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Remove the snake, wipe down the cage with water, wipe dry, put snake back in. I don't believe the red bulbs contain mercury? Somebody know for certain?
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Should not have mercury, unless it is a Mercury Vapor Bulb.
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Re: Help urgent help help!
 Originally Posted by Anatopism
Remove the snake, wipe down the cage with water, wipe dry, put snake back in. I don't believe the red bulbs contain mercury? Somebody know for certain?
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This.
And replace the bulb.
Just make sure there is no glass in the enclosure and never spray water on a hot bulb.
Derek
7 adult Royals (2.5), 1.0 COS Pastel, 1.0 Enchi, 1.1 Lesser platty Royal python, 1.1 Black pastel Royal python, 0.1 Blue eyed leucistic ( Super lesser), 0.1 Piebald Royal python, 1.0 Sinaloan milk snake 1.0 crested gecko and 1 bad case of ETS. no wife, no surprise.
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Yeah no, those "redlight bulbs", if it's a zoo-med or exoterra or the like don't have mercury. They'd be a heck of a lot more expensive if they did....they're really just glorified light-bulbs with red glass instead of clear to provide "infrared" wavelengths. I've exploded one before too, makes a smokey mess but it clears out pretty quick.
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Just clean it? Wear gloves if you are really that worried.. I don't know what else you would do...
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xXCleoPatraXx (07-11-2012)
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Is it normal for these bulbs to explode? The OP and one person who commented both have had them explode on them...
There definetly isnt mercury in it. And if there is youll know, because soon youll be mad as a hatter 
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Re: Help urgent help help!
Originally Posted by Mike41793
Is it normal for these bulbs to explode? The OP and one person who commented both have had them explode on them...
Well, no...not generally speaking.
If, however, you are being a little over-zealous in your misting and cross room-temp water with a 100'F+ thin glass surface then yes.....they have a tendency to go *poof*. >_>
...not that I've ever done that....
...or when removing it to replace with the back-up CHE and grabbing the element to re-adjust it in the fixture forgetting that the lamps are hooked up to a single switch so that it one of the goes the other one will turn on....
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Yay second degree burns!!
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FYI the only bulbs that have mercury are fluorescent ones that are close to daylight (cool white) and full daylight the more UVB the bulb out puts the more mercury is in the mix.
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