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[Caitlin]

I'm so sorry you and your pets are going through this, but am very glad that you're all safe, even if stressed. I live in wildfire country and have been through this - you can get through it and keep her safe, I promise! My heart is with you. A few suggestions:

Don't (like really. DON'T) feed your snake until you are settled back into your normal environment and she's in her regular enclosure with stable temperatures. A healthy 6-year-old Ball Python will be totally fine without eating for quite awhile (as in many, many weeks). Please don't fret about that part; she's safe and by not feeding her while things are so chaotic, you are protecting her from regurgitation, which is far more dangerous to her than what she's dealing with right now.

If you live in (or can get to) Northern California, as Hugsplox mentions, East Bay Vivarium in Berkeley will board your snake for free for two weeks (possibly longer if needed).

Keeping her in a pillow case next to your body is fine if you can manage it during the day; at night you don't want to accidentally roll over on her, so just put her enclosure under the covers with you as bcr229 suggests.

You can put hot water in plastic water bottles and place them in her enclosure; cover them with a sock. You'll need to change them every couple of hours throughout the night, though. If you can find them, those chemical handwarmers would work, but be very careful - they get super hot, so be sure to put them in a sock or cover them with a light towel. If you can get to a PetSmart or whatever, or even a big gardening supply store, you could pick up a small heat mat (if from a gardening supply store, the heat mats they use for propagating seedlings are basically the same thing). Just monitor it like crazy and put it on the side of the tub, not the bottom, because without a thermostat it could definitely spike to dangerous temps.

I would never recommend this under normal circumstances, but if you can't find a heat mat, you could also just hit a Target or a drug store and put her on a heating pad meant for humans.

She should be fine at cool temps for a few days, but if you are displaced longer than that, then definitely try to get a heat pad set up for her. Ask us here for help if you have never set up a heat pad with a plastic tub before.

Take care, and check in here to update us and ask any questions you need to.