Need Help with Lamp!!

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Hey is it ok to put a house lamp on top of cage and face directly in the tank??

Um, what?

Just as long as the screen is strong enough to hold up the lamp. I feed Rats to my ball python.

you use a house lamp ?? Does it put off much heat ?

i wuld think it puts off heat, but it wuldnt reflect it in the right direction i dont think. dont try to cheat your way out of it, go buy a heat lamp. IMO if you aint gonna do it right, dont do it at all

I agree rex, in the nicest way possibly I think that this girl has no idea what she has gotten into.

Do you want to use it to provide heat or viewing light?

Good question, Tiger. Chica, too much light can stress out a ball python since they are nocturnal by nature. If you want a lamp to provide heat, you can get a fairly cheap ($5-$10) utility light hood at WalMart that will do a much better job than an ordinary house lamp. I would suggest using an infrared bulb, however, so that you don't stress out the snake.

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Brussel sprouts!

(sorry I got a little confused there)


Rats and WalMart Hood, respectively.

Thanks you all for the advice im just new wit this Whole snkae thing im may go 2 petco and by a heat lamp

Oh by the way elavatethis im a guy and Chica is my snake!* how do you determan the sex of the snake?*

It seems to me that you didnt do alot of research before buying your snake. If you did you would know that you needed a heat lamp and an undertank heater and you would also know that you need to take your snake to the vet to see if it is a boy or a girl. I am no snake expert but i know that much, good luck.

Brandon.O hey i actullly didnt buy it was givein 2 me with a tank and Heat rock, im watin to get this $ i have coming 2 get a heater for it or somethin im not intirelly sure

ohhh ok well trash the heat rock they really suck. anyways,did the person who gave you the snake have a heat lamp or undertank heater ??

A heat rock will burn your snake. Get rid of it.

Congrats on inheriting a bp! There's lots of great info on this site, a little digging will give you plenty of reading material. First I suggest the bp care sheet. It'll answer alot of your questions right away.
As far as a lamp, forget petco if you can, you can probably get cheaper stuff at walmart and hardware stores. You'll probably want a clip lamp.....it's stainless steel and will reflect the heat right into the tank from above. For a bulb you may need petco to find a red uv bulb. You can leave this on 24/7 and no harm done to the psyche of your new buddy. If you're using a glass tank, heat and humidity will be big issues so go to forums, check out the husbandry section in the bp section.........you'll see tons of the same questions about these issues. Some will have pics which helps even more. Speaking of pics, lots of members have links to thier pics in their sigs (like mine). You can see how some have thier setups and get an idea of what goes where.
Quick shopping list:
Clamp lite
uv bulb or ceramic heater
heat pad
dimmer switches or rheostats for all heat emmiting sources.(this is so you can turn things down but not off it temps get too high)
hygrometer (measures humidity)
digital thermometer..sometimes they come combined with hygrometer (15 bucks at walmart....lots of us have that one) with probe wire. set it down by the ground on cool side in the tank and run the wire to the warm side over the pad in the so you know what the belly temp is constantly and no burns will incure.
For substrate I gotta say I recently switched to cypress mulch and my humidity issues are history. They carry HUGE bags at walmart in the lawn and garden center. If you go with this, bake as much as you'll use in the oven at 275 for 40 minutes to kill anything that may be in there and you're good to go.
Don't forget a hide for the warm zone and a hide for the cool zone.......can be anything pretty much as long as it's clean.
Hope any of this ramble helps you out,
Oh yeah, welcome to the site 8)

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lol... i'm still tryin' to figure this one out.

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Originally Posted by steelsack

Congrats on inheriting a bp! There's lots of great info on this site, a little digging will give you plenty of reading material. First I suggest the bp care sheet. It'll answer alot of your questions right away.
As far as a lamp, forget petco if you can, you can probably get cheaper stuff at walmart and hardware stores. You'll probably want a clip lamp.....it's stainless steel and will reflect the heat right into the tank from above. For a bulb you may need petco to find a red uv bulb. You can leave this on 24/7 and no harm done to the psyche of your new buddy. If you're using a glass tank, heat and humidity will be big issues so go to forums, check out the husbandry section in the bp section.........you'll see tons of the same questions about these issues. Some will have pics which helps even more. Speaking of pics, lots of members have links to thier pics in their sigs (like mine). You can see how some have thier setups and get an idea of what goes where.
Quick shopping list:
Clamp lite
uv bulb or ceramic heater
heat pad
dimmer switches or rheostats for all heat emmiting sources.(this is so you can turn things down but not off it temps get too high)
hygrometer (measures humidity)
digital thermometer..sometimes they come combined with hygrometer (15 bucks at walmart....lots of us have that one) with probe wire. set it down by the ground on cool side in the tank and run the wire to the warm side over the pad in the so you know what the belly temp is constantly and no burns will incure.
For substrate I gotta say I recently switched to cypress mulch and my humidity issues are history. They carry HUGE bags at walmart in the lawn and garden center. If you go with this, bake as much as you'll use in the oven at 275 for 40 minutes to kill anything that may be in there and you're good to go.
Don't forget a hide for the warm zone and a hide for the cool zone.......can be anything pretty much as long as it's clean.
Hope any of this ramble helps you out,
Oh yeah, welcome to the site 8)

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Nice write-up man... was just the info I was searching for. Thanks.

No problem, glad to help!