Red overnight heat light

[kazoopython]

Any thoughts on the red overnight heat lights? My Ball seems much less active at night since I started to use it. I needed to keep the night temps up a bit. I'm considering switching to ceramic.

Thanks,
Eric

[munchy]

is the light your only heat source or are you also providing belly heat?

[kazoopython]

I'm supplying belly heat. White light during the day. Red light at night (on a timer). Temps/humidity have been very consistant now.

[munchy]

just curious, if youre providing constant belly heat why would you feel the need to use a lamp at night? just adjust your rheostat to the desired temp. for BPs my thoughts on any kind of lamps used for heat is that theyre not neccesary if youre providing adequate belly heat. is your snake housed in a huge enclosure in a room with low ambient temps?

[Spirit]

I have a large UTH on the left side, and a red light on the right. The temps in the room are very low (50-55-ish), unless I have my heat on (right now they're at 70). With a 100 watt red bulb (raised off the lid), the ambient temps on the cool side stay around 78-80 degrees. Without it, 65 or less (even with the heat on in my room).

The red lights can stay on 24/7, but the problem with lamps is they dry out the humidity.

What are the ambient temps with and without the light (you keep it off during the day?), and what are the temps over the UTH?

[kazoopython]

munchy... without the light the cool side drops to 70 degrees. With the light the temps stay 75-80 on the cool side. The enclosure is a 20 gallon glass aquarium with removable plexiglass on top. Humidity controlled at about 60%. Warmer side is heated with the under the cage pad and ranges from 90-95 in his hide rock. There is also a hide rock on the cool side of the tank, as well as a "humidity box" he can crawl into (we've seen him in there 2 times since we put it in about a week and a half ago, but no movement at all recently).

What I don't understand is, before the light he still preferred the cool side when it would drop down to high sixties/low seventies. FWIW, all temps are being read with an infrared thermometer as well as with ambient temp/humidity.

[mfd]

Hey

I use a red light and an UTH 24/7. The UTM is on the warmside and the red light on the cold side. The UTH is on a thermostat set at a constant 92 and the red light is on a dimmer and keeps the cool side at 80-82.

If found that without the Red light, the cool side would go to low at night (65). I am thinking of switching to ceramic once the red light burns out so it is completely dark.

This is a set up for a IJCP but is relevent here too.

Later

MFD

[mykee]

Kazoo, whatever works for you but more importantly, do what you need to do to maintain proper husbandry. My concern however is that the red light or even a ceramic light will dry out the air and cause a humidity issue.