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Does anyone use a blacklight for heating/lighting for their herp? day, night, all the time?

When i leave it on at night my snake seems to like "basking" under it. Is this bad? I know she knows her own safe temperature range so she wouldn't let herself overheat.

the blacklight offers a nighttime temperature range that's the same as the daytime. Is this not good? Would i be advised not to offer the same temps at night as i do during the day?

by the way...
I have a coastal carpet python and had been using an incandescent light bulb for daytime light/heat and a uth for nightime heat. Last week, however, i noticed that petsmart was selling a blacklight for night time illumination/heat for reptiles. Now, they were selling "special" 75 watt blacklight lightbulbs (um... bullsh*t?) for five bucks a pop, so i went across the street to Lowes and bought a pair for a dollar each. I then switched out my incadescent bulb that night for my blacklight bulb. I've had to unplug my uth due to it shorting.

I know this is a long post, i'm just curious and i apologise if i rambled

first posted in the cage and habitat design forum
(i know i posted twice but i just wanted to hear from the python people, who might not read that forum)
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0.1 Morelia spilota mcdowelli

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I'd recommend not using them at all.. They've proven to cause retna damage to animals that are given long term exposure them(Black or red) I'd recommend using a UTH of some kind for warmth at night, or JUST use a low watt black/red light for the night cycle, then turn it off turning the day and use a white incandecent bulb.
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