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Can I use black-light bulbs to heat a cage? They get hotter than regular bulbs, and are a lot cheaper than reptile red or black-bulbs. Is there something about them that prevents them from being useful for such a purpose?
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~Sara~
5 ball pythons
1.0 Black-lined plated lizard (Lizzy Butt)
0.1 Burmese Python (Pixil)
lots of Rats
1.1 Dogs (Ozzie and Mandy)
0.1 Cat (Isis)
0.0.1 Synodontis Catfish (Big Spotty Fish)
0.1 Convict Cichlid
0.0.1 blood parrot cichlid
0.0.1 African Featherfin Catfish

I've read somewhere that they were harmful to an animal's eyes. Can't remember where I read that or how to go about finding it again, but I do know that a blacklight hurts my eyes after being in it for awhile.

Have a good one!
HH
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Due to political correctness run amuck,
this ol' hillbilly is now referred to as an:
Appalachian American

I remember reading somewhere about someone using black paint designed for barbeques to paint halogen bulbs and create there own heat emmitter. Supposedly the paint was rated to withstand extreme heat. This would basically give you a cheap alternative to a ceramic heat emmitter.

As a disclaimer, I have never actually tried this, don't know if it works or is potentially dangerous, and I am not recommending it.

I would like to know if anyone has actually done something like this or has some ideas about how it may work. I could see it how it might work, but I would also be fearful that the paint may restrict the amount of heat leaving the bulb and overheat the bulb. Maybe burn it out, or shorten the life of the bulb.

i use black bulbs for all by animals as they are most active at night & it allows me to see them without disturbing them. BCC, leos, ball python & some of my T's all have small wattage black bulbs. i have been under the impression they are unable to see the black light emitted from the bulb, opposed to a normal heat bulb.

I wasn't refering to the black bulbs sold specifically for reptiles, just to be clear, I'm referring to the ones sold for people to make things glow and be kinda "trippy"
I'm not sure if that changes any of your opinions.
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~Sara~
5 ball pythons
1.0 Black-lined plated lizard (Lizzy Butt)
0.1 Burmese Python (Pixil)
lots of Rats
1.1 Dogs (Ozzie and Mandy)
0.1 Cat (Isis)
0.0.1 Synodontis Catfish (Big Spotty Fish)
0.1 Convict Cichlid
0.0.1 blood parrot cichlid
0.0.1 African Featherfin Catfish

> > > ...the ones sold for people to make things glow and be kinda "trippy"

Ha! Ha! Ha! Boy, those were the days! The days of psychedelic & blacklight posters of Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Lee, unicorns, mushrooms, and many others. LOL! And they wonder why my brain's fried.

Later!
HH
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Due to political correctness run amuck,
this ol' hillbilly is now referred to as an:
Appalachian American

hey, they ARE the days Who says ya' can't still enjoy them?
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~Sara~
5 ball pythons
1.0 Black-lined plated lizard (Lizzy Butt)
0.1 Burmese Python (Pixil)
lots of Rats
1.1 Dogs (Ozzie and Mandy)
0.1 Cat (Isis)
0.0.1 Synodontis Catfish (Big Spotty Fish)
0.1 Convict Cichlid
0.0.1 blood parrot cichlid
0.0.1 African Featherfin Catfish