haha. you guys read my mind. i was wondering last night what do i do if ther is a power outage like we normally have. i figured the cage would retain the heat for awhile and then hold it itil the the power is back. my house is heated with gas but i cant raise the temp to 84* for the snake. my parents would kill me. and make my pay the bill. when me power goes out its normally for 1-2 days. i think ill go out and buy some of those heat packs. where exactly could you get some? the local drugstore?