How much sleep should a Baby Ackie Get?

[theMailSquirrel]

I really want to get a baby ackie this summer, but I am waking up at 4:40 AM and getting home at 5PM mon - fri. If I wake the baby ackie up at 4:30 with my lights, I have a timer and I feed it at 5, get home feed it and put it to sleep at 8:30, it gets 8 hours of sleep, is that enough? Would it be healthy to wake it up at that time. I feel like this is stupid but I just want to make sure.

[sirtalis]

As long as it has a place to burrow it should be fine, I run my lights 24/7. Whenever my monitor wants to sleep he just goes into his burrow.

[aaron_cg]

You can keep them on a timer so it has a day/night cycle, just be mindful of the ambient temps.

[sirtalis]

You can keep them on a timer so it has a day/night cycle, just be mindful of the ambient temps.

Hadn't thought of that even though I use them regularly haha

[Minkness]

Als, they don't sleep a solid 8 hours like humans do. Few animals do. It leaves them too vulnerable to attacks. So he's probably happily napping through the day as well. =)