heat lamp broke

[Bogertophis]

For an emergency (assuming you have no heating pads whatsoever, or incandescent light bulbs that give off heat, for example), I'd bag the snake in a cloth bag (old
pillow case is fine, as long as there are no holes!), and put that bag into an "ice chest" (no ice, obviously) or other insulated styro-foam box (the kind they ship frozen
food in...often thrift stores may have them for sale cheap...if not, even many grocery stores sell ice chests/aka "coolers").

Then put a large clean jar or water bottle full of hot water in there for warmth and close it; depending on how cold your house is, you might need 2, but check the temps. When I had to do this for days during an ice storm, my house got down to 45* but all my snakes stayed a balmy 78-82* for about 8-9 hours at a time, at which point I replaced the hot water. Get the idea? Any questions? Your snake will sleep & be FINE this way...

As far as air exchange, if you're worried you can put a small bit of tape so the lid doesn't close quite tightly, but in a large cooler, there is plenty of air for one snake for 8 hours.

A blanket will NOT keep a BP healthy in a house that is 65*. None of my snakes got sick, incidentally. I've also moved across country with them packed the same way, bagged & in insulated containers. The other way to provide warmth is to bag your snake & put the bag in your shirt for a while, next to your body heat. We're about 98.6*, but in a cold house should be fine...use a belt to keep the bag from slipping out the bottom of your shirt. I've done this before at a
program for Earth Day, when the building for my snake program was way too cold. When people noticed the strange baby-bulge I smiled & said, "yes, I'm with
snake", LOL! But you don't want to sleep this way...you can roll over in your sleep & kill your snake.