Waking up early

[katlovesaandw]

Ok, I am up at 5am and for the past 3 weeks Karma was fine sleeping until 7am. Then we would slowly turn on her lights.

This week, she has started waking up at 5am when I get up and moving around.

Should I ignore it and wait until her normal time for her lights?

OR

Should I turn on her lights this early?

I dont want to mess up her cycle but......

 

[ghettomike]

sorry, i dont actually have any advice for you but thought that i would share. My Carmie is kinda in the same situation, i used to cycle her lights from 8 till 8 but noticed she wakes up quite early and is ready for bed early too, sometimes even falling asleep before lights out. Now she is 7 till 7 and it seems to be a bit better. I would set it from 6 till 6 but i dont get home from work till 5 and like to see her awake for a bit. I dont think changing your light cycle times will hurt her if she is already awake earlier anyways jmo.

 

[ghettomike]

how old is Karma? Type? Karma was the name that we originally called our female veiled but it kinda got changed to Carmie.

 

[katlovesaandw]

She is a female veiled and we "think" about 18 mo. old.
We got her off craigslist and guy said 1 yr in ad but by the time we got there to look at her, he had been thinking and figured more like 18 mo. He bought her from a guy that said she was 9 mo. and they had her for about 8-9 mo.

She normally is up at 7 like I said and goes to bed about 7:30-8.
Yesterday she started this up with me thing and was snuggling her branch by 6pm but still awake.
I had to take son to a class and didnt get home until 8:20, hubby still had her lights on but she was sound asleep.

This morning I got up at 5, fed cat and made coffee and then laid on couch until hubby got up at 5:30 and noticed she was moved up partway to her basking branch then.

I try to ignore her and not talk to her, in hopes that she will relax and go back to sleep but that doesnt work!LOL

 

[casperpetersen]

Drapes/curtains is the answer dark terrarium crurtins... or make sure that there is no light that is getting in the room that you keep your chams .