hey guys. I'm not sure if I should turn of the heating lamp in the snakes terrarium in the night. What is best for the snake, constant heat or darkness in the night? Also, I'm a night person, and I've been putting a blanket over the terrarium at night, to keep it dark. Does this even matter anything?
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Lighting in the cage
- Thread starter Alexander
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Corn Snakes don't require any extra light to function but lights do work well for heat and viewing purposes as you and I both use, Corn snakes are also nocturnal animals so they prefer if its dark at night so they can do their normal thing, the heating at night is not required unless it drops below 70 F, this will simulate their natural habitat, if your house drops below that and is too cold at night I would recommend in getting a UTH to help keep it warmer, Im also up late at night but I don't even bother covering my viv although my desk lamp isnt all that bright.
CaptBogart
False Prophet
Your best bet is a UTH and thermostat, so there is always belly heat. If you want to view him at night you can always use the blue, (moonlight), bulbs or the red, (they're not supposed to see the red). Happy viewing...
SkyChimp
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I recommend an incandescent, purple 'black light.' ExoTerra or Flukers makes them. Black incandescent lights give off very little visible light, next to no UVA and no UVB light (so they are safe in that respect), but do give off heat and are good for heating the ambient air. Best of all, they can be left on 24/7 as they do not interupt the night cycle. The little visible light they give off is good for viewing at night. (They do give off a very little UVA light so I urge caution when using with an albino snake.)
I've used the Flukers and like them best, but I have a hard time finding them. I now use ExoTerra 75w bulbs and they easily heat the ambient air of my 40g breeder tanks to 85 degrees. I may need to go to 100w when winter comes back around.
The red night viewing light bulbs sold by ZooMed, IN MY OPINION, suck. They are extremely bright. If you control it with a dimmer, you have to turn it way down so its not so bright, but then you don't get enough heat. On top of that, the 100w bulbs are huge - much biger than a standard 100w bulb. So big, infact, that it sticks down below the bottom edge of my light fixture so it doesn't lay flat on top of my tank screen. I bought some when I burned out my last black light and ended up taking them back since they were so big and far too bright.
I recommend these:
http://www.flukerfarms.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=46
http://www.exo-terra.com/EN/products/night_glo_i.html
I've used the Flukers and like them best, but I have a hard time finding them. I now use ExoTerra 75w bulbs and they easily heat the ambient air of my 40g breeder tanks to 85 degrees. I may need to go to 100w when winter comes back around.
The red night viewing light bulbs sold by ZooMed, IN MY OPINION, suck. They are extremely bright. If you control it with a dimmer, you have to turn it way down so its not so bright, but then you don't get enough heat. On top of that, the 100w bulbs are huge - much biger than a standard 100w bulb. So big, infact, that it sticks down below the bottom edge of my light fixture so it doesn't lay flat on top of my tank screen. I bought some when I burned out my last black light and ended up taking them back since they were so big and far too bright.
I recommend these:
http://www.flukerfarms.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=46
http://www.exo-terra.com/EN/products/night_glo_i.html
(They do give off a very little UVA light so I urge caution when using with an albino snake.)
Hey i have a 7 month old reverse okeetee and i use the exo-terra night glow 75 watt (blue light). Could this be hurting my snake? If this is hurting the snake what do you think i should use? i like being able to view the snake at night this is when he is most active.
Thanks
Hey i have a 7 month old reverse okeetee and i use the exo-terra night glow 75 watt (blue light). Could this be hurting my snake? If this is hurting the snake what do you think i should use? i like being able to view the snake at night this is when he is most active.
Thanks
SkyChimp
New member
elski said:
My "caution" is in the same spirit as "this product may contain peanuts" on the side of a Milky Way bar. Everyone knows there's no peanuts, but the warning is made anyway.
I don't think the amount of UV light emitted by either of these bulbs is significant. Incandescent black light bulbs just don't give off much UVA light, and they don't give off any UVB light. So I don't think either will hurt your snake.
The bulbs I would really urge caution with would be flourescent "full spectrum" and flourescent "UVA/B" bulbs. These DO give off significant UV light and are designed to replicate natural UV light. I wouldn't use either of these bulb with any snake. They are intended for turtles and lizards.