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by Snake17 on January 13, 2005
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I was wondering if you guys could help me out with something. I know that it`s best to use red lights for tree vipers. I just bought a red light for my pope but it`s not a fluroscent light like the ones you find in pet stores. It`s a normal light bulb, only it`s red. Would this be of any help ? As in reducing stress factors for my Trim. ? Because when I had the normal light bulb it didn`t like it and mostly stayed on the floor while it was on and not in the branches. So...in short, do normal red light bulbs work or do I need a special kind of red light, like the ones in pet stores ? Thanks, Alex S.
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by captiveherps on January 13, 2005
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I have a red neon light, the kind people put under cars for my Galago. My whitelips and eyelash just have regular flouresent lamps. I have never had any problems with them.
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by Phobos on January 13, 2005
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Alex:
I have UV enhanced flouresent distributed by exoterra that stay on for 12 hrs during the day. Heat is provided by a heat rock (30 deg C) that is buried in the substrate. The room is temperature & humidity controlled to about 20 Deg. C with 55% humidity this time a year. This gives the the animals a nice temperature dip (~10 Deg. C) during the night then the lights are turned off. I sometimes use Red Light to go in at night and visit but they can sure see me with the "red" wavelength I'm using. It's funny how they come totally un-glued at night and go completely defensive, whereas they are totally placid by day.
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by Scootertrash on January 13, 2005
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Hi Alex
I use the normal red light bulb (75 watt) for a heat source all the time. The red is for night so the cage won't be lit up all the time. They need a day and night cycle. I don't know what you are trying to achieve though, a heat source or help with being able to see your snakes at night. Mine are for heat and the normal red bulb gives me the right amount of heat without blinding the snake while giving the snake a day and night cycle. Hope this helps.
Regards
Clayton
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Anonymous post on January 13, 2005
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Hi Alex,
The drawbacks of using incandescent bulbs is that they get hot. This may explain why your trims are on the floor. Aside from night time tease feeding, what purpose would the red incandescent bulb fulfill? It's not something I would leave on all the time as temps need to drop.
The florescent option generates little heat, and the spectrum helps one to appreciate the true color of the herps. Calibrate a basking spot to a fixed 85-87F. Make sure the enclosure has adequate ventilation so the heat will escape. A temperature reduction away from the spot will allow the trim to thermal regulate.
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by Snake17 on January 14, 2005
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Hi guys. Thanks for all your replyes. I would like ot know if I could tease-feed my pope at night using this red light bulb. I only use light bulbs for heating up my enclosures and they have good ventilation, they don`t get too hot. My pope`s enclosure(basking area) is 30 degrees celsius during the day and about 20-25 degrees(my normal room temp) during the night and it has the proper humidity. The thing I most want to know is if it would be easier to tease-feed at night using this red light. Thanks again y`ll.
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