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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kormath" data-source="post: 77143" data-attributes="member: 4199"><p>All animals need a day/night schedule.  Sure they can get along without one, but they'll be more active and confident with a day/night schedule.  I read a number of articles on this and have since forced my son to do this as all the T's are in his room until mine is finished, they seem to eat better now that they have the day/night schedule.  Before he'd keep all the blinds drawn and the doors shut, his room was dark 24/7 almost, unless he was in it playing xbox.  The Ts we have that eat better at night ate like mad, the others didn't eat as well.  Switching to a day/night schedule i've noticed all the Ts have better appetites, the few that only eat at night eat just as well as they did when it was always dim, and the ones that ate during the light time seem to eat better also, not as skittish with the prey.</p></blockquote><p></p>