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alpacassei · 11-21-2019, 06:09 AM

Hamsters, like most mammals, cannot see infrared. They can however see regular red lights, maybe not as well as white lights as its closer to infrared but it’s still produced from the same visible part of the light spectrum as other coloured and colourless lights. And studies in lab rodents have proven red coloured lights such as LEDs still trigger a circadian rhythm response.

Red lights though generally arent as bright and intrusive as white and certain other coloured lights which is why they aren’t as bothered by them. Dim lights in any colour would work just as well tbh. Essentially they can see the light but not the colour

11-21-2019, 06:09 AM
alpacassei PM Fluffy for custom title Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Cornwall, UK Posts: 1,109	Re: Red lights Hamsters, like most mammals, cannot see infrared. They can however see regular red lights, maybe not as well as white lights as its closer to infrared but it’s still produced from the same visible part of the light spectrum as other coloured and colourless lights. And studies in lab rodents have proven red coloured lights such as LEDs still trigger a circadian rhythm response. Red lights though generally arent as bright and intrusive as white and certain other coloured lights which is why they aren’t as bothered by them. Dim lights in any colour would work just as well tbh. Essentially they can see the light but not the colour __________________ <3 Sunflower Custard, Bigfoot, Petal, Stormy, Flurry, Vanilla <3 ___________ Angel hamsters: Francisco, Marcello, Peppermint, Mishka, Stephano, Sundae, Peach <3 Last edited by alpacassei; 11-21-2019 at 06:23 AM.