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How long can my snakes go without heat?
I live in Eastern Washington and this time of year we get mad crazy weather. It's been storming up lately and I'm pretty sure the power went out last night while I was sleeping. I'm not sure how long it was out but by the time I woke up everything was back on, Temps were stable and the snakes are fine.
Anyway, if the power goes out for say, 6 hours, will the snakes be good if I can keep the room at 75-78 degrees? Or do I need to take measures to warm things up for em?
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Re: How long can my snakes go without heat?
I would say that's ok for a couple of hours.
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I keep BPs in this temp range all winter long with occasional boosts to 82 when digesting.
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Re: How long can my snakes go without heat?
Originally Posted by ProjectMKUltra5
I live in Eastern Washington and this time of year we get mad crazy weather. It's been storming up lately and I'm pretty sure the power went out last night while I was sleeping. I'm not sure how long it was out but by the time I woke up everything was back on, Temps were stable and the snakes are fine.
Anyway, if the power goes out for say, 6 hours, will the snakes be good if I can keep the room at 75-78 degrees? Or do I need to take measures to warm things up for em?
Your snakes will be fine for six hours at 75 degrees.
It is okay to use pine bedding for snakes.
It is okay to feed live food to snakes.
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No issues with that short an outage, but if you have a large collection you might want to consider a generator for extended outages. And you'll likely find other uses for it once you have one. For just a few animals, heat packs and or an inverter might be better.
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Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
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They will be fine for a day or so. OTOH if you have an incubator then you'll need some alternative form of power to keep it at the correct temps if your outage is longer than a few hours.
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Thanks for the help.
I have to remind myself sometimes that these are pretty hardy creatures and that I tend to baby the little fellas. I almost lost it the first time I saw my lesser get aspen stuck in his mouth during feeding, while everyone was telling me to calm down I was walking around the house like "HE DOESNT HAVE HANDS HOW'S HE GUNNA GET THAT OUT!?!?!?"
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