I dont have any of my vivs lit, though I think you can use certain colours of uv lights because they wont disturb your snakes. Stay away from fluorescent strip lights as they flicker so fast that we cant tell but your snake can, and it really bothers them.
9.11 Cornsnakes 1.1 Hogg island boas 1.0 Dwarf Burmese python
I just use any bulb, although at the moment it's energy savers. Dunno why though, I only have the lights on when i'm in front of the vivs and they're only normally on for about 5 mins max.
didnt know strip lights flicker to snakes! my fella was gonna fit one on the back of the shelf with his rat snake but not now lol. i heard red lights are good cuz snakes cant see them. anyone else heard that? xx