Hi Guys, question on light/heating. I use fluorescent strip for UVB and flood light during a day, CHE at night for my RF babies, never seen them bask. Then my basking bulb broke during moving things around one day and I needed something during a day for couple of hrs.
I had found a 100w red bulb and put it in, noticed both babies immediately started walking around at taking turns sitting under the red light for long periods of time, as in... basking!
I have got the basking spot bulb with white light that I've always used but out of curiosity put in the red bulb now and then for the sake of experiment and each time the result is this same so far, they both seem to feel very comfortable basking under this bulb.
I feel like trying to run one on lower wattage along with the white light and the UVB but worry about some comments I've seen here somewhere saying that red bulbs are a big "NO".
Can someone please explain to me the rationale for NOT using one as heat supplement (basking bulb) during a day?
I had found a 100w red bulb and put it in, noticed both babies immediately started walking around at taking turns sitting under the red light for long periods of time, as in... basking!
I have got the basking spot bulb with white light that I've always used but out of curiosity put in the red bulb now and then for the sake of experiment and each time the result is this same so far, they both seem to feel very comfortable basking under this bulb.
I feel like trying to run one on lower wattage along with the white light and the UVB but worry about some comments I've seen here somewhere saying that red bulbs are a big "NO".
Can someone please explain to me the rationale for NOT using one as heat supplement (basking bulb) during a day?