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"The next thing we're going to talk about is heating the enclosure for your spotted python. Now when we say heating, we're generally talking about heat bulbs and heat lamps, although there are other ways to heat as well, though they're not readily available and as inexpensive as heat bulbs and heat lamps. So, we're going to look at those today. What you're going to need is a heat lamp, okay? Now, make sure when you're purchasing a heat lamp that you're buying one with a ceramic base on it, you don't want plastic. Plastic can melt and cause a fire hazard, so you want to stay away from that. Also, you want to make sure that you're buying a heat lamp that is properly rated for the lights you're going to be using. All heat lamps will have a rating on them, okay. This one in particular that we're looking at is rated for 75 watts, right here, see that guy, okay? Now, for the spotted python we're looking at temperatures to be around the 85 to maybe a hot spot of 90 degrees, but that's on the outside. So, what we're really looking for is we're going to need two heat lamps. We're going to have one heat lamp on one side of the enclosure, like over here, and on that side, we're going to put a night bulb in there. A night bulb is going to be a bulb that's red or blue or black, okay. That way it's in the night visible spectrum, the night spectrum. It's not going to bother your python at night while he's trying to sleep and while you're trying to sleep. That's going to go in there. You're probably going to be looking at something around a 75 watt night bulb to keep him a little bit heated. You don't need it super hot at night, you can let the temperatures drop a little bit."
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