Great.. my power went out and it's COLD !!

[Jonnyb]

Its lioke -10 outside and my power has be knocked out of my house since 8am.... this is gonna be a bad thing... my under tank heater is reading 82F ... but the temp is dropping fast my room t'is normally 72-75 during the day from all the heat lights and etc but now im in the 70's... with no heat lights on anything....

what do you guys do when the power goes out like this in the cold months.....

[Freakie_frog]

Propane heater.. hooked to a 20lb bottle will heat my whole snake room to 80+ degrees.. Disclaimer make sure to follow all directions on the heater.

[LotsaBalls]

I've wondered about this before also. I live in Minnesota. Maybe a generator and space heater. Or if you keep snakes in tubs load them in car and bring to friends house.

[Freakie_frog]

Just get you one of these set up's on low it will keep the room warm and with that bottle should last for a couple of days if need be..

[j_h_smith]

I would NOT recommend a propane heater for inside your home. Carbon Monocide poisoning would be of big concern. You would have to keep a window open about 2 inches to vent the room properly.

A generator would be the best solution, but if you don't already have one, you probably won't be going out and spending big bucks to buy one. If you have a grill with the side attachment, you can boil some water and fill up a few hot water bottles. Put them in the enclosures and the snakes will gravitate towards these to stay warm. You could head out to the store and buy some hand/foot warmers. Put them on the bottom of the enclosure, then cover them with a towel. The towel will hopefull prevent a belly burn and they will last 6 hours or more.

BTW, how did you send this message without electricity.

Good Luck!
Jim Smith

[Denial]

My heater actually almost set my house on fire yesterday morning. The cord melted into our carpet. The carpet was only 6 months old to so that kind of sucked. BUt Its better then the house burning. If I lived somewhere that was extremly cold I would invest in a generator. We have been thi nk ing about getting one for here because we have power outages sometimes but its usually not for very long

[Vypyrz]

BTW, how did you send this message without electricity.

Good Luck!
Jim Smith

from a phone...

[Vypyrz]

from a laptop with wireless access...

[Emmastaff]

Our power tends to go out at bad times, like in the dead of winter, sometimes. I ordered a bunch of those heat packs from reptile basics a while ago, in case such a situation arises. They are good for like 40 hours or something?

[Chocolate Muffin's]

Our power tends to go out at bad times, like in the dead of winter, sometimes. I ordered a bunch of those heat packs from reptile basics a while ago, in case such a situation arises. They are good for like 40 hours or something?

Thats actually a good idea. I live in Minnesota too and its very cold. I don't know what I would do if I lost power, other than maybe putting the animals closer to the fireplace? I don't really even know if that would work....