Crisis

[Vyn1228]

Tonight has shattered my faith in America electronics. At around 4:00AM this morning I woke to my wife tossing and turning... Generally just one of those things, nothing new or exotic.

What was new and exotic however... was the lack of red light in the room. My BP's heat lamp is run by a tstat... so I knew it wasn't out of the ordinary but something still wasn't right... I turned over and my new little guy Hex (an Albino King snake) had no light either. Since his light is directly fed and his UTH on a dimmer that set off so many red flags I thought my head was going to explode.

I came out of my bed like a bolt of lightning. I'm going to be sporting some wonderful bruises from where I roared down the stairs to hit the lights and returning to the cages.

When I got to them I found that both temps on either side of the cages were plummeting. Sayurii was a little icy brick and Hex wasn't in much better shape. We immediately removed them from the cages and got them placed on our persons (yes my central heat failed, so we were all cold) and I set off several of our backup generators and space heaters. Praise God both of my snakes came back to their curious and hyperactive selves once they got a bit of warmth to them.

My King snake scared me far worse than my ball since he just willing left his cage with no fuss at all, I nearly cried when he latched onto my finger and proved that he was still with us.

I have set appointments for both of them to have full workups in the morning and for the next week or so that assure that the incident isn't going to lead to further health issues...

Please keep us in your prayers. And as for the central heat guys... they'll be dead by morning.

[nixer]

well how cold did it get?

[Vyn1228]

The ambient cage temps on either of them were on their way through the 40's and the actual floor temps were no better when I woke up and broke into a rage. The house is still trying to get out of the 30's right now. Thankfully some of the insulation that is wrapped around the cages held what little heat was left.

[nixer]

for what its worth i understand your thinking about rushing them to the vet first thing in the morning but unless they dont return to normal its not really needed. the ball would be way worse off than the milksnake. id just keep your eyes on both for signs of RI or really odd behavior.

i have had snakes shipped to me that ups has place in a cooler because the box said perishable on the side. let them gradually warm up.

[Vyn1228]

Yeah. I'm a bit overprotective of my two as it is... After they came back into activity the wife decided that we needed to do the same thing. I was turning blue myself xD But it looks like the little guys are going to be fine. My BP is not much of a player, but my King snake was out and about all this morning after the temps came back up.

Thanks

[Wh00h0069]

Man sorry to hear that happened. Sounds like they are in great hands with you, and will do just fine. It is a good think you found them in time. Keep us posted in their progress.

[Vyn1228]

We just checked them at 12:00 and I'm happy to report that both of our little guys are doing well. My BP was her typical timid self and my King was speeding around his cage like a spaz as usual.

Alls well

[starmom]

I *love* happy endings!!! Just observe for any symptoms of RI

[Melicious]

Glad to hear that they're doing better. -Sighs.- That must have been traumatizing for you all.

[Vyn1228]

It shook me pretty badly. The leap down the stairs didn't help my ankles but at the time the only thing I could think about was getting them out of those ice boxes. The trauma was greatly outweighed by the relief of their renewed activity and easy feeding.