lost power in miami

we lost power yesterday and a cold front came thru me and my family are all fine but my 3 snakes have no heating pads I've already covered their enclosure with plenty of comforters and blankets its a 4 ft enclosure any other ideas the temp has not gone under 74 inside the enclosure

Here's a link for a post about exactly this...

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...t=power+outage

am i over doing it, i am very worried my enclosures temp has been 76 thru 73 being the lowest im thinking about useing back injury heating pads or a battery system, i worry that its power will run out in the middle of the night and a huge change in tempature would be more detrimental?????? info please

I went ahead and merged these threads since they are basically the same thing.

Yes, I would try and get those temps up. If you don't you are just asking for a RI. I have some of those back injury pads as a means of emergency heat. Just be careful with them as they heat up to about 106 degrees. At least that's what temp I got, when I used them last winter. Just don't let your snakes come in direct contact with them and you should be fine. Maybe move them to a bathroom or closet.

took care of the problem, my mom got her power back so the whole fam will be alright.

good to hear...thats a tough situation. im glad i didnt have my snakes when katrina came through as i live in baton rouge, la. and we didnt have power for 2 or 3 days.