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I have heard that most types of light hurt amels eyes?Is this true?Is it also true that if using a light in the viv/s then it should be a red one for amels?I understand that any type of light is not needed but I would like to install one for viewing purposes and not to mention cleaning purposes!!Cheers V :shrugs:
 
i don't know if light actually hurts amel's eyes. I do know that corn snakes are nocturnal. I use no light for my viv. If a light is used, it should be a red light. It is my understanding that the red light spectrum is not visible to corn's eyes. Since they are nocturnal, no UV light is necessary. For viewing, use red light. Hope this helps. I am sure someone else more knowledgable will chime in. :cheers:
 
Whether or not light hurts an amel's eyes, I guess you would have to ask the snake (joke). Since this is really not possible, we may not really know the answer; but we can somewhat speculate to the answer.

Albinos, of most to all species of any animal are usually afflicted with poor or poorer eyesight when compared to a non-albino of the same species. This theory does seem to hold up with cornsnakes (from my own observations). However, (like you asked) are albino (amel) cornsnakes more sensitive to light? My opinion is that they are no more sensitive to light than any other morph or non-amel cornsnake.

If you do want to put a light on your viv, for viewing and other purposes, I do not forsee any problems with doing this. After all, by being able to view your snake better by a light will increase your personal enjoyment of your snake, which is probably one of the main reasons that you keep snakes; And the light will not detrimentally affect the quality of life for the snake.

Cornsnakes, by nature are going to hide anyways--light or not. Although, I do recommend a low intensity fluorescent light (i.e. not a high intensity that would be used for bearded dragons or other desert herps). If at all possible, you could get a fluorescent light that mimics dusk and dawn lighting conditions. This type of light may also aid your viewing, because cornsnakes are usually most active during dawn and dusk. Anyways, I hope this helps.
 
I would use a very low wattage light and install it on the uth side so the stat would switch the mat off if it got too warm.I hardly ever go out so am here most of the time to check on things.As I mentioned before it would only be for viewing and cleaning purposes so shouldn't be on for extended periods of time in any case.So it would seem that red would be maybe the best bulb of choice?I was going to get a low wattage daylight bulb...Hope someone knows if that would hurt my amels eyes??CheersV
 
viktoria333 said:
I would use a very low wattage light and install it on the uth side so the stat would switch the mat off if it got too warm.
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Or you could use a fluorescent light. They're bright, and they are cool to the touch, so it'll affect your temps very little, if at all.
 
I've never noticed that my amel was more sensitive to light compared to any of my others. He's outside occasionally with me and doesn't seem bothered by it at all. He is also kept in the livingroom and is quite active with regular light coming in from the windows, and the lamp light at night.
 
When I take my hypo-snows outside, both seem to like basking their bodies in sunlight, but each buries its head between my arm and torso. However, my blizzards and my amel motley don't do this, so I don't know if it means anything. The snows are my favorite snakes to handle out of my collection, and thus handled frequently, so I've seen them do this numerous times.
 
i love germanshepards..oh and the light should be fine..i've never heard nething like that in my life? :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :
 
like mentioned above, i think that they are probably more sensitive to the light, especially direct sunlight than others...

when i was traveling back from a reptile show a few months ago, i had my snow corn in a clear critter keeper...
he was settled until i moved the car out from under the shade the car was parked under, he went crazy... he was trying desperately to escape, and would not stay still...
i asked the person holding him to cover him up with a cleaning rag i had in the car... he calmed right down... during the trip, it fell off again, and he reacted the same way...
shielding him from the light again - calmed him down...
i also had an anery corn in the exact same type of carrier exposed to the same direct sunlight, almost the entire trip, and he was completely calm the entire trip....

my "assumption" is that they may just not like it very much due to sensitivity, but that is a very broad assumption, there were way to many variable to be certain...

however, i can confirm, from my experience with dogs, that albinos are more prone to eye and skin disorders due to the lack of pigment in their skin/membranes, and are very sensitive to light....
 
:-offtopic Yes,white animals tend to get ear cancer if left in direct sun untreated... So I am still undecided...My fish get natural light.They're doing fine.What to do??I think there should be a poll or something...I'm not clued up on this 'puter to do it...The concensus as I see it is that they don't need light,being nocturnal,but if anyone was to use,say,a natural daylight bulb,with guard,for short period of time,should be ok?I was thinking along the lines of cataracts etc in later years of life.Has anyone come across this??So far no lights have been installed in vivs..Cheers everyone!!V
 
I think when it comes to bright light, albinos are going to be more sensitive to it for the simple fact that their irises don't block so much light when the pupils are contracted.

Also, corns can see red light. If they don't have color vision, all that means is that they don't know which color the red light is. :santa:
 
So maybe a light on a dimmer then?to reduce amount of light so giving just enough to see what I'm doing etc,would that be ok in your opinion??V
 
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