Marnie's Snakes

[Light of Dae]

I think you could use a normal incandescent bulb, no need for a fancy bulb.

[EasternGirl]

Gail...the light blue bulbs have UV in them...bad for albinos. I know you miss Cleo...I wish you had her back. Well, I was using a regular household 40 watt bulb before...I just wanted to make sure that it is safe for albinos. I think we said before that they were...but I wanted to double check. I moved the tanks around and put Hermes and Possum on the bottom rack and the babies on the top because where the shelving unit is, it gets very dark on the bottom rack...I figured it's better for the albinos. But now it is too dark and I think maybe they need some sort of light because they never come out anymore.

Ziggy is still holding on...she ate a big plate of worms last night. I just wish I could figure out what is going on with her mouth but she is so terrified of anyone getting near her and I don't want to stress her out anymore than she already is. I could try putting her in a tub of water...but if I get near her she freaks...if I pick her up she ties herself in knots and thrashes around. She is so scared.

Sadie and I had some cuddle time last night. She is back to being the sweet girl she was when she first came to live with me. She wants to come out and be held all the time. Cee Cee is still being a freak. I told her if she isn't careful, Sadie is going to replace her as my girl. She just flattened her head and stared at me...lol.

[Light of Dae]

Maybe with Ziggy when holding her try to keep her from flailing around n sneak in and give some chin rubbings lol I've been doing that with my flames cause they always freak out when being picked up(they even have front opening doors) It works every time. Just rubbing the neck n chin. I think it almost confuses them like 'wait.. predators don't come from below....'

[-MARWOLAETH-]

LED doesn't emit UV or heat.They last a very long time and use hardly any power I'm gonna use these for my marcianus adult tank with ceramic heat emmiter for heat.
DIODER LED 4-piece lighting strip set - IKEA

[EasternGirl]

That's a great idea...thanks William. I was thinking about putting a lighting strip on the shelf above the albinos, but I was afraid that the heat would get to be too much for the tank above...since the LED lights don't emit heat...that is perfect. I'm pretty sure Chris uses those for his snakes.

[kueluck]

Marnie, I love the LED light fixture I have in the new tank, lots of light, no heat. It was a little costly at $125, but should last me 11.4 years. And I didn't know that the light blue party lights gave off UV. I thought they were just like regular incandescent lights, just with color.

[ConcinusMan]

Can anyone recommend the best bulb to use if I want to have light on my babies but not hurt Little Joe? It's just too dark for the babies with a red bulb...and Joe is not big enough to put in with my other albinos yet.

I would suggest using two fixtures. Keep the red bulb but add florescent for light. That way you can just turn off the florescent at night and the red bulb will be for heat/night viewing.

[EasternGirl]

Little Joe is albino...can't use florescent can I? Right...I was going to do something like that...either with LED or florescent if that is okay...maybe hook a strip on the rack above the tank, but keep the dome light for heat/basking. Or I could buy another double socket hood lamp like I have for the girls...they work nicely because you can have a night bulb and a day bulb in the same lamp. Yep, Gail...I double checked the light blue lights because I was looking on Amazon for night bulbs...if we are talking about the same bulb...it has UV in it.

So...I put Ziggy in a shed box and cleaned her tank...put in new substrate. I think she seems to be doing better with the breathing now...maybe she got the shed off her nares/mouth area. She is resting now...I will see if I can get a better look tomorrow. She almost escaped when I put her in the tub of water....hopped right out! Snapper hopped out of his tub and started bolting across the dining room floor last night...I was like "Snake on the loose! Snake on the loose!"...and my mother quickly grabbed the dog and shut off the room...but I caught him before he made it anywhere. That is two snakes having near escape attempts in two days!

[Light of Dae]

I have been thinking about using these

http://www.amazon.com/Sylvania-Self-.../dp/B000CMGXPM

Just lay them on top the lid loose. No need to stick them anywhere, then you can move them where needed.

I've seen similar types at the dollar store I think I'll see how long they last Even though brand name one are cheap enough.

[guidofatherof5]

Only 100 hours of light per set of batteries. Doesn't sound very economical.