No AC and 7 snakes to worry about!!!!

Need some advice! As some of you may know I’m located in central Florida, so we woke up this morning and found out hey there’s no power in the Reptile room....wth, the circuit breaker went off last night....flipped it back on and behold WE HAVE NO AC....it’s going to get hot REALLY fast.....it’s already 80-82 ambient in the reptile room. It’s going to be 92 today....our house is going to get hotter...oh also there’s a water main burst...so no water....WTF! At what point should I worry? I also have a crestie and Pac-Man that I really need to worry about. Especially the crestie.


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If temps don’t raise above 98 degrees, I think you should be fine. Just be careful you’re room doesn’t exceed that. Keep the doors and windows open. And monitor your animals closely if you can.


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I think I read in a post somewhere, placing frozen water bottles in the bottom of the cages helps during times like this. A trip to the store to pick up a case and then put them on rotation in the freezer and in the cages. An Icebox use to be just that. That is what old people called the first primitive refrigerators.

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Need some advice! As some of you may know I’m located in central Florida, so we woke up this morning and found out hey there’s no power in the Reptile room....wth, the circuit breaker went off last night....flipped it back on and behold WE HAVE NO AC....it’s going to get hot REALLY fast.....it’s already 80-82 ambient in the reptile room. It’s going to be 92 today....our house is going to get hotter...oh also there’s a water main burst...so no water....WTF! At what point should I worry? I also have a crestie and Pac-Man that I really need to worry about. Especially the crestie.


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By the time the waters frozen I might as well just toss everyone in pillow cases and critter keepers and get them in the car....least I can keep the car around 76-80. We’re waiting till it gets over 90. But for the crestie and Pac-Man 85 is the max before I get them in the car.


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Even if the water doesn't get fully frozen it will still be cold enough to help. Also do you not have regular cold packs in the freezer?

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Originally Posted by bcr229

Even if the water doesn't get fully frozen it will still be cold enough to help. Also do you not have regular cold packs in the freezer?

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Frozen peas or veggies of some sort would work as well in a pinch.

Everything good to go right now, I killed the power to all heat sources in the room, I have the dragons (8 ft of caging) halogen bulbs turned off as well to help keep the heat down in the room we’re at 84-85 ambient in the reptile room. 83 in the house....[emoji17]


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Is there any way to block the sun from hitting the windows from the outside? Curtains in the windows help, but it's better if you can stop the direct sunlight from even getting into the house.

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Is there any way to block the sun from hitting the windows from the outside? Curtains in the windows help, but it's better if you can stop the direct sunlight from even getting into the house.

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Sadly no, we don’t have storm shields for the windows. But we have all blinds closed, luckily our windows are treated for sun reflection.


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if it comes down to it, u could pack them up and take them to your favorite place in the world - Petco and PetsMart!

Edit: chill, hang out, educate some peeps and staff, etc. ;)

What about foil over the windows to reflect the sun back out? A fan going with a frozen towel to cool the room as well. It will drop the room a good five degrees at least. Just keep rotating the towels.

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if it comes down to it, u could pack them up and take them to your favorite place in the world - Petco and PetsMart!

Edit: chill, hang out, educate some peeps and staff, etc. ;)

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Omg I’ll want to kill everyone there hahah. Can’t really handle 7 snakes at once lol (maybe with a utility belt and some cabeaners and small tied up bags [emoji23]


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Hotel? Friends house or someone with a cool basement for a while until things settle?

whats the time frame on power or a new ac?

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Hotel? Friends house or someone with a cool basement for a while until things settle?

whats the time frame on power or a new ac?

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Tech is on his way now but there’s no knowing what’s wrong, we got lucky that it’s very cloudy here in Poinciana. And as far as taking the babies to someone else’s please....not an option. No one I know is reptile friendly.


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What about foil over the windows to reflect the sun back out? A fan going with a frozen towel to cool the room as well. It will drop the room a good five degrees at least. Just keep rotating the towels.

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The snakes and other reptiles are sustained. Now I’m beginning to worry about the guinea pigs and sugar gliders


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House is at 85 atm but we’re about to get some rain which will help a lot


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House is at 85 atm but we’re about to get some rain which will help a lot


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I definitely can respect being very concerned. But personally, I would not worry till you started getting into the low nineties. You should be just fine. You did right by turning off all the heat sources, good luck. Sorry to hear you gotta deal with this. I just experienced a similar problem with no power at all in my case. And a freaking hot day to boot. Again hope the best!

You could grab some bags of ice, throw them in buckets and put them in the middle of the room, put a fan on it, (oscillating preferably) and it would circulate the cold

Everything is good to go now, simple fix for the tech, we are in the clear now. Thank you for all the recommendations and help, I’ll up date this here tomm after I make sure everyone’s stable.


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You could grab some bags of ice, throw them in buckets and put them in the middle of the room, put a fan on it, (oscillating preferably) and it would circulate the cold

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I was just about to come in here and say this. As long as you have electricity, this is a good way to make some cool air.

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Everything is good to go now, simple fix for the tech, we are in the clear now. Thank you for all the recommendations and help, I’ll up date this here tomm after I make sure everyone’s stable.


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Phew!!!!
Well, I'm glad you got through and your animal family made it through this scare easily.

This also turned out to be an educational thread with lots of great suggestions!!

Thanks for all who participated in a great example of why BP.net is such a great community!!

When temps get hot here, I throw in 2 frozen bottles of water wrapped in paper towels up on the shelf inside the cages. The paper towels absorb the condensation and keep cool which releases into the cage. I keep 2 sets so i can cycles them out of the freezer and vis versa when they melt.

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Everything is good to go now, simple fix for the tech, we are in the clear now. Thank you for all the recommendations and help, I’ll up date this here tomm after I make sure everyone’s stable.


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Sweet, glad to hear. Sorry you had to deal with the stress. Praying for the best.

I hope you're better prepared for this eventuality in the future. :gj:
I've been keeping ice packs in the freezer for 2 months now since is summer here.

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You could grab some bags of ice, throw them in buckets and put them in the middle of the room, put a fan on it, (oscillating preferably) and it would circulate the cold

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I've actually done this for my dogs a couple times in our old house - the old part of the house had no heat or air, and that's where they stayed during the day.

Glad to hear the scare didn't last too terribly long.