» Site Navigation
1 members and 3,153 guests
Most users ever online was 6,337, 01-24-2020 at 04:30 AM.
» Today's Birthdays
» Stats
Members: 75,102
Threads: 248,542
Posts: 2,568,765
Top Poster: JLC (31,651)
Welcome to our newest member, Geezy99
|
-
Registered User
Phew hand warmers save the day
Horrible six alarm house fire about a block down the street from us. The electric company killed our power and it’s not the warmest in PA. Luckily I had some hand warmers from the football game,they kept mike all nice and toasty until we got the power back. Also everyone in the house escaped unharmed.
-
The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to DandD For This Useful Post:
Bogertophis (12-31-2018),FollowTheSun (01-01-2019),MR Snakes (01-01-2019),zina10 (01-01-2019)
-
Oh geez, what an awful way for that family to start the new year...not fun having your power out either, great that you hand those on hand. And I'm glad
they all got out OK too.
-
The Following User Says Thank You to Bogertophis For This Useful Post:
-
All is well that ends well.
Glad you and your loved ones are ok !
Guess its a good idea to keep those hand warmers around the house in the cold season.
Zina
0.1 Super Emperor Pinstripe Ball Python "Sunny" 0.1 Pastel Orange Dream Desert Ghost Ball Python "Luna" 0.1 Pastel Desert Ghost Ball Python "Arjanam" 0.1 Lemonblast Enchi Desert Ghost Ball Python "Aurora" 0.1 Pastel Enchi Desert Ghost Ball Python "Venus" 1.0 Pastel Butter Enchi Desert Ghost Ball Python "Sirius" 1.0 Crested Gecko ( Rhacodactylus ciliatus) "Smeagol"
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." - Antoine de Saint-ExupÈry
-
The Following User Says Thank You to zina10 For This Useful Post:
-
Registered User
Re: Phew hand warmers save the day
I have a pair of reusable Hot Snapz hand warmers for emergency use, but I have to be very careful with them since they get so hot. I would wrap them in a towel and place them outside my snakes holding box and keep a watchful eye on the temperature with my IR temp gun. They need boiling water to reset though, so not a good solution for prolonged power loss either. I'm glad your guys made it through ok! It's always a good idea to have backup heating elements for our cold blooded friends in case something like that happens!
Sent from my SM-J327P using Tapatalk
-
The Following User Says Thank You to elleon For This Useful Post:
-
Re: Phew hand warmers save the day
Originally Posted by zina10
All is well that ends well.
Glad you and your loved ones are ok !
Guess its a good idea to keep those hand warmers around the house in the cold season.
Or a generator.
-
The Following User Says Thank You to MR Snakes For This Useful Post:
-
Re: Phew hand warmers save the day
Originally Posted by MR Snakes
Or a generator.
IF you can't get a generator, get a Mr. Heater Buddy.
https://www.amazon.com/Mr-Heater-F23...002G51BZU?th=1
1.0 Freddy -Python Regius
1.0 Darby -Boa Imperator
1.0 Kenny -Morelia Bredli
0.1 La Reina -Lampropeltis Californiae
1.0 Luciano -Drymarchon Melanurus Unicolor
0.1 Macarena -Heterodon Nasicus Nasicus
1.0 Hugo -Morelia Spilota Mcdowelli
Morelia Mafia For Life
-
-
Re: Phew hand warmers save the day
Originally Posted by RickyNY
My Mom uses one of these portable propane heaters for supplemental heat in the winter...different brand, but same type of product. Hers also has a hose to attach to a full size propane tank which usually lasts a couple days heating just one room.
Other Snakes:
Hudson 1988 1.0 Colombian rainbow; Yang 2002 1.0 Corn snake; Merlin 2000 1.0 Solomon Island ground boa; Kett 2015 1.0 Diamond Jungle Jaguar carpet python; Dakota 2014 0.0.1 Children’s python
Ball pythons:
Eli 1990 1.0 Normal; Buttercup 2015 1.0 Albino; Artemis 2015 0.1 Dragonfly; Orion 2015 1.0 Banana Pinstripe; Button 2018 1.0 Blue Eyed Lucy; Piper 2018 0.1 Piebald; Belle 2018 0.1 Lemonblast; Sabrina 2017 0.1 Mojave; Selene 2017 0.1 Banana Mojave; Loki 2018 1.0 Pastel Mystic Potion; Cuervo 2018 1.0 Banana Piebald; Claude 2017 1.0 Albino Pastel Spider; Penelope 2016 0.1 Lesser
-
-
Registered User
i have a 900 watts of solar panels for emergencies
-
-
Re: Phew hand warmers save the day
Heat packs can really come in handy for storms, power outages, car travel, vet visits, etc.
But I would strongly recommend against using hand warmers. Even if not in a shipping box/environment, they get dangerously hot. In the shipping world, hand warmers are the number one cause of reptile DOAs.
A better choice is to be prepared with a handful of extra heat packs for emergency/travel situations. A great choice would be the 72 hr heat packs. They don't peak as hot as the 40 hr packs, and not nearly as hot as hand warmers (which peak at 180F), but they also last a few days. During a time of storms/crisis/travel, the goal is not to achieve ideal temps or husbandry, but just to keep temps from getting too cold.
Heat packs of 40+ hrs duration can be a real challenge to find locally, they aren't typically available at big box stores, sports stores, Target, etc. You can order 40 hr, 60 hr and 72 hr heat packs at our site ShipYourReptiles.com. They don't typically expire for at least a couple of years, so getting some in hand and keeping them in the toolbox/stashbox is a wise choice.
-
The Following User Says Thank You to Robyn@SYR For This Useful Post:
-
Re: Phew hand warmers save the day
Originally Posted by Robyn@SYR
You can order 40 hr, 60 hr and 72 hr heat packs at our site ShipYourReptiles.com. They don't typically expire for at least a couple of years, so getting some in hand and keeping them in the toolbox/stashbox is a wise choice.
You must be temporarily out of the 60 hr. version, I'm not seeing those? But I agree, these are great to have on hand for outages or travel to vets in winter, etc.
-
Posting Permissions
- You may not post new threads
- You may not post replies
- You may not post attachments
- You may not edit your posts
-
Forum Rules
|