Our timers are set to go on at 6am and off at 7pm. Our girls tend to get sleepy by 4 pm tho so when we are home, they are out of their viv's by 4 or 5 pm.
Gizmos come on at 6am, and off at 8pm, but she gets sleepy and snuggles down for the night around 7ish. I turn it on as the sun rises (well the timer does) this way she is all warmed up and realy for her morning routien for 7am before i get going to work!
In the winter she wakes up about 8, and sleeps around 5 ish, but shes a log potatoes bruminator, and this starts around mid oct, then in dec she will go and bruminate properly. SHe comes out in feb and takes a few weeks to get back to normal. I make sure she has the same schedual during this time so she can decide when the right time to come out it, i dont want to trick her by setting the timers to a more summertime setting!
You MIIIIGht see that this winter, if not, then next winter for sure. Usually a dragon is in the year old or older before brumation starts... I'm going to have to experience this my first time this year... Waaaaaaaaaa
Janie
Ive gotta say, its a scary experience! its a good practice to get a vet check up as they start to slow daown (late autum) to check there are no parasites. I would wake gizmo once a week to keep her hydrated, most times she drank from the water, and weigh her to make sure she wasnt loosing any weight.