Lighting

[blood4eva69]

I have a floresent Uv light but i use a redpotlight that produces uvb for the basking light which proved a 88F basking spot.. can i leave it on all night and trun off the main light?? or does he need complete darkness??any help would be appreciated.

 

[Tygerr]

Those red lights are supposed to be invisible to reptiles at night, but then again they're not generally recommended for chameleons anyway. A natural heat source for chameleons is the sun, which is certainly visible to them, so it makes sense to use a visible heat source too.

Chameleons need total darkness at night (all lights off) because they sleep at night.

Chameleons also need a drop in night time temperatures (around 10F deg) - yet another reason to turn off basking lights at night.

 

[blood4eva69]

thanks Tigerr. i have been turning all of the lights out so i guess ill keep it that way. thanks again