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I have a bright bulb, cant remember the name, but i use it 24 hrs. do i need a different bulb for night also?? any names or suggestions of bulbs?

I would not recommend using a bright light 24 hours a day. GTP's are highly nocturnal and should have at least 12 hours of darkness/night. If your using this bright light as your heat source try switching to a red or blue night-heat bulb during night hours. It will provide the heat you need, but will not disturb the day/night cycle. Hope this helps. Joe.
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thanks a bunch

im using the red night light all day also, i figured it wouldnt hurt. let me know if im wrong

I'd recommend using a heat panel regulated by a thermostat as a heat source and a flourescent bulb w/ timer for the photo period. Heat panels tend to sacrifice less humidity, and the white light will make viewing more enjoyable.

You can use a red light day or night, and it would be fine. You might just have to mist more.
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1.0~amel corn~C.S.
1.3~Aztec Okeetee corns~Coatl,Maya,Acatl,Tepin
0.1.1~Green tree python~Tempest, Whisper
0.2~Rhodesian Ridgebacks~Akilah, Ona
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I did notice that w/ the red light i have the temp perfect at 85 and the humidty is much more higher than the white bulb i had. Before i couldnt get the humidty higher than 65-70 now it reaches 80. which is about right. So with that, ive just left the red bulb on all the time, i really dont know much about the heat panels?? could someone explain to me about them and where to get them?

You can order them from various places. I think Big Apple and a few others carry them, or you can just do a Google search on heat panels and it will give you links.
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1.0~amel corn~C.S.
1.3~Aztec Okeetee corns~Coatl,Maya,Acatl,Tepin
0.1.1~Green tree python~Tempest, Whisper
0.2~Rhodesian Ridgebacks~Akilah, Ona
0.1~Old black Lab~ Callie
1.0~Black fat cat~Topper
3.0~Horses~Zaarah,Galliano,Achilles.....

I don't come here often but as a curator of a very successful wildlife zoo/museum/nature center that focuses on herps and raptors, we have had a good deal of success with "chondros" (keeping long term, breeding, etc.). I have found that this species shys away from bright lights, so, we use a combination of a full spectrum fluorescent lamp set on a timber during the day(brings out the colors in these animals in a public exhibit, AND, there is recent evidence that there could be benefits for snakes that we didn't fully understand before), AND, a Pro Product Radiant Heat panel to provide both day and night heat. This panel produces heat but no light which is ideal for this species. We connect to a thermostat to ensure perfect temp gradients. I would imagine that these panels would work perfectly for the Barr's cages and are very easy to install. Hope this helps.

Rob Carmichael, Curator
The Wildlife Discovery Center
Lake Forest, IL

>>I would not recommend using a bright light 24 hours a day. GTP's are highly nocturnal and should have at least 12 hours of darkness/night. If your using this bright light as your heat source try switching to a red or blue night-heat bulb during night hours. It will provide the heat you need, but will not disturb the day/night cycle. Hope this helps. Joe.
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>>0.0.1 "Aru" Green tree python
>>0.0.1 "Wamena" Green tree python
>>1.0 Albino ball python
>>0.1 100% het Albino ball python
>>0.1 Normal ball python
>>0.1 Brazilian Rainbow boa
>>1.0 Leucistic Texas ratsnake
>>1.0 Albino cornsnake
>>0.0.1 Snow cornsnake
>>0.0.1 Albino Striped California King
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Rob Carmichael, Curator
The Wildlife Discovery Center at Elawa Farm
Lake Forest, IL

the bean farm and lll reptile definitely carry them (scott from lll is very helpful in my experience)