Emergency winter blackout

yeah i had hoped we wouldn't need extremes yet but i will have mom go out when she gets home tomorrow i just woke up to icy windows and started worrying and i just don't want a repeat of last year or the year before when we had no power for a day or two and we liked to have froze but plz keep popping out ideas i am sure there are at least a few people in line for this storm that could use info like this

we do have a fireplace but its gas powered and i am worried about fumes is it alright to keep them near a gas fire?

Just a thought from when we lived in northern Michigan and did have to deal with many a power outtage. When I put the instant heat packs in with the snakes I worried about them laying directly on them or in the case of the big boa, actually attempting to swallow one (you never know). I kept a supply of old thick socks around and popped one or two of the heat packs in per sock, tied up the sock and tucked that in right beside whatever hide the snake was in. Seemed to work well. For the big boa, I took a large margine tub, cut a ton of holes in it, popped in a sock full of heat packs and snapped the lid on. Sort of a snake proof radiator. Worked like a charm too. Along with blankets over all the tubs the temps really never dropped much at all.

I am lucky, I have a VERY trusted petstore that has a back up generator. If need be I can take them there to stay warm.

My mom knows the owner. I buy supplies from them all the time. They took my moms birds during our ice storm and kept them for days until we had power again. So if it does happen I can resort to that.

Also check with vet offices. Some of them have generators and you can pay to board your animals there. Mine charges for it, but its well worth it.

If it is only going to be a couple of hours, I would stick with heat packs though.

yeah i will have mom go out and pick up aboutten of them at least once again thanx for posting ideas i'm still afraid i'm gonna wake up tomorrow and the power will already be out

Good idea Nate. I'll just add if you fill the hot water bottle with really hot water then wrap it in a small towel it won't burn the snake nor lose it's heat as quickly either.

its raining and freezing so if it continues like they say it will we might have no power for days yeah i had no intention of putting a bare hot water bottle in with them so the towel was assumed

lemme repost this in here can bps or anysnake for that matter be put near a gas fire without being affected by fumes

I would say no, because they would be burned off and go thru the chimney...assuming the fire is going.

we have a closed chimny it has a flue but i'm not quite sure how to open it