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Sentress

1.0.0 Great Plains Ratsnake ~Xantasa~


"May you live every day of your life."
Anonymous

I don't know for sure, but I think they have good night vision, being nocturnal. I don't think they can see the red light, but I think they can see movement very well in the dark. Mine always seem to be able to see me even if the only light on is the red one, which they're not supposed to be able to see. They're also very sensitive to vibration.

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~Juliane~

I have always doubted that "can't see the red light bit". I have seen too many reptiles that look right at it. Snake's vision is more oriented towards movement. So he probably did see you moving. And they do pick up vibrations as well. As he gets used to you that startled movement will diminish. Many of mine will come out and watch me to see what I am up to!

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Merlin,
What's Life Without A Little Magic!

Merlin, I've wondered about that, but I took it for granted that the red light people know what they're talking about. Maybe they don't...

If they CAN see it,do you think it bothers them? Should I switch to the black ones until I can decide between cables, mats, and CHEs?

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~Juliane~

There are a lot of things in pet product labeling that don't quite stand up to scrutiny. As for the light bothering them, I look at it this way. In the wild, even on the darkest night it isn't total blackout. And on clear full moon nights its flatout bright! Unles you are down inside a cave theres ALWAYS some light outside.

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Merlin,
What's Life Without A Little Magic!

That makes so much sense it's almost embarrassing.

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Sentress

1.0.0 Great Plains Ratsnake ~Xantasa~


"May you live every day of your life."
Anonymous

Another thing about the light bulb you use, and lets make the big assumption that they can't see in the red light. Remember you are in the real world and the red light bulb is not a perfect filter so there will be many other wavelengths present thus many other colors of light to see by if they can't see with the red.

Also the red light interacts with different surfaces and reflects other parts of the spectrum. I can remember when running a light board in theater we had to wear "blacks" and work under darkened (blue) lights -- some of these black fabrics looked red under the blue light (the shorter wavelengths present were asorbed while the longer ones were reflected back giving it the appearance of the longer wavelenght's color)

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~ Mark

My Red Eye tree frogs are noctural of course and will rarley move around during the day but once I turn the Basking lamp off and the Red light on almost immediatley they are up and about looking for food I believe they notice a little bit of the light but not enough to think its "day time" even with my nose almost pressed against the glass they dont seem to notice.

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-Ron

If Im not back in five minutes...just wait longer!
-Ace Ventura

Mark I hadn't thought about that, it certainly makes sense... By the way, I love your pics of Bob... My favorite is the one with the lily hat!!!

Bob's such a cutie!!!

And Deltro Star what you said also makes alot of sense. I guess that goes back to the idea that it's not completely dark even at night...

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Sentress

1.0.0 Great Plains Ratsnake ~Xantasa~


"May you live every day of your life."
Anonymous

I use infra red for my chameleon, and I dont think he can see it, although it lights his cage up, he still goes to sleep when all the other lights go off, that one stays on day and night and it doesnt seem to bother him at all.