Harry The Cham
Established Member
ive read that you don’t need a night light I personally do. Is using a night light not good for your cham?
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Matt Vanilla Gorilla
Chameleon Enthusiast
Nope they have a photosensitive cell (third eye) in the center of their forehead. As long as lights are on the chameleon can not really sleep well! They need at least 12 hours of darkness a day!
jajeanpierre
Chameleon Enthusiast
They do better with drop in temperature at night. They are fine down into the 50s.
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lostinspace23
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is night time temps for a panther chameleon around 60 to 65 fine ?
Graves923
Chameleon Enthusiast
Curlytails
Established Member
Dont make the mistake i made when i first got my cham. My cham didnt sleep so i asked for help. Long story short dont use a night light. A drop in temp and darkness is beneficial as they drop in temp slows down the endothermic animals metabolism and it slows down the animal its self.the darkness makes them sleep because they dont see light and they realise its night time.
Chameleons can see red light as they have the cone to be able to see red unlike other reptiles.they also sense the light with their so called 3rd eye
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lostinspace23
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I have a question in the room i have my chameleon, at night his set up goes dark. but in front of his cage across the room i have a red heat bulb on at night for my ball python. do you think this affects his sleeping ? i have gone in there at night and i see him sleeping even with the red light in the room, its not super bright but yes it can be seen since the whole room is dark but that one light, you think this is bad for him ?
Curlytails
Established Member
If your chameleon still sleeps with it on you should be fine if not cover the snake cage or move the chameleon.
What type of snake do you have(species,morph)etc
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lostinspace23
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Yes if i stand where he is , you can see it, but he still sleeps through it at night . I think I will still cover it , or move it to be safe. thanks!
Curlytails
Established Member
Yeah thats also a good idea. Or you can put in a tight fitting side panel made out of flat pvc and just push it into the frame over the mesh.it will keep humidity up if you need it too.
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lostinspace23
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well i have half of his tank covered with plastic for humidity , i dont know if i would want to cover the other front part at nights. wouldnt it be bad less air flow ?
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lostinspace23
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also looking from the pictures i added on here, do you think hes a nosy be panther ? thats what i was told but i am new to this so i dont really know the types of panther chameleons there are .
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Curlytails
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As long as there is open screen it should be fine.
What morph of ball python do you have.
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lostinspace23
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I have a spider ball python, and a normal chocolate ball python, in separate tanks
Curlytails
Established Member
Any any chocolate spiders coming in??
If you do breed i would love to see the outcomes.
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lostinspace23
Guest
true i think i will start covering at night just so hes a happy camper
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lostinspace23
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I dont think I am going to breed them. my chocolate ball python is think is a male and hes strong and healthy , but my spider isint doing to well. she hasnt ate in a month, and has lost a lot of weight. shes very active still and alive, but she just wont eat !
