Quote Originally Posted by Jay_Bunny
I live in Richmond, Va and sometimes we get power outages. Now, snakes rely on heatlamps, heating pads, heating tape, and so on for thier heat. What happens when the power goes out? I want to be prepared just in case. I don't want my little Zim getting too chilly or possibly freezing to death. (One year we had a really bad icestorm and the temp in the house went down in the 30s-40s. Also with hurricanes and such, the power tends to go off. (During Isabel, my house lost power for two weeks.) Not good if I have a snake.

So what do you do when the power fails?
keep those little heat packs around. i know some people use those. no matter what, don't open the tank, wrap it up with whatever you can. my power went out a few weeks ago for a few hours and i immediately wrapped my racks up with blankets to hold it as much heat as possible. also, if it is a heated room, try to keep the door closed.