First Day - Arboreal Hide?

[martin82531]

Any noticable difference between the stock bulb and the Reptisun bulb?

There was a difference in the brightness but that was about it.


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[arialmt]

I have (led) lights in my snake cage because I have been wearing glasses for 43 years, it's helpful. What I don't use is a timer.

[KMG]

What LED lights do you use? I've been looking around and have not been able to find a good option. I really want some for night time viewing.

[Eric Alan]

Nobody tell Eric we have had gun debates on the forum, or that we have a quarantine room!

I grew up in South Dakota, moved to Arizona, and currently live in Texas. You think I have an aversion to gun debates? I just didn't want/need one started in my thread about lights in a snake cage.

[KMG]

It was a joke. You will find YOUR thread can quickly evolve here.

[Trackstrong83]

You will find YOUR thread can quickly evolve here.

It happens. When I started one asking people if they took their snakes outside at all, next thing I know it was in quarantine. Lol

[arialmt]

What LED lights do you use? I've been looking around and have not been able to find a good option. I really want some for night time viewing.

I have a small strip I got from home depot up in a corner which is bright, straight down and I have to open the cage to switch it on and off. Two screws and a hole for the cable. Keep in mind my snake is good sized and escape through a 1" hole is not a concern. Additionally I took a flexible led strip kit, the kind that have tape, and crammed it in a DVD spindle so no tape is used. I cut a couple of key holes in the spindle base and mounted with 2 screws. Once I was happy with it all I glued it shut just in case. I don't really use the colors I like the remote control.

[BPGuy]

I just received my T8 this week and ordered it with the fluorescent lights for two reasons. First, the T8 is extremely dark (it is black and lets no light in except from the front), and I am putting T8 on a windowless hallway counter that receives only indirect sunlight (light is limited to light coming from two bedrooms off the hallway, both of which have windoes). Second, based on advice of some experienced BP keepers here, I plan on using the fluorescent as a heat source to raise the ambient temperature in the T8 (the temperature in the hallway is approximately 68-70 in the winter and 78-80 in the summer). (I'll be using Flexwatt for a hotspot.) I assembled the T8 two nights ago and am waiting for the sealant to cure. I expect to be adding the Flexwatt later tonight or tomorrow and getting the temperature and humidity stable before adding my two BPs, which are currently in glass tanks.

Back to the subject of the fluorescent lights, would the BP be "smart" enough not to hang out on the roof-mounted light if the temperature of the light were dangerous for the BP (assuming the temperature of the bottom of the T8 was in the 80-85 range)?

[BPGuy]

I have a small strip I got from home depot up in a corner which is bright, straight down and I have to open the cage to switch it on and off. Two screws and a hole for the cable. Keep in mind my snake is good sized and escape through a 1" hole is not a concern. Additionally I took a flexible led strip kit, the kind that have tape, and crammed it in a DVD spindle so no tape is used. I cut a couple of key holes in the spindle base and mounted with 2 screws. Once I was happy with it all I glued it shut just in case. I don't really use the colors I like the remote control.

Very cool idea! I was trying to figure out a way to get some red light in the T8 for some night-time viewing. I very much like your idea of using the LED strip lighting and the remote is great. I think I saw a kit like that at Costco. Is that where you purchased the flexible LED strip?

[loonunit]

She's fine. Baby ball pythons are semi-arboreal, and they like to do perverse things like this. She'll eventually outgrow that cranny, and then she'll have to settle for a ground-based hide.

It's true you don't need the light. But if squeezing into that spot makes her happy, leave the light in there and let her be happy until she outgrows it or the fun wears off.