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power outage

mbrown

mbrown

Sleepless in NY
hi. i was wondering what i would have to do (heating-wise) if i ever have a few days of power outage. i live upstate NY, and i heard its common to have blizzards, and power outages for days. any suggestions? i rather be safe then sorry, plus i worry alot LOL
 
I read a forum that said you can get battery heat pads. I don't know much but it sounds like they are available, Try your pet store or online search. I know many heat stones are battery operated but I know most people Think they are terribly dangerous.
Thanks for bringing up the topic, I might just have to look that up myself...
 
Depending on how many snakes you have you may want to invest in a generator. If you only have a few snakes you can always get some heat packs that are used when shipping. Even if you have an outage for a few days a couple 60 hour heat packs should keep them safe.
 
The cheapest and easiest alternative is to order a box of the reptile heat packs that we throw in the box during shipping. There are 20, 30, 40 and 60 hr packs that will get you through an outage. Check out Superior Enterprise's website for more details.
 
Glad to help

mbrown said:
u always seem to know everything
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My g/f say that repeatedly, only she substitues the words "seem to" with "think you". :D
 
The other thing that you can do is get a heater, kerosene, propane, etc. This way you can heat the room for the snake and for you. I used to live in Plattsburgh, NY...might be called Peru now about 10 years ago. So I know what the winters can be like. Having the heater would benifit you and the snake.
 
possibly get a fan that you can hook up a mister bottle to and mist water into the path of the fan. This should create coller air by forcing it through the water. The same thing that an air conditioner does.
 
Ahh this thread brings back memories from when I was 15 and scared for my new snake during a power cut. Rather off topic, hope you don't mind!

My town was hit by terrible flooding and a lot of us had no power. I was lucky in that my flat/apartment was only out for one night but it was a cold one! I got evacuated and then remembered poor snakey was still in there. Once I fought my way back in :) I warmed him up on my lap with my own body heat and put him in a 'sweater box' wrapped in lots of blankets. "Seemed like a good idea at the time." I thought I'd try and feed him so thawed a pinkie in a teeny drop of water using (ahem) a candle to heat it - honestly!! It took aages but my snake didn't seem to mind, gobbled it right up! This was late at night when I couldn't buy any battery-powered heat source, but boy was I glad the power was back on in the morning :)

Ta daa! Thanks for letting me share my little anecdote!
 
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