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At work we have some GE brand Flourescent black lights on clearance, and I was wondering if they would be okay for use in my cages as night lights.
I am replacing my night lamp in the new cage w/ a CHE and I still wanna be able to see my darling at night...

Any other options to this besides cutting a new hole in the cage??
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Coastal Carpet Python 0.1 (Lillith)
Albino Burm 0.1 (Kimba)
Columbian RedTail 0.1 (Squishy)
Kenyan Sand Boa 1.0 (Shai'hulud)
Common Snapping Turtle 0.1 (Sherman) (RIP Abrahms)
RES 1.0 (speedy)

Black lights are extremely irritating to the human eye. I don't know how reptiles are affected, but I wouldn't want to be in a cage with one on. How about just turning on a dimmed light to view (a 15 watt bulb on a dimmer is perfect) the animal, then turn it off when you're done?
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Mark

I use black lights in cages of both my balls. They're an extra heat source and are on a thermastat but one's on most of the time. The balls do a lot of exploring at night so I don't think it's an issue.
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Kane

Which are you using? Black heat lamps (incandescent) are fine. It is the "blacklights" (fluorescent bulbs) that I am referring to.
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Mark