Light Cycle Question

[Kaianuanu]

I am getting my setup ready for a panther, but I have a few questions about the light cycle. I'm gone during the day from 7am to 3pm, so I bought an aquazamp last night so I wouldn't have to turn my lights on so early to manually mist. I wanted to do this so I could have more time in the evenings for "quality time" with my Cham awake, and so he could have more daylight to digest if I feed him around 3 to 4 when I get home. So, what I want to know is: will the ambient light from the windows In the morning before mu lights turn on disrupt his sleeping schedule even if the cage is in a shady corner of the room? Below there is a pic of the room so you can see how much light that corner gets. Also, is 13 hours of daylight okay? 13 hours would let me set his lights to turn on at 9:00am and have them go off at 10:00pm which is about my bedtime, so that would be perfect for my schedule.

 

[Carlton]

I am getting my setup ready for a panther, but I have a few questions about the light cycle. I'm gone during the day from 7am to 3pm, so I bought an aquazamp last night so I wouldn't have to turn my lights on so early to manually mist. I wanted to do this so I could have more time in the evenings for "quality time" with my Cham awake, and so he could have more daylight to digest if I feed him around 3 to 4 when I get home. So, what I want to know is: will the ambient light from the windows In the morning before mu lights turn on disrupt his sleeping schedule even if the cage is in a shady corner of the room? Below there is a pic of the room so you can see how much light that corner gets. Also, is 13 hours of daylight okay? 13 hours would let me set his lights to turn on at 9:00am and have them go off at 10:00pm which is about my bedtime, so that would be perfect for my schedule.

If your cham can detect "light of day" it will react somewhat regardless of the cage lighting schedule. You'd have to block the daylight completely. Even if your 13 hour schedule is in place he'll probably go try to settle down before 10 pm. Just reality unless you create that "darkroom" situation mentioned in other discussions.

 

[Kaianuanu]

I could close the blinds. But I didn't mention that in the OP because i'd prefer not to rely on remembering to close them in the morning, and i figured the cham would enjoy the extra ambient light. Here's a pic of the room with the blinds closed, that wouldn't wake him up would it?