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?

I would say that's ok for a couple of hours.

That will be fine.

I keep BPs in this temp range all winter long with occasional boosts to 82 when digesting.

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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?

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Your snakes will be fine for six hours at 75 degrees.

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.

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.

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!?!?!?" :rolleye2: