Power outage help

Hi everyone. I need some help, the power in my whole neighborhood just went out. I have a ball python a little over a year old, she's in shed. Her heating isn't on anymore because of the outage. It's about 55-60f in the house right now. Last I checked her thermometer said around 75-80f. Electricity company says it will be back in 3 hours.. what can I do? Is she going to be ok for 3+ hours in her tank and if not what should I do? Thanks for all the help.

She will be ok for 3 hours or so, don't stress too much just keep a close eye on her.:gj:

You could also wrap a blanket or towel around the outside of the tank to insulate if you want a little more peace of mind


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Cover the top of the tank with towels or a blanket to help keep heat in. If you still have hot water, put a bottle at 95 degrees in her tank for a heat source. Keep an eye on her temps. If they drop too low, put her in a snake bag/pillowcase in your shirt.


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Use warm water in water bottles. Just make sure the temp I the water is no more than 95 and wrap them in a towel. I had to do this years ago. If you have a gas stove you can always warm up water. Just don't put hot water bottles in there

The power went out here while I was in town. Temperatures are below freezing. I raced home, stuffed all four snakes into individual socks (Clean socks!), and shoved them down my shirt. Heh... My female BP is in heavy blue right now, and was NOT happy about it, but they all did just fine and they settled right back into their cages with no problem once the power was back on and the house warmed back up.

I'd have used pillow cases, but they're all small still, so socks were a better fit.

Your back of the neck and chest puts out a lot of heat. You could rotate two snakes two at a time, one around your neck, one down your shirt.

I live in the Northeast where the power can sometimes go down for days on end so this is always a MAJOR worry for me.

i don't know if they have tractor supply stores near you but some of them down here have indoor propane heaters. they wont last all winter but they run on small camp stove sized bottles on up to the BBQ pit sizes. and they will last up to a few days on a couple bottles and can heat up a room easily. if there are non of those stores near you you can always look up the heaters online. i know its a little late to look once the power is out but one should always be prepared. i mean if the power goes out for days here i will be in San Antonio with my balls in a hotel room and the heater on 80)

If you use any kind of a heater that burns fuel, whether that is natural gas, propane, kerosene, wood, or wood pellets, get a carbon monoxide detector. CO will kill you, and fast.

For 1-2 snakes putting them in a bag down your shirt is an option. If you have racks and an incubator you better have some sort of a backup generator - and buy it now, before you need it, while they're on the store shelves. Don't think you can pick one up a day or two before a major storm hits, because the stores will be sold out.

http://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/pro...r?cm_vc=-10005

last line says "safe indoor heat" yes you should have an co1 detector but if you have a gas stove you should have one too. just remember almost every thing that makes life live-able comes with some risk, know the risk and know how to reduce it as much as possible.

what kind of generator would you recommend?

I had the same concern going into winter, with power outages frequent in snowy weather. I'm way too paranoid to use any type of room heater, so I bought an 8 pack of reptile heat pads that are used for shipping. The label says they last ~30 hours, so even if the ambient got cool, I can stick my guy in a smaller tub set on one of these and covered with a blanket to keep him nice and toasty. I already tried it (without him in the tub) and with the heat pack outside the tub and a tee shirt in it, the plastic bottom read 92*f for a while, dropped to about 80 by the next morning. So I think these should work in a pinch. If you go this route just make sure the pads are the reptile-specific ones; the "hot hands" brands get to 130*

I just realized your power was already out...so everyone else seems to have that situation covered, but this may help for next time

My last power outage was for four days... in July. The snakes were ok, and the generator kept my freezer full of meat and rats from getting disgusting.