Really hate power outages

So last night had an 8 hour power outage. After 4 hours with no power and checking temps and seeing everyone go down to 70 degrees, I break out my red tail boa, bp and bearded dragon totes and load them all into my car and run it on and off for 4 hours to keep it around 80 degrees inside. This is 3am to 7am when power finally came back on. Needless to say, I was very tired after all this. I think next time im gonna invest in a small generator lol. Was the longest 4 hours ever. Anyone else have other ideas to keep reptiles warm in a power outage that last 8+ hours other than a generator or sitting in a running car with the heat on :P

8hrs, Wow!

Good job on your part.

The only thing I think to add is, to , after the hot side cools down, soak it with hot water,and spray all over as well with hot water. I would remove the repetile first since a lot of disruption is going on.

Mr buddy propane heater. We lost power 2 nights ago. Ran upstairs grabbed a tank and set it to low. Ran it 8 hours no problem and used nearly no propane.

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Mr buddy propane heater. We lost power 2 nights ago. Ran upstairs grabbed a tank and set it to low. Ran it 8 hours no problem and used nearly no propane.

Mines green. Works great. http://www.mrheater.com/portable-buddy-heater.html

Oh good idea. I didn't think propane heaters were safe to use indoors, kind of like trying to heat your house with a propane bbq. You hear those stories of people dying from asphyxiation and stuff.

Oh my red tail and bearded dragon are oblivious to distractions. My beardie actually didn't wake up during the whole ordeal. She finally woke up at 9am when her lights came on from the timer and looked at me like "why are you awake so early?". And my red tail was just stretching out in her tote in the backseat. She is really mellow and loves to have her head and body rubbed. The only one jumpy was the baby BP but she's only 8 weeks old and I've had her 2 weeks so she was excited. Now she is destroying her cage so that seems to be her sign of "give me a rat NOW!" :P

Our power outages rarely last more than a couple hours, but I keep a lot of empty gallon jugs around. We fill them with hot water, put the tropical animals into small travel containers, and place them and the hot water bottles under a blanket. Never had them dip below 80 using that method. Just have to hurry and use the hot water before everything goes cold.

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Mines green. Works great. http://www.mrheater.com/portable-buddy-heater.html

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That's pretty nice. Definitely cheaper than even a 3500 watt generator. I'll have to look into one of those. Thanks.

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Our power outages rarely last more than a couple hours, but I keep a lot of empty gallon jugs around. We fill them with hot water, put the tropical animals into small travel containers, and place them and the hot water bottles under a blanket. Never had them dip below 80 using that method. Just have to hurry and use the hot water before everything goes cold.

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Yeah we usually don't lose power either. I think some idiot hit a transformer because like you, when we do lose power, its only for a couple of hours except last night.

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The only thing I think to add is, to , after the hot side cools down, soak it with hot water,and spray all over as well with hot water. I would remove the repetile first since a lot of disruption is going on.

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Spraying hot water all over everything is just going to work temporarily. The water is going to cool and since the heat is out it is not going to evaporate like usual and instead just get cold and leave the cage wet.

Apart from a small propane heater you can fill water bottles with hot water and then place them in a couple layers of tube socks. This will give your snake a nice warm object to wrap around and you can easily heat them over. This works if you have gas appliances.If you don't you can keep hand and foot warmers(the disposable kind) on hand. Be very careful with these as they get VERY HOT. They will need to be wrapped in socks and tested before throwing them in to your snakes after you let them sit a few minutes to see what temp they reach. Not that the water bottle doesn't need to be checked, but these produce the heat instead of loose heat like the water bottles.