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I just got a dumeril's boa, along with a vision cage and a ESU Bi Light. The problem I'm concerned about is that the temperature in my apartment can fluctuate, especially as the winter months close.

I have sun-glo and night-glo lamps that I suppose I can hook a timer to, but I'm actually wondering if there's a better/more cost effective way. I already have a heat pad under 1/3 of the tank that's on 24/7. Are ceramic heat emitting bulbs a good way to go?

Also, could you recommend brands along with the method? Thanks!

I use ESU ceramic heat lamps 24/7 with a pair of Boas. They are in a separate room (quarantine) of my house, which stays pretty cool during the winter. With my Dumeril's, I only use her heat pad at night, on a timer. My snake room gets warm enough during the day for her . At night I like to provide her with a little heat if she chooses to use it.

Don't forget that temps are supposed to drop at night, so are you sure a ceramic heat emitter is necessary 24 hours a day?
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Diego

Diego & Tiffany's Zoo:
SNAKES
4.3.0 Corn Snakes (Different morphs)
1.1.0 Everglades Rat Snakes
1.0.0 Baird's Rat Snake
1.2.0 Trans-Pecos Rat Snake
0.1.0 Amel Pacific Gopher Snake
1.0.0 Het Amel San Diego Gopher Snake
2.1.0 Sonoran Gopher Snake
0.1.0 Amel Sonoran Gopher Snake
1.0.0 Mexican Black Kingsnake
2.1.0 Gray Banded Kingsnakes (1.1 River Road, 1.0 Non-Locale Specific)
0.2.0 California Kingsnakes
0.1.0 Thayeri Kingsnake
0.1.0 Florida Kingsnake
1.0.0 Boa Constrictor
0.1.0 Dumeril's Boa
1.1.0 Rosy Boas (Mexican & Mid Baja)
1.1.0 Kenyan Sand Boas
0.1.0 Indonesian Dwarf Pacific Boa
0.1.0 Tangerine Honduran Milksnake
1.0.0 Honduran Milksnake
1.2.0 Ball Pythons
1.0.0 Woma Python
1.1.0 Cape York Spotted Pythons
1.1.0 Macklot's Pythons
1.0.0 Western Hognose
0.1.0 Blacktail Cribo

LIZARDS
1.0.0 Frilled Dragon
3.1.0 Bearded Dragons (2 Normal, 1 RedXGold, 1 Citrus)
0.1.0 Eastern Collared Lizard
0.1.0 Merauke Blue Tongue Skink
1.3.0 Leopard Geckos
1.0.1 Yellow Niger Uromastyx
1.1.0 Chuckwalla
0.1.0 Banded Gecko

FROGS
2.2.0 Southern Bell Frogs
1.0.0 Green Tree Frogs
1.0.0 Bubbling Kassina
1.1.1 White's Tree Frogs