What do you use?

[Reptilia]

G'day just wanted to find out what heat/light bulbs the majority of people use in their enclosures.

In all my snake/lizard enclosures I've got ceramics and zoomed 5.0 compact fluro's. Ceramics are on microclimates with day highs and night lows and my fluro's are on timers. (On during the morning/afternoon and off at night).

I have noticed that some people just use single bulbs in their enclosures for a basking spot which also produces light 24/7. Are snakes ment to have natural photoperiod?

Cheers. Lance.

[Luke_G]

I just use 40watt Party globes. They do the job.

[daveyg1]

i use 40 watt party globes (red) too.

[serpenttongue]

I use the ceramic "globes" for night heating and for day heating i use cheap supermarket globes. Either reflector globes or the normal rounded ones.

I dont keep anything that needs Fluro tubes.

It's always best that snakes have a natural photoperiod but i have never adhered to a strict photoperiod for my animals at any time of the year. Even when kept inside i think many herps can sense whats going on with the weather outside, especially if they can see out a window, and they tend to react to these outside conditions more than they do their enclosure temps.

[Reptilia]

You dont need mesh guards on those party bulbs do ya?

[TrueBlue]

I use 15, 25 or 40 watt blue bulbs depending on cage size and time of year.

[serpenttongue]

Reptilia it would be wise to put guards around any globe thats mounted within an enclosure. I know it makes me sleep better.

[GARTHNFAY]

Reptilia it would be wise to put guards around any globe thats mounted within an enclosure. I know it makes me sleep better

good one ST!! DEFINATELY make me sleep better also!!

[krusty]

i use ceramics

[Hix]

I have heatmats in virtually all my enclosures. LIghting is either compact fluorescents, or reflector globes to provide a basking spot for the lizards.



Hix

[yommy]

ceramics last longer then globes, both do the same job, personal choice.