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I know I just posted, but like I said in the previous one, I haven't posted in a while and the ideas and questions have built up, need to clear them all out.

So my question is about lighting. I have a perfectly fine setup right now, a UTH on a thermostat on 24/7 and a 75 watt bulb on a timer. The temps on the hot side are about 85-90 during the day and 75-80 at night. Right now I have the light come on from 8am to 10pm and I never turn any other light on in my room. At night I use the glow of my 19inch monitor to get around my room. However, sometimes I like to sleep past 8 am and the light prohibits that sometimes, not all the time. I was thinking of going with a CHE instead of the bulb, but keeping it on the same timer. This way the heating cycle would be the same as before. However, daylight hours around here are from about 7am-5pm and I don't wake up untill 10 on most weekends. That would mean that the light cycle for Jak would only be about 10am - 5pm. Would this be a bad idea? Will the short light cycle cause Jak to go into brumation? Or is that more so effect by the heat? So like I said before, everything is working fine, I'm jsut trying to make Jak and I be a little more comfortable living with one another =) Any and all input is much appreciated. Sorry it was so long again.

i think you would be just fine adjusting the timer on the weekend.

you can always move the timer from 10-10 give 12hrs and 2 extra of sleep.

my tokay tank is right above my bed maybe 6inches away to the right on a shelf.

the timer is 10-10 and it has a spot light much bigger than the zoomed spot bulbs and its 65watt,try having that thing hit your eyes in the mourning trying to sleep.i have no windows in my room so its super dark then im blinded by thier lights.

then the uro's light comes on a few minutes later and that thing is a 125watt spot bulb.
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1.3 Leopard Gecko's
1.0 mali uromastyx
0.0.3 tokay's(adults unsexed)