Black light heat lamp question

Will a black light heat lamp disturb my BP at night? My mom keeps our house so cold, that her ambient temps on the cool side get waaay too cold. I put her cage next to the radiator, and that still wasn't enough, so I put an incandescent black lightbulb in a hood and put it over her tank in the middle, but slightly towards the cool side. If it will disturb her, how else can I raise her ambient temps?

The light is fine assuming your humidity and temps are correct. I use a black light to help heat my boa enclosure at the moment.

Are you talking about one made for herps or one you find at a regular store?

For my BP is one made for herps, the one I'm using on my sandboa is one from the store.

Neither black lights nor infrared lights should disturb a BP. We use infrareds whenever we need supplemental heat.

zoomed makes a really good nocturnal heat light, its a red bulb. Use them for nighttime heat for ALL of my animals, has worked great!

Ok very good. Is a nighttime temp drop really important? If it is, I could put a second white light lamp on there, and turn that off at night.

Temps shouldn't go below 75 degrees F right? Is there a temp it shouldn't go above?

I've never used a nighttime drop. At the shop I work at, the reptile room never drops below 78 degrees. So, in my personal experience, I'd say NO its not important. Focus more on not OVERheating, that can be much more problematic. I use a single night bulb 24/7, easier and cheaper than 2 lamps and a timer.

Ok cool. Come to think of it, I don't really know if there's another electrical outlet there anyway. :? The plague of the outlets. I swear I'll run out of those before I run out of snakes I want to have. :)

Another semi-related question.. will music bother the snakes? I know they can't hear, but would the vibrations bother them? Shelby is right by my stereo now, and I don't by any means blast it, but would it bother her?

I don't think music would bother them any more than the vibration of your footsteps as you walk by. As long as they feel safe and secure in their hide, they'll be alright.

heres a link to the bulb i swear by: http://www.zoomed.com/html/infrared_heat_lamp.php

I think the bulb I have on Shelby is a Zoomed. The one I have on my cham is for sure.

Nighttime drops are not necessary. They can be helpful when getting ready to breed snakes, but otherwise, not needed.

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Originally Posted by Smynx

Nighttime drops are not necessary. They can be helpful when getting ready to breed snakes, but otherwise, not needed.

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Not just helpful, but necessary for consistent predictable breeding.

-adam

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Originally Posted by Smynx

Nighttime drops are not necessary. They can be helpful when getting ready to breed snakes, but otherwise, not needed.

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Not just helpful, but necessary for consistent predictable breeding.

-adam

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Not according to Alan Bosch.

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Not according to Alan Bosch.

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LOL

Please note the "consistent predictable" part.

I was at the MARS talk too and I think you are misunderstanding what Alan was saying.

Sure, ball pythons may breed without a nighttime drop. I have some pairs that would breed all year round if I let them. But, if you want to breed ball pythons and know with a great deal of certainty that your male is going to produce sperm and your female is going to ovulate, then nighttime drops are required. Otherwise getting eggs is a crap shoot.

Hope that helps clear things up a little.

-adam

Dont buy any zoo med products!!!! Your paying for the name... I use Hagenproducts as far as bulbs. Goto www.reptiledirect.com they have them really cheap and they are the same thing....