Infrared heat lamps.. can be kept on day and night?

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Originally Posted by Ben Biscy

where did the quote come from? do you know of anyone who's ever had problems with a black light and animal health? sure, uv is bad, but exposure to sunlight has got to be far more detrimental. is it possible to note issues when using the black light for 8-10 hours per night?

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I read a few articles online about the ultraviolet rays being rather harmful if you sit under the light for a long time. Like sun rays it can cause DNA damage and skin cancer. Obviously if you stand under a black light for a few hours you will be fine but an animal as small as a ball python can get pretty damaged from it.

Chances are if you are using a black light bulb it isn't actually black light. You probably have an incandescent bulb because they are much cheaper than fluorescent black lights. Black light is made from a color coating on the inside of a fluorescent tube and some other chemical thing that I don't really understand.

This is just based off of my crappy research. I could be completely wrong!