I've always had my veiled (male, 2yrs old now) on a schedule that had his lights on from around 9am to 9pm, give or take an hour. I've always had my cham in my room (as a college student it's the only room I've got) and I always had a similar schedule...I'd go to bed around 10 or 11 and wake up around 9 the next day.
However, this semester my habits have drastically changed. Because of my class schedule, I've become somewhat of a nocturnal. I still get my 7-8 hours of sleep, they just come between the hours of 4am and noon. Over the last week or so, I've noticed my chameleon has also begun to stay up longer, mostly due to the fact that my room lights are on until around 3am or so each night. His lights go off at 9pm still, but his cage is not dark, so he's not going to sleep.
Would it be ok to start changing his schedule to be in line with mine? Since his lights and mine are the only light he gets (no sun in a Cleveland winter), is it ok to alter his day/night schedule? Since I've already been keeping him up unintentionally, I figure why not just set his lights to turn on around 2pm and turn off around 2am.
The only reason I could see that this would be bad is if chams have some kind of internal clock where they know if it's daytime or nighttime regardless of their light schedule.
Anyway, I'd appreciate any advice on the subject. Thanks.
