Yesterday, the strong winds caused a power outage in our neighborhood and knocked the back door of our house open. We don't know what time this happened, but I left the house at noon and my husband got home around 6. For up to a few hours, cold wind was blowing through our house and my ball python, Ribbon, had no heat source. When my husband got home, it was dark but he did his best; he took her out to the car and wrapped her around his neck and warmed her up for half an hour, then put her back in her tank because she peed on him. He didn't notice anything wrong with her and said she seemed fine, but when I got home at 9, I took her out of the tank and she seemed really stiff and kept her head upside down, like she couldn't figure out which way was up. She also started having fluid drip out her nose and making some wheezing noises. I kept her around my neck under my sweatshirt while we packed up the pets and their gear (we also have 2 cats and a chihuahua, who were chilling in the house like the freezing wind was a mild summer breeze). When we got to the hotel, we set up her travel tank and she seemed much more active at that point, and her head wasn't at that creepy upside down angle.

We called the emergency vet before we left and they said the best thing to do was get Ribbon warmed up, but they didn't tell us any more than that. Our power is back on today and we're at home again, but I'm still worried. She stopped leaking out of her nose and the wheezing stopped, but I heard her make a popping noise (only heard her do it twice in 2 hours this morning while she was around my neck). I know the fluid and popping noises indicate a respiratory problem, but the emergency vet made it sound like it should be cured just by getting her warmed up.

So, hopefully someone out there can help! Does it sound like Ribbon will be okay? Is there anything I should watch out for? What causes the fluid to come out her nose? We thought it was water, but when we got home today, there's a pale greenish brown puddle on the floor where she was dripping (we couldn't see it in the dark last night). Also, I was wondering if there's anything we can buy to be prepared for the next power outage, besides a power generator. Are there any battery powered heaters, or something to plug her heating pad into, that would work to keep her tank warm for up to like 15 hours?