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I work nightshift

Mikemikemike

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Hey guys,

Quick question. I'm considering getting a tegu, one of my biggest concerns is that I work nightshift. Would I be able to set his lights up to my schedule? Where he wakes up in the afternoon, and goes to bed in the early morning? It would make feeding him, spending time, and caring for him easier.
 

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I understand wanting to overlap with them, but their natural diel rhythyms shouldn't suffer.
 

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Cant you set his lights on a normal daily routine ...... If you work nights I'd have thought if you arrive home as his lights come on, if you get a routine of chatting, feeding, watering and giving him a little morning nudge. My personal opinion is that this would give you a few hours before sleep for bonding and your tegu would have the afternoon to himself and still live in daily hours.
 

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I think you might be disappointed because their instincts are pretty strong. How many times have I read on this forum about their clock that knows better that anything...when it's time to brumate? They need this for their health.

There are lots of nocturnal lizards too.
 

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Between 9:15 and 9:30 am, my three tegus emerge for the first of two daily activity pulses like clockwork.
 

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