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    Power is out

    power has been out for several hours, so he took a warm sink bath and now is wrapped up and cuddling with me

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    if i lived in a northern state, i'd be so afraid of the power going out in the winter

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    Re: Power is out

    I keep shipping heat warmers as an emergency back up.

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    Such a scary feeling. I lost heat in my apartment for a week and had to use a space heater near my snakes enclosure and up the wattage bulb to keep temps above 82/93 cool/warm side when my apartment was 50 degrees. I live in a Northern state and I have heard of using a cooler with hand warmers and placing your snake in a snake bag in the cooler and cracking it open for air. Not sure how it works never tried it. Good luck

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    Re: Power is out

    Quote Originally Posted by se7en View Post
    if i lived in a northern state, i'd be so afraid of the power going out in the winter
    Well I'm not exactly "north" but between our crappy infrastructure and regular winter ice storms - we're getting 1/2 inch of ice overnight tonight in fact - I purchased a generator years ago.

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    When I lost power back in November for about 10 hours, after 5 hours, all my guys dropped down to 70F and my poor BCI girl was wrapped up under her RHP like "OMG WHERES THE WARMTH!!??". So I had to put everyone in their totes and drag everyone out to the car and ran that for about 5 hours to keep everyone warm. Funny part is my bearded dragon didn't even wake up during the whole ordeal. Me though, half sleeping in a car from about 3am to 7ish am really sucks. A few people told me to check out Mr Heater which is an indoor heater that attaches to propane tanks. Looked really good and would keep a reptile room warm and a lot cheaper than a generator.

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    Re: Power is out

    Propane space heaters are a basic must if you live in an area with possible dangerous power outages. I bought a 5kw generator instead. Specifically for my snakes. A month later I lost power for 18 hrs. Dropped to single digits. They'd have been ice cubes if not for some foresight. Beauty about the 5kw is that I can run EVERYTHING in my place on that honda. Although when I get serious and build my dedicated facility I'll be going solar with a generator to boot.

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