Perhaps you can move them to a different part of the house. My male barked non stop for about a week while the female was laying her eggs. usually he barks softly, but not that week. I am glad that he has stopped barking so loudly! I have them set up in my formal livingroom and I can't hear them from my bedroom, but that night I slept on the couch in the same room and I put my earphones in and listened to music to fall asleep. I don't know if the light thing would make any difference. Maybe find someone that would take your males and just have females. They make no noise.