It has been a while since I have posted. We have moved into our new apartment and finally got internet set up.

Well Hurricane Irene is chugging up the coast and with the possibility of power outages, I'm worried about the eggs in my incubator. One clutch is 5 or so days from their hatch date. We actually experienced a power outage last week due to some confusion with the power company. But we got it back on that night. I'm not sure how long the power was out but the incubator dropped to about 75. I checked all of the eggs and every single baby out of 9 eggs are still moving and all eggs have great veins.

The first clutch, again, is around 5 days from their hatch date. They are dented and I am eagerly awaiting their hatching. The second clutch is about 3 weeks from hatching. If the power goes out for more than a few hours, what might happen to the eggs. I have already learned this season that ball python eggs can survive a lot but more than a few hours of no heat is probably not something they will survive easily. With the first clutch, with them being so close to hatching, would they experience any problems due to lowered temps in the incubator? How about the 2nd clutch.

Any advice would be great. I do have small heat packs but we found they didn't do much for the eggs when our power was shut off last week.