Emergency winter blackout

I've thought of this myself and am planning on getting smaller rubbermaid containers that my snakes can be transferred to (compared to trying to heat a huge Animal Plastics T-10) and then I won't need as many heat packs and won't have to heat as large of a space. I like the sock idea to put the packs in though. I already have two full boxes of the packs, I buy them cheap in the spring or late winter when everyone is trying to get rid of them. Got a bunch at Home Depot one year.

ok its not getting too bad so cross your fingers for me . . . *line goes dead* oooops sry wrong button night all

One thing that I'v had to do before (that I didnt think about last night), is that and this would only work if you use a heat lamp, I think- is to cover the entire top in aluminum foil, just curl in under the lid, and leave like a 2-4 inch radius around the heat lamp, depending on the wattage. But it can get HOT, so make sure you keep an eye on the temps and chack them at least every 10 min or so.

Good luck!

1. Heat Packs
2. Shipping Box (with the foams all 6 sides)
3. Newspaper
4. Snake Bag (pillow cover)
5. Thermometer with probe

Make some ball's with the newspaper, put them in the box.
Activate one Heat pack and roll it in newspaper.
Put it at the bottom.
Put your snake in the snake bag and in the box.
Insert the probe of the thermometer in the middle of the box near the snake.
More newspaper balls.
Another Heat pack rolled in newspaper.
More newspaper ball's.
Close the box.

Keep and eye on the thermometer and replace the heat packs when needed.

The insulating foam will help to keep the heat, and the Heat Packs rolled in newspaper will retain the heat a little longer.


Hope this help.

dude are u in oklahoma?, thats where i am and it is fricken crazy. Hopefully my power doesnt go out

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Originally Posted by serpents-prey

see that helps my mom works at a construction company and should we need it we can borrow one until the power comes back plz keep shooting ideas this storm is a line from texas to st.louis at least thats what the news says

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They have snow storms in Texas??? WEIRD!
I have the boot warmers and they say they last more then 4 hours and they reach a heat of 120F, but you can put a blanket under them so they don't burn or anything.
Lots of boot warmers are the best bet I'd say. And they were like 5 dollars for two! Not bad eh! Try em out, but I hope you won't have too!

ok we made it power is still on but if this rain keeps up we're gonna get frozen

I have an idea: stock up on the longer-hour heatpacks (from, say, Superior Industries.) I'd stick with the 40-hour ones, as the 60-hour ones I think were the ones that take a few hours to warm up? But I would do a trial run without a snake in the tub, to see how hot they'd get in the container you want to use, to prevent overheating.
We have an emergency gas heater that goes on if it gets too cold. It was only a couple hundred dollars, and it gives me peacs of mind to know it is there.

Can you use just any heat packs. I thought I herd something about fumes or something about some. Just something to find out for sure before you buy a bunch of heat packs. Then find out the hard way that they can harm your snakes.

I would stick to the ones that are made specifically for reptiles, just to be safe. I think that the issue was, some of them eat up oxygen? This makes them bad to use in sealed-up shipping containers.. this is why people don't use them in shipping snakes I guess.