Now that it dosnt get dark till 10pm what to do?

[roguekiller23231]

It dosnt get dark till 10PM in Uk were i am, my chams get tired around 5-6pm but it's still bright full sunlight! about the only thing that seems to let them go to sleep is to cover them over, which isnt really good at all. what do you do when yours get sleepy??

 

[Tygerr]

That might indeed be a problem. In most of the places where chams come from (Madagascar, Africa, Yemen) they only experience a maximum of about 13 hours of light a day. That's why most keepers try to stick to a 12 hour light cycle. Bright sunlight streaming through the window at 'night' would most likely disturb their sleeping habits.

Can't you draw the curtains in the room where you keep them?

Putting a cover over them would limit ventilation in the cage, and possibly prevent it from drying out properly overnight, but it might well be the only practical thing to do. Just make sure your lights aren't on auto-timers that might turn on with the covers still on and start a fire.

I'm sure some of the Canadian keepers on this forum might be able to help you out. Unfortunately (or rather fortunately) I've never had to deal with this problem where I live.

 

[AndrewH]

just curious, but if sun sets at 10 pm when is sun rise?

 

[Tygerr]

When I lived in the UK during the summer two years ago, the sun was going down at about 21h30, and rising just after 04h00 in the morning. Makes for great summer evenings, but I've been there in the winter too when the sun is down by four o' clock in the afternoon

 

[casperpetersen]

Hi there i got the same problem with the sun in Denmark
how about using some sort of curtain.... either to the window or the terrerium

 

[roguekiller23231]

the sun comes up at about 4-4:30am cant keep the curtains closed because i have to opent he windows and they flutter about when it's windy lol or i could keep them closed and the tempurature rockets in the room. i only really cover the area of each viv were they are asleep. luckly they sleep in the same locations each night. i think i'll have to make some weighted curtains with some kind of light blocker in the middle. but probably by then it will be cold enough to keep the windows closed and wont even be light for that long. pretty soon it will start to get dark at 3pm lol. you cant win in the place!

 

[Tygerr]

you cant win in the place!

And that's probably why most chameleons chose to live in more hospitable places like Madagascar in the first place!

 

[casperpetersen]

how about cover the terrerium with some thin dark curtin or something like that ....