I'm bulding a cabinet style cage for all my snakes and my question is this: are snakes smart enough to stay away from the hot lights if there is no screen or anything protecting them? All of my set-ups I have now have the heat lamps on top of the screen lids, and a lot of times the snakes will get close to them and so on. It would save both space and cost if I could just put the lights in without buiding a screen around them, but I'm just worried the snakes might burn themselves if I don't. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
-Will
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light bulbs in cabinet type cages
throatoyster
Jun 22, 2004 09:35 AM
Replies (2)
Randall_Turner
Jun 22, 2004 03:21 PM
I have seen several incidents where a snake was severely burned and died from a bulb being in the open without a gaurd.. Another issue is if the snake breaks the bulb they can be electrocuted.
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Randall L Turner Jr.
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reptileguy0407
Jun 22, 2004 04:14 PM
www.bigappleherp.com sells bulb cages. they screw to the top of the cage around the bulb, bottom opens so you can change bulb when it bolws. Works real well.
