Going to bed early, Sleeping in.

[Jamire]

Hey guys, Had a concern about my new baby ambanja chameleon. He has been with me just over a week. He seems to be settling in to a routine. He will crawl down near the bottom of the cage at around 6pm (when the sun goes down) and puts on his "Pajamas" and sits on a baby tears leaf and sleeps while his lights are still on and I have them on a 7am-8pm cycle now.

He will stay there till morning when the lights come on and I get up. I attempt to feed him in the morning, which I hear is better for digestion. But he just stays in his pj's and ignores the food. He will stay there for a few hours (out of direct path of mister, so he doesn't get awoken) Ill usually have to manually mist around him to get him up and walking around (on weekends) at around 9-10am. He wont really eat until the evening. I would like him to eat in the mornings.

Im compensating his late dinner with more light time in evening so he can digest, but it seems like he will eat a few crickets around 5pm when I get home, then walk around a little. and before I know it he is down in the bottom sound asleep. ITs cute, but I would like to change that.

Should I just not offer food in the evenings and only in the mornings till he starts eating? HE isn't eating much as it is, So I don't want to starve him. I want him to eats lots and well, but preferably in the mornings. What can I do?

 

[ridgebax1]

I would not worry too much about his sleeping routine. It can still take a few weeks for them to settle in. I am actually in a similar situation in that I am now working a daylight job and won't be back on nights for at least 6 months maybe even more! Right now I work 8 hours but in a week or so I will be working 12 hours. So the lights come on at 0600, it takes the boys a while to get up and moving. They have to warm up before they will want to eat anything. So I am going to throw some crickets in their cages before I leave for work. Clouseau will free range and Omar is a cup feeder. I may put Omar's crix in his cup before I go to bed so they will be there for him when he gets ready to eat and toss C's crix in before I leave for work. So you may want to try that. Just put the crix in so he can have access to them all day and can hunt and eat when he is warm enough. It also took Clouseau a few weeks to adjust to my time zone. He was on Cali time when I got him.