heat light on at night?

[Lincolntowncar]

Hello! I have a male veiled chameleon I just got a few days ago, he’s 2-3 months old. I was just wondering, I read up that it’s okay to turn off the heat light along with the UVB but when I bought him from the vivarium I was told to keep that light on throughout the night. Anyone have a second opinion on this?

I was told they can adapt at night and keeping the light on could bother their sleep. With that being said, he seemed to sleep okay the first night I got him.

 

[Beman]

Hello! I have a male veiled chameleon I just got a few days ago, he’s 2-3 months old. I was just wondering, I read up that it’s okay to turn off the heat light along with the UVB but when I bought him from the vivarium I was told to keep that light on throughout the night. Anyone have a second opinion on this?

I was told they can adapt at night and keeping the light on could bother their sleep. With that being said, he seemed to sleep okay the first night I got him.

No light at all at night. They need 12 hours with light and 12 hours of no light. They need the temp drop at night as well and can handle temp drops down to 50 degrees. See the care sheet under the resources tab.

 

[Lincolntowncar]

No light at all at night. They need 12 hours with light and 12 hours of no light. They need the temp drop at night as well and can handle temp drops down to 50 degrees. See the care sheet under the resources tab.

Thank you so much!

 

[Beman]

Thank you so much!

Your welcome. I would definitely recommend you fill out the help form I posted in the other thread of yours. It would seem that you were very misinformed on his care. Read the info in the resource link, use the forum search function, and look up the chameleon breeder podcast.