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oakleyman18
Hatchling
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 05/12/2010 : 14:04:49
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Hi All!
I can't find the post where infra-red lighting was mentioned, but as I left it, I was testing infra-red bulbs for a small part of my final year project at Uni, and seeing if the Boa's could see the light or not.
Results - I ran into the room when Jade was busy trekkin it up a vine towards the light to presumably back, and she didn't see me! I stuck my face onto the glass, can't have been more than 15cm from her, and she had no idea I was there! Only when I accidentally headbutted the glass did she twig she was being watched  then she froze, and slowly went backwards down the vine, then shot into a hide... bless!
I was using a 150W exo-terra infrared bulb. So from this I can either presume that Jade is as blind as a bat, or they struggle seeing infrareds/reds well. I know that they can see UVA lighting, whereas we cannot, so I suppose their visible spectrum is just shifted to the left of the EMS compared to humans.
SWEEET! I CAN SEE YOUUUU  |
Oscar Morrell
0.1.0. Brazilian Rainbow Boa CB'10 "Jade"
1.0.0. Normal Cornsnake CB'00 "Camo" _RIP_
0.1.0. Normal Stripe, het Hypo, Amel, Lavender Cornsnake CB'11 "Amber"
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hiper2009
Banned
United Kingdom
845 Posts |
Posted - 06/12/2010 : 17:27:29
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Good post Oscar its amazing what you learn by testing and watching the boa while your present in the room.  |
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Snakesitter
Rainbow Master
USA
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Posted - 06/12/2010 : 19:32:39
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| Great info, Oscar -- thanks for sharing! I must have purchased the wrong type of bulb, I picked up standard CFLs, like you would use in any regular lamp, just red-tinted. |
Cliff Earle
Living Gems Reptiles
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Welly
Hatchling
United Kingdom
164 Posts |
Posted - 06/12/2010 : 22:45:32
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Ems?
Cfl? |
0.1.0 Royal Python
0.0.1 Mexican Black King
1.0.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
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Snakesitter
Rainbow Master
USA
2718 Posts |
Posted - 06/12/2010 : 23:31:32
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| Electro Magnetic Scale (I assume?) and Compact Florescent Light. |
Cliff Earle
Living Gems Reptiles
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Edited by - Snakesitter on 06/12/2010 23:31:49 |
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Infra-red lighting
