Help!

ok i got my snake sin tanks its like 40 30 out side i got no heat its broke i got 1 lamp on my pastel my female Norm what can i do to warm her up? i put newspapers and a towl in there but my mom put a towl from my pastel and my pastel is in QT so cant my nrom get sick if my pastel has somthing and my norm is under the towl and newspapers so what do i do? take it out let her get sick? or leave it in and risk her getting somthing from him. HELP!

What's the temputure in your house? How are you heating your house?
The towel should not have been moved, and I would move it back.
Plus, why do you have a towel in the cage? What kind of cages? Can you wrap up the cage itself? Do you have a human hot water bottle?

our house heat is broke. i got a 55 gal tank so the towl is already in there i mean if she gets sick how do i tell? any way to save her or somthing
ni i cant wrap it up and no bottel

Take the towel out. It's possible if there was anything, she might have it, but if she doesn't have it yet, then you could prevent it by removing the towel.
You could take a plastic bottle, fill it with hot water, wrap it into a pillowcase and tie it shut, so that the snake can't touch the actual bottle. Put that into the tank, and cover the top with a blanket or towel and see if that warms it some. You might have to replace the bottle once or twice during the night.
How cold is it in the house?
Why did your mom put a towel in the tank?

id say its 40 inside at least.... my mom put it in there to warm her up put if i take the towl out aint it tolate for her to get somthing? i mean im sure my pastel is not sick...... ive known this lady for years she wouldnt sell my a sick snake...

It's just a precaution. Did you find a way to put warm into the cage?

i took towl out.......... tossed newspapers in there shes under the papers my pastel is under his hide the light is over his hide so i hope they make it till tomorrow. is it getting any warmer?

The best thing you could have done, Was be ready for something like this. Before you got any snakes! This is how things get f'd up in peoples collections.

Did you think about using the bottle of hot water in a pillow case? Or are you really not that worried, and just wanted to act dramatic? A snake can't heat up newspapers or towels. They need a heat source.

ehh i am worryed but im trying to think how to warm her up

Is the towel supposed to act as a "blanket" of some sort? If so, it's useless anyhow. Blankets are good for creatures that produce their own body heat. Snakes don't, so they can't warm themselves under a towel or blanket.

The idea of putting hot water into plastic bottles (2 liter soda bottles or something similar) is a good idea. Do you have any human heating pads around the house? Those can work, but if they have an auto-shutoff, you'll have to keep turning it back on.

Can you make a run to WalMart or anything? If so, you can pick up heating pads (trying to find those that don't turn themselves off) and you can pick up hand warmers from the hunting or sports departments. Those can help, too.

Any space heaters you can use to warm the general area the cages are in?

Once you get some sort of heat source, wrap the cages in towels or blankets to hold in what little heat you're able to produce.

The cold is not an automatic death sentence for your snakes...and not even a guarantee that they'll get sick or anything. It just increases the risks of illness. They may get through this just fine...so try not to panic. Use your head and figure out what sources of heat you have around the house.

ok i got some soda bottles il put hot water
and put under the news papers mamybe she will lay on em is my pastel ok tho with a pan light and a 60 watt bulb?

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ok i got some soda bottles il put hot water
and put under the news papers mamybe she will lay on em is my pastel ok tho with a pan light and a 60 watt bulb?

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Well, you're the only one with the thermometer in the enclosure to read. We don't know what the temps are in there. But certainly a bulb is better than nothing.

i dont have any thing to tell me the temps everything is on order lol.

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i dont have any thing to tell me the temps everything is on order lol.

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Wow....I see. Well, we're just as clueless as you are. More so, as we can't even stick a hand in and guess. :P

If you are capable of making that trip to WalMart that I suggested....pick yourself up a couple of Acu-rite thermometers. They can be found in the hardware section of the store near the locks and stuff, usually. Maybe in the gardening section. They're only about $12 each and can tell you temps in two different areas of your tank at the same time, as well as general humidity.

and Cover the bottle with a pillow case or sock. Like I said in the earlier post.

i hope they make it and dont get sick........... if i had a car id go turn the heat on in it and sleep in there with my snakes for the night
but i dont... its my moms also.... can i make a rack and use the shelf part of wood as peg bored? you kno the bored with all the holes in it or should i just get a norm pice of wood and drill holes in the tubs

Stick the one without heat inside a tied pillowase and put her under your shirt, get under the covers in a bed or something. If you have a heating blanket, plug that in and get everything toasty.

