Is This OK/Normal?

[dco1990]

So i have had my male carpet Jango for about 3 weeks now. Everything seems to be going fine but i have one little concern. In the last week I have noticed he is going to sleep or "getting ready for bed" sometimes like an hour before his lights go off. I have his lights on a 7am-7pm timer. The first day i noticed it was the day he had his first shed in my care and i thought maybe he just had a long day because he was running all around his cage that day lol. But i have noticed it twice since then so i was just wondering if this is normal? I have never seem him sleep during the day at all, just like an hour before he would normally go to sleep a few times.

Thanks

 

[Dez]

I wouldn't be overly concerned if he is getting ready for sleep not long before the lights go off. I find my chameleons do this too, get in their sleeping spots before the lights shut off.

It is if you see him sleeping in the middle of the day. Just keep an eye on him.

 

[Fearaffect]

Yea, mine go to bed about an hour or so early to.....just instinct.......

 

[cushcameleon]

There have been several threads about this, all of which most members have said it is a normal behavior. My carpet does the exact same thing, he is a very deep sleeper.

 

[dco1990]

Alright, thanks everybody.


Just double-checking

 

[Miss Lily]

Amy settles down to roost much earlier if the weather is dull and grey, whereas she stays up longer if it's been nice and sunny. They really do seem to follow nature's daylight pattern!

 

[clairf]

Yup, exactly the same...so snoring by lights out.
I call my boys Alzhiemer Chams....they know their routine to the minute and do not like it being changed at all. Getting up, basking lamp, misting times followed by food, full inspection of the viv followed by more basking, ' out time ' with me, another check of the interior, treat time...come to viv door for treat ( waxxie ) another viv check and bask then prepare for bed in same position on same branch.

BTW I am not ridiculing Altzhiemers, I care for my Dad who suffers this horrendous disease...and the similarties on routine, and the change of it, is frighteningly similar. Grumpy guts all round if I am late doing anything

 

[ChamLady]

My male veiled, Paisley, tucks himself in about an hour early, also.

 

[hallenhe]

Where it can get mildly alarming is in the winter - here in Michigan, it's dark by 5 in December and January, and every chameleon I've had decides to head for bed and start turning in about 3 (they're up much later in the summer).