I have just got myself a JCP and am using a red light to heat the tank.

I was told that the snake won't see this light frequency and so can be left on at night.

Here is a pic:

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r...l/IMG_0126.jpg

Before anybody says. Yes yes unfortunately my snake is already addicted to smoking and has left his matches out!!

Can somebody verify this please.

Thanks

It's a bit debateable really - in my experience (having had CRB's, corns, cali kings and a royal under red lights) I reckon they can still see, even with really deep red coloured bulbs, but to a lesser extent than with other colours of light.

The bulb in your pic appears to have a clear glass neck/stem (whatever you call it!) which isn't ideal - it'll give out a fair bit of white light too. Especially in a pale coloured viv where the walls will reflect the light more.

A ceramic would be the best way to go - they give out no light at all.

One thing though - your thermometers or hygrometers should really be nearer the floor, where the snake spends most of it's time.

Right. Think I'll have to get myself a ceramic if I wanna leave it on all the time then.

My thermometer unit is now on the floor and the probe is near the basking spot.

I put the hygrometer high up because I thought thats where most humidity will be. I wanted to avoid humidity getting too high rather than low. Prehaps I'll get two. I've been told, and also read, JCP's don't need very high humidity apart from when in shed, and I know too high humidity can lead to respiratory problems so wanted to ensure it doesn't get too humid. Even at the top. The bottom can't be much less humid than the top in such a small viv surely.

Jungle Carpets are semi arboreal snakes so do spend quite a lot of time off the ground. Mine hasn't touched ground since I got him. Which admittadly was only 5 hours ago though. He's still coiled up on top of his perch.

i recently changed my white bulbs to red ones so i could leave them on at night with winter well on the way, since i did this my Royal hasnt eaten, so i changed them back, she still hasnt eaten but its only been a few days.
Its completley red with no clear bits on the stem so it cant be the light from there either.

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snakes cannot see red bulbs.. but the reflectors you are using do leak light at the top .so as already said on the other thread try full colour bulbs
or if you have money to burn try ceramics..make sure you use proper heat proof cable and a reflector for it ..
also jcps do not need high humidity all you need is a water bowl no spraying as this will cause ri problems for sure
www.moreliapythons.com have a good read up there bud

Apologies - didn't know that they were semi-arboreal - in that case you'd need to monitor the temps/humidity in the appropriate places.

Carpet-man - when you say "money to burn" for the ceramics, do you mean set-up or running costs?

Cheers carpet man.

Gonna get a red bulb tomorrow.
a proper one!!!

Can you get all red bulbs from hardware stores like B&Q??? Or will I have to may mega bucks for rep one??

Wanted to try to avoid a ceramic as the viv seems to small to warrant one.

My other concern if red light is invisible is that the only other light is daylight. With days being so short this time of year should I be providing extra white light to give him 12 hour days???

Both to buy and to run is dearer than spot and matt..
but this debate could go on for ever .whats best for the snake has to
be used imo

the room light is more than enough for the snake bud
trust me i have to put covers on my show vivs as i have breeding pairs in them at the minute ,so need to have a shorter day time light
as i already said i am using them red reflectors soon as my stock of these all pop i will be buying glass red bulbs .. from a diy shop

for my snake when i had him i used a heatmatt and a old uv tube just to give off a bit of light he used to love sleeping on the tube light lol
manda xx