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Re: Ceramic Heat Emmiters vs Infrared heat lights
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Originally Posted by scales.jp
I know everyone says CHEs are better than infrared bulbs as reptiles can see red light and it interferes with sleep patterns, but from what I understand snakes don't actually "see" it with their eyes but sense it with their heat pits. As CHEs also put out infrared, wouldn't these be just as disruptive and visible to the snake? I have a heat panel for 24 hour heat with a blacklight on a thermostat for 24 hour supplemental heat (not blue, it puts out almost no visible light which I imagine is much closer to natural nighttime light).
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I don't use infrared bulbs for this reason. Some snakes can see it and some are less susceptable but I use CHE's as a rule.
That said - near visible IR-A penetrates muscle more effectively and heats tissue more effectively than IR-C and CHE's only output IR-C so particularly for dinural reptiles a proper visible light basking bulb is better.
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