workin' 9 to 5

[erk]

Hi all,

I need some ideas on how to be able to spend more time with my tegu. I leave the house at 7:00 a.m. and return at 6:00 p.m., Monday - Friday. What do other people in my situation do? As it stands I can only interact with my tegu on weekends. He is hibernating now so I'd like some input for when he wakes. Thank you.

 

[ApriliaRufo]

do it like me. change light cycles. 11am to 11pm.

 

[PuffDragon]

That's all I did for my guy. I got lucky because one night he decided to stay awake longer than normal. He went down 2 hrs after he normally was doing. I just adjusted his morning light to come on 2 hours ahead and now have him/her on 8am to 8pm cycle. I ususally get home by 4 so I get a few good hours in to chill out.

 

[ApriliaRufo]

Lol. Poor tegus. We're screwing with their idea of axis spin on the earth. Hahaha

 

[DaveDragon]

Our Tegu's have their own waking cycles. Our 9 month old is only up mid morning to mid afternoon, so we only see him once or twice on the weekend. Not much interaction. Because of the season, the others vary all over the place. Our big Red is up once every 3 or 4 days. The female Blue gets up late afternoon or mid evening and is up until 9pm (lights out at 8pm), but not every day. The male Blue is up mid afternoon until after lights out. So he's the one who gets the most attention since he's always up when we get home until after his bed time.

 

[erk]

Great! Thanks for the info. As soon as the little bugger decides to come out of his winter nap, I'll change the timer. I think I'll go with 8 to 8.

 

[Nero]

Mine usually comes out around 1130 am and hes back in his burrow by 3 pm. It kinda sucks but I guess thats just the way they are. Only one time he was up after 4 pm.

 

[jose2187]

I do 8 to 8 i work at geico and work 8 to 4 so I spend all my time with them after work I let them free roam for about 2 hours a day and 4 on my days off

 

[ColdThirst]

I have mine set up for 12 to 12 due to me always staying up really late and the cage is in the living room. But he is rarely up past 5pm, thats when he goes to bed.