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DeesBalls
10-24-10, 09:05 AM
Hey everyone, I am getting new lights for all ny snakes, I'm thinking about getting blue or red....I would like to get a kind I can leave on night and day.... keep in mind, I have a brb, bp, 2 corn... I'm thinking of blue as of now bit want to hear some opinions. Thanks!
Grimleo
10-24-10, 11:05 AM
The blue lights are more like a day light. I'm pretty sure most anything can see it, so they're not really good night lights. I'm not sure about snakes but I know most of my geckos can't see the red lights so I can keep red lights on day and night.
SnakeyJay
10-24-10, 01:12 PM
my brb was not eating and ive found that now ive changed to a red light all day and night its solved the problem... apparently they cant see red light, seems to be true to me. x
lovemyskittles
10-24-10, 01:20 PM
We have red lights for all of our snakes. (BRB, Nic Boa, Hognose, Dumerils)
presspirate
10-24-10, 03:34 PM
Just make sure you get it on a rheostat or thermostat to keep the temps right.
DeesBalls
10-24-10, 04:23 PM
Looks like ill be getting some red lights...
presspirate
10-24-10, 09:22 PM
Do yourself a favor, and look at your local home store first, they'll probably be much cheaper.
DeesBalls
10-24-10, 10:52 PM
like home depot, lowes? ect...
Will0W783
10-25-10, 07:41 AM
You don't want to get the infrared light bulbs themselves from a Home Depot/Lowes, but you can get the lights there. The metal dome shop lights are basically the same as the reptile dome lights sold at pet stores, but about 1/3 the price. Just make sure you get one that is rated for the wattage of the bulb you'll be using. And make sure the bulbs you get are actually infrared. Snakes can see red-tinted light but they cannot see infrared, so the night heat lights are actually infrared.
mykee
10-25-10, 09:27 AM
Might I ask why you want to use red/blue lights for your snakes? From looking at your list, some don't require it and could mess with their husbandry.
DeesBalls
10-25-10, 10:38 AM
Might I ask why you want to use red/blue lights for your snakes? From looking at your list, some don't require it and could mess with their husbandry.

well... during the day, i have 4 lights on, great temps in every cage (90-92 for BP( 85-88 for BRB ) and my corns are also right around89-91... they are are eating and everything is perfect, BUT at night i shut shut them off and it drops down to around 69 or lower in my snake closet.... i want something i can leave on day and night and still maintain the good temps.

so i was told a infared light i can leave on bc snakes cant see red light?

basically i just want a light i can leave on all day... and please, no UTH comments, i hate them....
Lankyrob
10-25-10, 11:02 AM
Still think that you would be better off with ceramic heater bulbs myself
presspirate
10-25-10, 11:57 AM
I agree with the ceramics. They don't dry out your cages as fast. Get them off of Amazon, you can find them cheaper.

However, if your humidity is fine,

I should clarify my comment on a home store. We have a chain around here called Mills Fleet Farm. It's more of a farm and home store. You can get infra red lights that they use for chicks fairly cheap there. It's also where I get my aspen from.
infernalis
10-25-10, 12:19 PM
Ceramic socket "brooder" lamp fixtures are also sold at farm stores, the ceramic socket cannot melt like plastic sockets can.

Using a heat element in a "wal mart" reflector lamp can be a fire hazard. ;)
Will0W783
10-25-10, 12:51 PM
90-92 is too hot for a BP, and the temps for your corns seem on the hot side as well. I have an ambient temp of around 83-85 and a basking area of about 86-88 in my BP cages. Corns are from temperate North American climates and can handle lower temps. I would not get their basking area above 90. I would try to keep it 87-88 max.
Lankyrob
10-25-10, 01:10 PM
Thats interesting willow, i have my bp hotspot at just below 91f, pretty much everywhere i have read/asked about bp temps have said 90-92 hot end............??
DeesBalls
10-25-10, 11:53 PM
as for the BP that is what i read on almost every care sheed i have seen... as for the corns, that was wrong, i was using a crappy dial thermometer and it said 90-92, used my digital with a probe and it was only around 86-88
mykee
10-26-10, 09:15 AM
"90-92 is too hot for a BP, "
All of ball pythons heats range from 80-82 cool, to 95 warm.
Will0W783
10-26-10, 09:50 AM
Basking yes, but I thought that seemed a bit too much for ambient temps.
infernalis
10-26-10, 09:51 AM
BUT at night i shut shut them off and it drops down to around 69 or lower in my snake closet.... i want something i can leave on day and night and still maintain the good temps.


I just noticed this post and have the perfect solution.

If it is a closet or small room, simply get a small oil filled radiant space heater from a home supply store and place it in the closet, use a thermostat and bingo, the whole closet stays warm.

Because of the sheer number of snakes I have, it's far more ecinomical for me to maintain the room temperature rather than each cage.

about the only time it sucks is when I have chores to do in there.

I was cleaning out rat cages last night with nothing on but a pair of shorts, and I was sweating like a pig.

http://www.reptard.info/lights/heater.jpg
Lankyrob
10-26-10, 10:30 AM
Basking yes, but I thought that seemed a bit too much for ambient temps.

the temps i quote when talking about "hot end" for my snakes is always the basking/hottest point and not the ambient temp.

When i check temps i check the Hottest point of the floor, the middle point of the viv at floor level and then the coldest point of the floor level (except arboreals where i measure the closest perch to the ceramic, and then the hottest floor and coldest floor points) I take the ambient temp to then be the average of the three figures.