Emergency evac?

So my city here is up in flames! Thankfully I'm far from the fire and it would be highly unlikely to impossible to get to me, however others are not so lucky. Anyway it's got me thinking how I would take my collection and what I would do to keep them alive for a couple days to a couple weeks. What methods have you guys thought of?


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I'm not sure how many animals you have, but get lots of pillowcases, asap. They are by far the easiest to put snakes into, and to move around, without taking up too much space. I'm not sure if you would need additional heating where you are at this time of year, but putting them under the covers with you at night will help keep them warm, and you can use a few hand warmers (not in an enclosed space) during the day if you can't be with them. Never hurts to have a couple extra sterilite tubs, and dishes to offer water, if necessary.

My city I live in just had a huge wildfire sweep within 100 yards of town...my area was up wind a mile so didn't have to evac....im wondering the same thing

Pillowcases and a couple tubberware in case you have a large collection. That way you can put more pillow cases/ snakes in at a time for faster evac. A spray bottle for humidity purposes, if you have eggs waiting to hatch a cooler with wheels, temp gun in case you're concerned about keeping them warm. Most of all, a friend or family member willing to take all of you in.

I was thinking the same thing the other day. Having a small collection I do have a container for each so I could move them fairly easy. My real fair is loosing power. During the last hurricane that hit Houston I was without power for a week and a half. (Didn't have them then) I guess I would hope that the temps here would be close enough to keep them happy until power was restored. I Guess at that time I would be thankful for humidity.

It is usually warm enough here for them but if it got to cool I would try placing the break open hand warmers under the tanks for heat first. If that didn't work I guess I would have to bring them in container with a fee lamps to work. I'm sure that would go over great.

Being in the emergency service loop I don't get to flee and have to hunker down, work, and try to make it through. Makes my option choices different.

Personally, I make sure that all of my tubs have lids so that if we have to evac, I can just take the snake, tub and all, with me. I also keep extra heating mats and have 4 hydrofarms that could be quickly taken with me. There is also a converter in my car so that if needed, I can hook up a temporary system in there for them. That would be in the event of a long evac. For short term, I have small tubs for all the corns and bags for the balls. Anything longer than 24 hours though, and their whole system will go with us. Eggs could be done similarly though with my corn eggs, I've never thought about it too deeply.

You might also want to see how long it would take you to actually evac your animals. In many instances, you aren't given much notice and if the winds were to change with the fires, you may only have a few minutes to an hour to get out. Keep everything near each animal that you would need to evac them that way, if something happens, you don't have to look for it.

I don't have a hurricane, flood, fire, or earthquake threat... for once I'm really glad Oklahoma is in the middle and far away from all major disasters. The last time we had a blizzard it lasted for twwo weeks and knocked a tree on top of our house. Not once did we lose power so I usually don't worry about evac but if I had to I would just take them to my boyfriends house which is in a major city

I literally just posted a similar thread a couple hours ago due to today's Tornado scares here in Florida. I panicked not knowing what to do with my animals if I had to hunker down. In a way, I'm glad it happened because I never would have thought of it otherwise. Now I am going to set out pillow cases and keep a couple extra tubs lying around just in case. I already bought extra smoke alarms a few weeks ago. Lucky for me, the temps and humidity here are ideal in or out of the cage...as long as there's no air conditioning. :rolleyes:

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I don't have a hurricane, flood, fire, or earthquake threat... for once I'm really glad Oklahoma is in the middle and far away from all major disasters. The last time we had a blizzard it lasted for twwo weeks and knocked a tree on top of our house. Not once did we lose power so I usually don't worry about evac but if I had to I would just take them to my boyfriends house which is in a major city

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Don't you have allot of tornados? No warning system to let you know to take cover?

They usually post warnings but tornadoes are fickle things sometimes they form in minutes and other times it can take hours or never form at all so you never know about them

Where are you at in the Springs? I know that Manitou had the Mandatory evac and I am now anxious to get home as I love running the 10K loop there in Waldo Canyon and am wondering if the whole route will now be burned out. All of my friends in the Springs tell me that the fire is HUGE as viewed from the Springs. While it is sad that the area is burning I am also somewhat sad that I can't be home to see it for myself. I really hope it doesn't hit Manitou or Red Rock Open Space. I lived on the west side before deploying and those are two of my favorite parts of town. Hope they get it put out soon!

Are any soldiers from Carson being pulled to help fight it? I know last summer we were on a "be prepared to" mission to help fight wildland fires around the U.S., and this seems like as good a time as any to get some units up there digging fire breaks and doing whatever else they could to help.

I am on the east side. From the top of my street I can see the whole stretch of the fire and it is huge! It definitely is sad, this is some of the prettiest land in the springs to visit!


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As far as the various ideas, I like the idea of putting the pillow cases in bed with you. Don't know how well you could sleep doing that, but that is definitely a smart way to try and regulate heat.


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One thought I currently use is sterilite tubs with locking lids. if it ever hits the fan i pull the tubs and go and am sure they cant escape though their water dishes would be a problem until I get to safety. my geckos are by far a bigger concern for me, pulling 9 out of diff cages and packing them would be a difficult task to do quickly. I don't live in a forest fire prone area though so I have to plan for a house fire and don't get the luxury of an evac notice.


As far as snakes in the bed, be sure you do not move an inch during the night. there is a reason co-sleeping with infants leads to so many deaths. Guess I tipped my hand as being a father.

I work with a rescue group. We have built a 'reptile shelter' for evac. events. The first question is there a reptile group attaches with the LOCAL spca? Or is there a rescue group near? Our mandate is to help house animals of the dispossessed to help during the event. A few years back we managed to house a collection of just under 200 snakes over a 2 day period.

Our shelter is just a portable 'greenhouse' with shelving. The other thing is emergency. This isn't about permeant housing but temporary housing. The shelter we have is not designed to heat hot spots just ambient air temps it runs a small ceramic heater if there is AC power with t-stat to keep the interior 80º that is it. If your temps are like ours often are things are high 70s it is likely that the greenhouse enough alone or with a few heat packs hung inside. I would not worry about hot spots during an emergency just keep them warm enough to survive unharmed until things settle down. They can manage well for 2 or 3 weeks like this just do not feed them!

I would not offer food now!

If things go badly having just fed snakes is going to make things much more complex and place their health more on the line. I would suggest waiting on food until things are under control. I believe they are hoping for rain in the next few days? I hope that comes and gives the fire teams the break they need. I know the thoughts of myself and friends are with you all there.

ours is like this, they are common and easily available but also could be built out of scrap and covered in bed sheets just as easily. Oh and if you look at something like this tie the snake bags to the shelves. they move around a lot.
DO NOT PLACE IT IN THE SUN!!!

http://www.ourcrazydeals.com/two-2-t...reenhouse.html