This is a good thread; it poses as a good warning to anyone who hasn't thought of this happening... but for all of us who are in the midst of this winter storm, hopefully advice isn't too late.



My husband purchased a gasoline-powered generator earlier this year. I grumbled a little at the time, but I am SO happy right now!! We are running a light, his entire fish tank, two of my snake cages, a radio, a space heater, and his laptop, and aren't even remotely straining the capacity of the generator. I strongly suggest buying a generator to anyone in regions that might suffer a winter storm like this one.



For my snakes, I am running the UTH and heat lamp on my largest female's cage, and the heat lamp on my male's cage. I have my male, my yearling het female, and my Dumeril's boa in separate snake bags together in my male's cage under the lamp with a digital thermometer/hygrometer sitting on top of them. So far, everything is working perfectly.



Of the previous suggestions, I think the idea of the handwarmer packs is a good one; if you can't afford a generator, or live in a place where it wouldn't be feasible to operate one, the little heat packs should do in a pinch.



Also, for the suggestion of using hot/warm water, it wouldn't be a terrible idea to stock up on hot water bottles - the kind you should be able to find in any pharmacy - fill those with warm-to-hot water, and put one in each enclosure of concern (assuming the snakes have the option to move away from them if the heat is too much). You could also use some slightly cooler water - just warm, not hot - and use it to warm several snakes in sepearate bags, as long as you are certain that the water is not hot enough to burn them when they can't move away from the heat source. These would be re-usable, and easy to store away until they are needed!



Good luck everyone! Stay warm!

~Rebecca
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0.1 Dumeril's Boa '04 (Courtney)

1.2 Ball Pythons

[1.0 '05 Orange Hypo (Specter)]

[0.1 '05 Het Orange Hypo (Sylvia)]

[0.1 '03 Normal (Sue)]

0.2 American Pit Bull Terriers (40lb darling lap dogs:Brandy&Mara)

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