Help! My son is afraid of the dark :(

I have a bp that lives in my sons room. My son has a lamp on his bedside table that he used to turn on at night but hasn't been able to since we got the snake. I am wondering if there are lightbulbs that I can put in his lamp that won't bother the snake. Today at Target I saw some red/black/blue bulbs but I'm not sure if those work the same as the night time heating lamps or if I need to buy something special.

A red bulb should work fine. :)

I suggest a blue bulb, actually--it won't disturb the snake, and it's a lot more restful for humans to sleep with than a red light. (Red is a color that increases heart rate and alertness in humans).

Yay! Thanks guys. Happy snake + happy son = happy mom :)

and a happy mom makes a happy dad :)

haha that is the truth! :)

I used to get night terrors when I was a tween/young teen, and had a lamp with a blue bulb, so I know it works. ;)
(at some point I realized I was the scariest thing in the dark, and it no longer bothered me, lol).

hehe :) He is 6 and actually isn't really afraid of the dark too much. He just got used to sleeping with a lamp on and while he's been doing good knowing that the snake needs dark, I like him to be able to reach over and turn on a light if he needs to :) He's super excited to have a ball python, someone came to his school and showed hers off so he's been asking for one ever since. And after doing much research we decided to get one :) I'm not sure if we have a male of female, but my son named it Steve, after the Crocodile Hunter lol :D

blue bulb, I had them in a lamp before because I thought that they would look cool but they are very dim and are actually relaxing.

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Originally Posted by sarbear

hehe :) He is 6 and actually isn't really afraid of the dark too much. He just got used to sleeping with a lamp on and while he's been doing good knowing that the snake needs dark, I like him to be able to reach over and turn on a light if he needs to :) He's super excited to have a ball python, someone came to his school and showed hers off so he's been asking for one ever since. And after doing much research we decided to get one :) I'm not sure if we have a male of female, but my son named it Steve, after the Crocodile Hunter lol :D

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i'm really glad that ball pythons are even reaching 6 year old kids...That shows how docile ball pythons are.