UV % For Corn?

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I've looked into UV for snakes, and though I know they don't necessarily need it, it seems it would definitely benefit them. I currently have a spare controller and 2% UV bulb, but my corn has red rings around his eyes (black in the middle) so I'm not sure if it would hurt him? He has two places he commonly hides, and other than that spends a lot of his time under the substrate.

I think it would absolutely be worth giving a try. I would go with something gentle and place a "spot source" close to his heat source. I would use one of these from Arcadia for a colubrid, placed next to a radiant heat panel. A 2% bulb certainly won't hurt him, just give him hides (which it sounds like he already has) and put it on a normal light timer and voila.

There are a variety of sources suggesting uvb may be beneficial for snakes and several anecdotal reports of various crepuscular and/or nocturnal species basking under UV light when provided.