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I have had my two collareds for about 2 weeks now and I have the light timers set to go on at 7 and off at 7. But, by about 3 they are already under the rocks and either sleeping or kiding. Do I have anything to worry about? They seem really healthy other than that.

Mine are on the same schedule, and Ezra loves to go to bed early everyday ever since I bought him. Annabella and Cory who were wild caught are usually stay up a little longer.

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-Nicole

2.1.0 collared lizards
2.0.0 side-blotched lizards
1.0.0 desert tarantula
small tropical fishes

My lizards seem to be on different schedules. Amon gets up usually around 9:00am, and will stay up until I shut the lights off, or about 10:00pm if I forget.

Amaunette, on the other hand, can sleep in as late as noon, and sometimes goes to bed before 5pm!

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1.0 Common Snapping Turtle (Goliath)
1.0 Brown Anole (Anubis)
1.0 Green Anole (Baal)
1.1 Great Basin Collared Lizards (Amon, Amaunette)
0.1 Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula (Spiega)
1.0 Chesapeake Bay Retriever (Logan)
0.1 Spoiled Mutt (Storm)

If this is a problem for you, I'm sure that changing your timer to 8AM-7PM will modify your lizards habbits.
I'm sure they gonna sleep at 5 instead of 4.

You may try 9AM-8PM too ...
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Sara - Female Eastern Collared (Now brumating ... )
30 X 16 X 12 enclosure
Half carpet / half sand substrate
UVB 8.0

later in the day for me is when he's hunting.

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-Nicole

2.1.0 collared lizards
2.0.0 side-blotched lizards
1.0.0 desert tarantula
small tropical fishes