Vivaria Designs by Jerry G. Walls

Author:Jerry G. Walls
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: CompanionHouse Books
Published: 2007-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

A timer helps regulate the vivarium’s photoperiod, which is handy, especially if you have a large number of reptiles or if you are away on vacation.

As a rule, most keepers provide at least eight hours of light, both full-spectrum and basking, each day. This is sufficient for almost every species. More than eight hours of light provides little for your pet and shortens the lifetime of your lights. Many reptiles are happy with only three or four hours of basking light each day (generally split between morning and later afternoon) and will move away from the basking area to a cooler spot. Watch the way your pets behave, and change the lighting accordingly.

Timers

If you have just one vivarium with two lights, it probably is not a great chore to remember to turn them on and off each day. But what happens when you go on vacation or are ill? Using timers designed for outdoor lights makes keeping a photoperiod simple. Most timers plug into an outlet and contain receptacles for two or three light cords. You set the clockwork mechanism (now digital in some expensive timers) according to instructions, and the lights go on and off as desired. Changes for the seasons are easy to make. Some timers allow you to set two separate on-off cycles, which means that you can turn off the basking light earlier than the full-spectrum, or vice versa. Be sure to buy a heavy-duty outdoor timer, not a cheap one designed for house lights; the latter has a tendency to burn out or malfunction.

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