Hurricane Hitting

A hurricane is hitting where I live, which is in the south. One of my main concerns is my little ball python lol! My house will most likely lose power and the AC will break. My house will most likely raise to the upper 60% humidity and probably stay around 78°ish these seem pretty decent conditions for my ball python, but is there anything I should do. There will be no power so my UTH will not work…. Any thoughts?


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Right now with our temps you should be fine.



I do love having my generator during times like that. It was a life saver during the freeze. Literally a life saver. Made me feel much better leaving for work knowing I had power regardless.



Hurricanes suck. Keep your head down. Good luck!

At least it sounds like conditions won't be too rough for your ball python. This probably goes without saying, but if you think the power will go off, don't feed him before the hurricane hits, just in case it gets too cold for him to digest it.

I always have to prepare for losing power during the winter ice storms where I live, and it probably won't get too cold where you are, but just in case I always recommend keeping hand warmers wrapped in dish towels to use as an emergency heat source.

I also highly recommend keeping an emergency tote just in case you ever to have to evacuate. Mine has a small tub for each of my reptiles and an emergency kit with spare heat mats, a temp gun, shed aid, first aid supplies, stuff like that, all packed inside a big tote box. That way, if I ever need to evacuate quickly, I don't have to worry about scrambling for supplies and can just put each animal in their tub and get out. Hopefully you'll never need something like that, but having it on hand really gives you peace of mind.

Best of luck!

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At least it sounds like conditions won't be too rough for your ball python. This probably goes without saying, but if you think the power will go off, don't feed him before the hurricane hits, just in case it gets too cold for him to digest it.

I always have to prepare for losing power during the winter ice storms where I live, and it probably won't get too cold where you are, but just in case I always recommend keeping hand warmers wrapped in dish towels to use as an emergency heat source.

I also highly recommend keeping an emergency tote just in case you ever to have to evacuate. Mine has a small tub for each of my reptiles and an emergency kit with spare heat mats, a temp gun, shed aid, first aid supplies, stuff like that, all packed inside a big tote box. That way, if I ever need to evacuate quickly, I don't have to worry about scrambling for supplies and can just put each animal in their tub and get out. Hopefully you'll never need something like that, but having it on hand really gives you peace of mind.

Best of luck!

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Thank you! great tips [emoji120]


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You can also buy shipping heat packs. They don't get as hot as hand warmers and the heat lasts longer. I have some just in case of a power loss in the winter.

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You can also buy shipping heat packs. They don't get as hot as hand warmers and the heat lasts longer. I have some just in case of a power loss in the winter.

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Where would you put them, under your uth?


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Depending on what your enclosure is made of, you can tape them under it, or you can enclose them in an envelope of thick toweling (which is what I've done for my geckos) and just lay them in the tank. You could also make a temporary hide from a cardboard box and hang it from the "ceiling", I guess, kind of mimicking the shipping environment. My geckos wouldn't lay on the heaters,but just cuddle up to them. I don't know what a BP will do.

IF you have a gas hot water heater, the low-tech method of adding warmth for your snake is just a jar or bottle of hot water. Best to wrap the jar in a cloth so your snake doesn't contact anything too hot.

This ^ ^ ^ is exactly how I got thru an ice storm with power off for days, & no harm came to my snakes. You're lucky that you're not dealing with freezing temperatures: I bagged my snakes in pillow cases or snake bags (individually), then put them in large ice chests, 2 or 3 per container (can also use styro-foam shipping boxes) to insulate them from cold ambient home temperatures. Opened the ice chests about every 8 or 9 hours for air exchange (ventilation) and to change the water in the jar for hot. They all did just fine- no illnesses- afterwards. I kept an eye on temperatures in the ice chests- quite balmy & I wished I could have fit in there too. :D

Any travel with snakes- for their safety- is also best done this way- securely bagged & then inside a "cooler"/aka ice chest/styro-foam box- so they aren't exposed to either cold or excessive heat, which can kill them even quicker than cold. I recommend anyone keeping snakes keep such ice chests on hand in the event of any emergency that requires you to evacuate- that can be fires, floods, tornadoes, etc. Here's hoping you don't need to evacuate- please stay safe.

