Sleeping Early

[spartan44]

Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Male Veiled chameleon approx 3-4 months old
Handling - Very seldom, if anything once a week tops
Feeding - 10-15 small Crickets a day gut loaded with flukes calcium and collared greens along with occasional wax worms gut loaded with carrots
Supplements - Reptical for both d3 and non d3 and exo terra multivitamin
Watering - I use a hand mister that i mist for 2 mins twice a day
Fecal Description - I have not tested him for parasites but his poop seems clean and his urates are white
History - Only had him 2.5 weeks he's still tiny

Cage Info:
Cage Type - Medium Reptibreeze mesh cage 16" x 16" x 30"
Lighting - Reptisun 5.0 UVB and 50 W Zoomed Red Basking light
Temperature - Basking temp is 83 and cage ranges from 70-80
Humidity - Humidity is at 60% all times
Plants - Using a golden pothos and fake vines/leaves
Placement - Cage is lifted about 2 feet off the ground and is near my window in my bedroom
Location - Michigan

Current Problem - My new guy whom i've had for about 2.5 weeks is going to bed really early now. Like about 6 pm which is when it gets dark. I think it is because he is by the window and see's outside getting dark which makes him think it's time to sleep. I just want to double check and make sure that it isn't something else. This didn't happen before daylight savings but like I said i'm just being precautions. I feed him 10-15 small crickets a day dusted everyday with calcium w/o D3 and once every two weeks with it and the multivitamin once every two weeks as well.

 

[kinyonga]

It could be the darkness that is making him sleep early....however it could be for other reasons too.

You can feed it as much as it can eat in about five minutes each day.

Insects such as crickets, roaches, locusts, superworms can be fed/gutloaded with greens such as collards, escarole, endive, dandelion greens, kale, etc and veggies such as carrots, sweet red pepper, squash, zucchini, sweet potato, etc.

I wouldn't be keeping the cage near the window in the climate you live in...it can lead to respiratory issues. Just speaking from experience.

 

[spartan44]

It could be the darkness that is making him sleep early....however it could be for other reasons too.

You can feed it as much as it can eat in about five minutes each day.

Insects such as crickets, roaches, locusts, superworms can be fed/gutloaded with greens such as collards, escarole, endive, dandelion greens, kale, etc and veggies such as carrots, sweet red pepper, squash, zucchini, sweet potato, etc.

I wouldn't be keeping the cage near the window in the climate you live in...it can lead to respiratory issues. Just speaking from experience.

Thank you for your advice! I'll move him as soon as I can. It's weird because he likes climbing on the blinds near the window but i'll definitely move him ASAP. As for gut loading I try to use more but i've been swamped lately and have only been able to get collared greens and carrot slices.

 

[doto]

Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Male Veiled chameleon approx 3-4 months old
Handling - Very seldom, if anything once a week tops
Feeding - 10-15 small Crickets a day gut loaded with flukes calcium and collared greens along with occasional wax worms gut loaded with carrots
Supplements - Reptical for both d3 and non d3 and exo terra multivitamin
Watering - I use a hand mister that i mist for 2 mins twice a day
Fecal Description - I have not tested him for parasites but his poop seems clean and his urates are white
History - Only had him 2.5 weeks he's still tiny

Cage Info:
Cage Type - Medium Reptibreeze mesh cage 16" x 16" x 30"
Lighting - Reptisun 5.0 UVB and 50 W Zoomed Red Basking light
Temperature - Basking temp is 83 and cage ranges from 70-80
Humidity - Humidity is at 60% all times
Plants - Using a golden pothos and fake vines/leaves
Placement - Cage is lifted about 2 feet off the ground and is near my window in my bedroom
Location - Michigan

Current Problem - My new guy whom i've had for about 2.5 weeks is going to bed really early now. Like about 6 pm which is when it gets dark. I think it is because he is by the window and see's outside getting dark which makes him think it's time to sleep. I just want to double check and make sure that it isn't something else. This didn't happen before daylight savings but like I said i'm just being precautions. I feed him 10-15 small crickets a day dusted everyday with calcium w/o D3 and once every two weeks with it and the multivitamin once every two weeks as well.

If your husbandry is good and he's otherwise healthy I think you'll find he is just adjusting to daylight savings time. His biologic clock probably didn't shift with the clock. His body is probably telling him it's 7pm even though your clock says 6pm.