Quote Originally Posted by chris-uk View Post
Our albino checkered doesn't seem too bothered by normal room lighting (she comes out at any time, even on the rare occasions we have bright sunlight shining down the hall) , but she's in a viv with a heatmat rather than a lamp. I'm pretty sure she wouldn't like being in the T. cuitzeoensis viv where they have a 50W daylight lamp on during the day as well as their heatmat. For albinos I think heatmat is definitely the way to go, it just completely removes the UV and bright light issue.

Just a note on about the OP. I think if she has come back to the forum recently she may well have been scared off by some of the recent posts in this thread, especially if she stopped back to report that it's died or released. I'd read some of them as being quite critical, and give the impression that there's a bunch of people that would want to take her son's snake away, assuming its probably dead because someone inexperienced found it... I know that's not the case, everyone would be just as happy to give her the advice she needs to look after it.
I have to agree...I looked back at some of my posts and could see where they were critical and I feel bad for that. I was just worried about the snake, but that's no excuse for scaring away a new member who is looking for help.

So, I should look into getting a UTH mat for the checkered albino then...I have always been a bit nervous of those....can someone please recommend a safe one...he is a small guy and I have a 10g tank for him to start. Thanks!