Obviously I don't know much you're in the path of this hurricane, but now they're talking about the potential storm surge of 15' and rainfall up to 20", so IF you're in a dangerous area, I hope you don't take chances trying to ride it out, & just GET out- evacuate to a safer location until it passes.

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Obviously I don't know much you're in the path of this hurricane, but now they're talking about the potential storm surge of 15' and rainfall up to 20", so IF you're in a dangerous area, I hope you don't take chances trying to ride it out, & just GET out- evacuate to a safer location until it passes.

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Thank you for being concerned [emoji4]. I live in southern Louisiana, but I am more towards the edge of where it is hitting. I have a very sturdy house and I’ve experienced many hurricanes. I’m not worried about flooding or anything major being ruined.


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Thank you for being concerned [emoji4]. I live in southern Louisiana, but I am more towards the edge of where it is hitting. I have a very sturdy house and I’ve experienced many hurricanes. I’m not worried about flooding or anything major being ruined.


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I hope you're right- they're now saying they expect this to be "at least" a category 4 hurricane, which means wind speeds of 131-155 MPH.
So what if the course changes a little at the last minute?

Not knowing how close you are to "Ida", I very much hope that you'll be alright- :please: This is a very scary storm- not your "garden variety" hurricane, & the thing is, hospitals are still overwhelmed with COVID patients, so it's a really bad time to get injured. I cringe thinking about what this will do to the whole area- both man-made structures & the natural world too- wildlife & their habitat.

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Not knowing how close you are to "Ida", I very much hope that you'll be alright- :please: This is a very scary storm- not your "garden variety" hurricane, & the thing is, hospitals are still overwhelmed with COVID patients, so it's a really bad time to get injured. I cringe thinking about what this will do to the whole area- both man-made structures & the natural world too- wildlife & their habitat.

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I’m actually glad it shifted. Now that it shifted, I’m farther away from the storm, and on the weak side of it. I don’t even think it will hardly any damage to where I’m at. It was more of a problem about two days ago when it was predicted to hit closer to where I’m located


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I’m actually glad it shifted. Now that it shifted, I’m farther away from the storm, and on the weak side of it. I don’t even think it will hardly any damage to where I’m at. It was more of a problem about two days ago when it was predicted to hit closer to where I’m located


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Well call me chicken, but Ida been gone. ;)

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Well call me chicken, but Ida been gone. ;)

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Hahahaha [emoji23][emoji23] that’s too funny [emoji16]


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I’m actually glad it shifted. Now that it shifted, I’m farther away from the storm, and on the weak side of it. I don’t even think it will hardly any damage to where I’m at. It was more of a problem about two days ago when it was predicted to hit closer to where I’m located

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That's good to hear. From my understanding while Ida is almost CAT 5 right now, it's a small, compact storm with hurricane force winds extending 50 miles from the eye. By comparison Katrina was CAT 3 when it landed but physically larger with hurricane-force winds 120 miles from the eye and a higher storm surge, which is why it was such a devastating storm.

Either way, I'm still not looking forward to seeing the mess Ida makes. :( Storm surge from Katrina was about 28', which is just :O & I sure hope the gulf coast never sees that again.

But that's not saying that Ida won't do plenty of damage & they keep mentioning how much rainfall LA has already had- how saturated the ground is also means a bigger mess.

Y'all stay safe :please:

Hey, EthanMG, are you still okay there? :please:

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Hey, EthanMG, are you still okay there? :please:

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Yes, just very strong winds where I live. The hurricane kept moving farther east (away from me) as time went on, so by the time it hit land, it was good distance away to not even affect me losing power. All 100% okay where I’m at. Thanks for asking [emoji4]


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Glad to hear you're okay there. Very glad you dodged it! :gj: