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    Broken Furnace, what to do.

    So my furnace just broke today and since it's a weekend no one can come fix it for a while, it's mid November in Canada so it's almost freezing (2 degress celsius or 36 degress Fahrenheit) I had 2 heat lamps before but one broke so now I'm left with just the weaker bulb and a heating mat. What should I do to keep Viper (my male ball) warm in the meantime? His hot spot is at 84 at the moment and I'm scared of it dropping as the house gets cooler. Shuould I use the lamp on the cool side and heating mat on warm side to make up for the heat loss? FREAKING OUT! NEED ANSWERS ASAP!

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    Go to models and buy a bunch of them hand warmers or go to a walgreens or cvs and buy the warmers that are for your body parts,the heat pads that should help

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    Could you section off half of the tank, and use the lamp and uth on one side?

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    Re: Broken Furnace, what to do.

    Quote Originally Posted by MyLittleViper View Post
    So my furnace just broke today and since it's a weekend no one can come fix it for a while, it's mid November in Canada so it's almost freezing (2 degress celsius or 36 degress Fahrenheit) I had 2 heat lamps before but one broke so now I'm left with just the weaker bulb and a heating mat. What should I do to keep Viper (my male ball) warm in the meantime? His hot spot is at 84 at the moment and I'm scared of it dropping as the house gets cooler. Shuould I use the lamp on the cool side and heating mat on warm side to make up for the heat loss? FREAKING OUT! NEED ANSWERS ASAP!
    Place the heat mat and lamp on the same side if the hot spot currently generated by the heat mat drops below 82F. If the electricity fails as well then you can use shipping heat packs or place him in a cloth bag and put him under a sweater/jacket you are wearing.
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    Re: Broken Furnace, what to do.

    Also, if you do use heat packs of any kind, wrap them in newspaper prior to giving them contact with your snake, this evens out the distribution of the heat.
    "Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars".- Edwin H. Chapin

    "When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something; he has been put on his wits ... he has gained facts, learned his ignorance, is cured of the insanity of conceit, has got moderation and real skill".
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