Hello,
This is my first time posting on the forum. I've had my cham for about 2 months. When I first got him and was buying all of the supplies at the pet store, the employee recommended a red heat lamp with 75 watts. (I don't remember the exact type of lamp it is as I bought it two months ago, sorry) The person told me to leave the white UVB light on for 12 hours a day and the red heat light on for 24 hours. So for two months I've had him sleeping with a night light. I've recently noticed in the past few days his sleeping schedule is a little off and he would go to sleep around 6 pm but then wake up again around 12:30 am. I read some forums as to why his sleeping schedule would be off and I discovered I was NOT supposed to be leaving the light on at night. I was just doing what I was told! But last night I turned his heat light off for the first time, and was also informed that chameleons will always sleep in the dark no matter what, but I still heard him ruffling around a bit even though the entire room was completely dark because I was going to sleep. When I woke up in the morning and turned his UVB and heat lights on he got PISSED at me and made a very loud noise that he's never made before. He's never reacted like that before when I would turn the UVB light on in the morning. Is he going to be okay if I start leaving the lamp off at night? Why did he get so mad when I turned it back on?
Let me know if you need more information on him/his environment as well.
This is my first time posting on the forum. I've had my cham for about 2 months. When I first got him and was buying all of the supplies at the pet store, the employee recommended a red heat lamp with 75 watts. (I don't remember the exact type of lamp it is as I bought it two months ago, sorry) The person told me to leave the white UVB light on for 12 hours a day and the red heat light on for 24 hours. So for two months I've had him sleeping with a night light. I've recently noticed in the past few days his sleeping schedule is a little off and he would go to sleep around 6 pm but then wake up again around 12:30 am. I read some forums as to why his sleeping schedule would be off and I discovered I was NOT supposed to be leaving the light on at night. I was just doing what I was told! But last night I turned his heat light off for the first time, and was also informed that chameleons will always sleep in the dark no matter what, but I still heard him ruffling around a bit even though the entire room was completely dark because I was going to sleep. When I woke up in the morning and turned his UVB and heat lights on he got PISSED at me and made a very loud noise that he's never made before. He's never reacted like that before when I would turn the UVB light on in the morning. Is he going to be okay if I start leaving the lamp off at night? Why did he get so mad when I turned it back on?
Let me know if you need more information on him/his environment as well.