Heating and behavior question

[OsirisRa32]

OK so I have finally got the T stats and T meters up and sorted out and the correct ambient, cool and hot temps sorted out as well.....I was originally using a infrared heat lamp and a UTH for my hotspot...the infrared was giving off way too much red light for me to sleep at night so I switched to one of those blacklight/moonlight heat bulbs....Are they ok to use as an alternate to the infrared heat lamp bulbs?

Fed my new guy for the first time yesterday...went this afternoon to move something around and attach a probe under the substrate and noticed him breathing really heavily and when i put my hand into the tank to attach probe I heard a very loud hiss at me ...never hissed before...also after feeding I noticed he prefers the cool side which is about 78...the hot side i have at 90...he is also a climber during the evening hours which..admittedly thrills me to sit and watch...I watched him for about an hour last night and its so damn cool to observe.

[RoseyReps]

I wouldn't worry too much about him being a hissy butt. It's just him saying "Leave me alone!" He just ate, and when they have a full belly they feel a bit more vulnerable because it slows them down a bit.

My lesser pastel girl will stay on the cool side for the first 12hr or so after a meal, then she'll mosey her fat butt over to the hot side and stay there for 12hrs or so and switch. They know what their body needs temp wise, so don't fret! As long as they have access to the proper gradient and feel secure, they'll do what's right by them

I love watching my little ones try and find a way out of their tanks. I have a pic of Henna using the Accurite thermometer cord (it goes up and out of the tank, then comes back in on the other side for the probe) as a climbing rope. It's quite amazing to see the little ones work their muscles and abilities. They are capable of some amazing feats!

Glad to hear he ate for you! That is a great feeling!

[OsirisRa32]

Cool thanks for the advice....

I know Im probably being hyper...but oddly enough I feel like I have a kid now LOL...guess I wanna make sure everything is going as perfectly as possible...

[kitedemon]

They usually calm down out of the hissy reaction. The black moonlight to me are different bulbs moonlight is dark blue colour a blacklight is a UVB/C bulb and is very hard you your eyes I am guessing it is not a true blacklight but just blue colour?

Blue is a good colour to use as pythons don't see blue well but red is well inside the visual range.

[OsirisRa32]

No the blub I am using is a black light blue...definitely not blue......the other problem for me is that the snake and myself live in the basement together...blue light is actually bad for human sleep cycles...so I was trying to find a solution that would be the best for myself AND the snake at the same time....

[OsirisRa32]

No the blub I am using is a black light blue...definitely not blue......the other problem for me is that the snake and myself live in the basement together...blue light is actually bad for human sleep cycles...so I was trying to find a solution that would be the best for myself AND the snake at the same time....

http://www.petsmart.com/product/inde...AvailInUS%2FNo

Thats the link to the "black night heat" incandescent...

[kitedemon]

That is not a 'black light' black lights are made using mercury and are designed to have large amounts of UVb/c output. Sometimes called UV lamps.

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Not a problem to use.

[OsirisRa32]

That is not a 'black light' black lights are made using mercury and are designed to have large amounts of UVb/c output. Sometimes called UV lamps.

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Not a problem to use.

LOL k cool thanks....was just referring to it by the giant words written on the box ....didn't know what else to call it i suppose...

[kitedemon]

Misuse of the term. Black light refers to lights the only have near and true UV light. hence the black part as we can only see the beginnings of near UV and no true UV light. The likely have a regular bulb in 'woods' glass but no mercury in the bulb, so no to low UV light or there would be warnings all over the place. True UV will give you a sun burn and kill bacteria and re-arrange your DNA.