have a spectrum closer to and above 400 nm(purple) than to 365 nm (380-410). over all novelty black lights are safer than natural sunlight. they actually lack they harmful UVB.

to counter this. over exposure, like rich said, will cause cataracts. even without harmful UVB. and if corns could get sunburns... this brings up over exposure.

corns come out in daytime, in the sunlight. they are naturally exposed to UVA, and harmful UVB. i would say that unless your black light is tanning grade you could expose your corn to as much black light as the snake would encounter in the wild. couple of hours or so. these guys sun themselfes sometimes.

of course the only corns that really look neat under UVA would be albinos and they have sensitive eyes. still i know people that take albinos out in the sun all the time.

 

[Serpwidgets]

I was wondering about that, since I had a blacklight since 1989 and I'm not blind yet. (Nor have I grown hair on my palms, LOL.)

FYI, anery and ghost corns are fun.