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Ceramic heat bulbs - are they okay?

jovamabob

jovamabob

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The heatmat in my 2 year old corn snakes viv has developed cold patches and i've been wondering about switching to heating his basking spot with a cermaic bulb instead. My house gets very cold at night so he'd need the heat on at night and since i dont like the red bulbs, i'd prefer a ceramic which i can thermostat control. I'm trying not to brumnate him this year to let him get his weight back up and i heard this would help too. He already has lighting in the form of an under cabinet tube light. He's about to move into a 3ft vivarium that will be 15" deep and 16" high so i can fix it inside the viv on the roof.

Im worried about him coiling round it and burning himself though. I already have a bulb guard i don't use, but when i had that over my beardies ceramic bulb it got quite warm too. Does anyone else use these and are they okay? Are they sensible enough to avoid it?

Thanks! :)
 
You can't have it IN the viv!! Can't you just replace the UTH? The CHE has to heat the air- with a UTH he can burrow down to the perfect temp.
 
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