Steve A
Chameleon Enthusiast
This week we are having a heat wave. However, even without the heat wave, I feel like around 3pm the basking bulb kind of becomes unnecessary. He doesn't bask under it nearly that late. I just turned it off, and set it to turn off automatically every day at 3pm. I've read about other people only even using them for a few hours. And I am partially doing this because that 'half' of the enclosure stays up in the high 70s, and I feel like since he isn't even eating, or basking at that point, that he just doesn't need it. I feel like it's just producing heat that isn't needed at that point. So instead of him going down and cooling down for a few hours, maybe he won't even have to do that (or as long.... if he just likes to do this, that's fine).
Does anyone else turn their basking lights off early? Or do you just leave them on? Granted, it is on a probe that only lets it get to 80f. I just feel like it may be beneficial to let that entire area cool down at that point just a little bit, because his resting area , although lower, is still directly under that heating lamp. Thoughts on this? Or should I just leave my setup how it's always been?
I'm not concerned or anything, but around 3-3:30pm, he seems to call it a day, and go to his resting area. He does not sleep. But he will just sit there in his resting spot where he DOES sleep, until 7pm when the lights go off. Then he will fall asleep. So I am just curious here. I wonder if he'd be for lack of a better word "happier" with using more of his day to be higher in the enclosure, and exploring, instead of just laying in 1 spot for hours.
Again, if this is just what he likes to do then it is what it is
I just don't want him to be 'forced' to cutting his days short if he's had enough of the heating lamp on at that point.
Does anyone else turn their basking lights off early? Or do you just leave them on? Granted, it is on a probe that only lets it get to 80f. I just feel like it may be beneficial to let that entire area cool down at that point just a little bit, because his resting area , although lower, is still directly under that heating lamp. Thoughts on this? Or should I just leave my setup how it's always been?
I'm not concerned or anything, but around 3-3:30pm, he seems to call it a day, and go to his resting area. He does not sleep. But he will just sit there in his resting spot where he DOES sleep, until 7pm when the lights go off. Then he will fall asleep. So I am just curious here. I wonder if he'd be for lack of a better word "happier" with using more of his day to be higher in the enclosure, and exploring, instead of just laying in 1 spot for hours.
Again, if this is just what he likes to do then it is what it is
I just don't want him to be 'forced' to cutting his days short if he's had enough of the heating lamp on at that point.
he may be looking for a new place to sleep but he definitely stayed near the top of his enclosure longer today with the basking light off (shut off at 2pm) 
nice to see him active when I get home lol