Get your female out of the 55gallon tank, it's very unnecessary. 15-32qt tub or 10-20gallon tank is all that is needed. Tubs are so much easier to heat and humidify in the winter, so you may want to make the switch before either of your snakes get sick. Digital thermometers are a MUST. These should have been bought BEFORE the snakes, so you knew what the temperatures/humidity in the enclosures were. It's not something that you should guess.

Snakes need proper heat and humidity in order to maintain their body temp and so they don't dry out from the inside out. Dry air causes respiratory distress, which can lead to respiratory infections if not taken care of.

If you experience power outages alot, PREPARE for it. 40 hour Heat Packs, 2 litre bottles with hot water, etc. It's not something you can just wing and hope for the best...

ok i will

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ok i got my snake sin tanks its like 40 30 out side i got no heat its broke i got 1 lamp on my pastel my female Norm what can i do to warm her up? i put newspapers and a towl in there but my mom put a towl from my pastel and my pastel is in QT so cant my nrom get sick if my pastel has somthing and my norm is under the towl and newspapers so what do i do? take it out let her get sick? or leave it in and risk her getting somthing from him. HELP!

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Holy cow... That has to be the most words in a row without punctuation or even a capital letter that I have ever seen! What the heck is happening in our schools??!?!?!?!?!

Maybe I'm getting old, but that doesn't even make a little sense to me. Is your female pastel a normal, or did you name it Norm?

All I can say is get some equipment... like a space heater.

lol not funny...

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lol not funny...

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If my acronym decoder works correctly, lol means lough out loud. Followed by "not funny."

Hotshot.... Did you just make a funny?

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Originally Posted by bcampos

If my acronym decoder works correctly, lol means lough out loud. Followed by "not funny."

Hotshot.... Did you just make a funny?

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Now that's a funny.

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Holy cow... That has to be the most words in a row without punctuation or even a capital letter that I have ever seen! What the heck is happening in our schools??!?!?!?!?!

Maybe I'm getting old, but that doesn't even make a little sense to me. Is your female pastel a normal, or did you name it Norm?

All I can say is get some equipment... like a space heater.

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You know instead of slamming someone about thier grammer why not try to help out.Or if you have nothing positive to say move on ;)

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lol not funny...

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Just ignore the negative stuff here.I hope you get everything fixed and your snake is fine :gj:

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You know instead of slamming someone about thier grammer why not try to help out.Or if you have nothing positive to say move on ;)
Just ignore the negative stuff here.I hope you get everything fixed and your snake is fine :gj:

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You know what joe... Knock it off... You take everything I say as "slamming someone" He doesn't have a problem, he just rushes. It was a joke in good fun. Grow up, this may be a family forum, but it's not a kindergarten class. If you are going to be that sensitive, you should probably stick to G rated movies and stay off the internet.

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You know what joe... Knock it off... You take everything I say as "slamming someone" He doesn't have a problem, he just rushes. It was a joke in good fun. Grow up, this may be a family forum, but it's not a kindergarten class. If you are going to be that sensitive, you should probably stick to G rated movies and stay off the internet.

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Well if you act like a kid then someone has to tell you its not needed here :colbert:.It seems like i am not the only one who thinks you should adjust your attitude here. Now back to the REAL topic here ;)

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Well if you act like a kid then someone has to tell you its not needed here :colbert:.It seems like i am not the only one who thinks you should adjust your attitude here. Now back to the REAL topic here ;)

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Oh so apparently only kids can thow a joke out there? Get real man. You have some type of personality; thinking that its your job to determine whether a joke is allowable on the forum. Why don't you let a few people who are not computer grouches laugh at a joke.

I don't see you telling Hotshot that he's acting like a kid by typing like one.

Besides, for someone that is trying to get "back to the REAL topic here," you sure do antagonize the situation. If you don't like my post, how about you try ignoring it... buddy.

BC, was only a joke i type fast cuz i was worried about my snakes. I could really care less how i type, on the computer this is not real life im not writing a letter so can we help me out and not come down on my typing. Thank you lets move on.....

Question the heat is out but the power is on????

frog already knows the answer cuz of the pm :) but yes i got power