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I lost power for nine days due to the ice storm in central Massachusetts. Thanks God for generators or I would have lost my entire collection. As it stands, the reptile room did get down to close to 50 degrees for most of this time. I was able to send some power to heat tape so the hatchlings I still have were able to get close to 65 degrees. All my adults were deep in winter cool down so it was just 6-8 degrees colder than normal.

Check out the link to some video I shot.

This is one of the reasons why I keep Hondurans and black milks - they are tough.

Anybody else dealing with long term power loss?

Rob Haneisen

Glad your snakes made it through alright Rob. 9 days is a REALLY long time without power. I know that had to be stressful.
I lost power in a ice storm were I used to live a few years ago for a few days. I had to put a kerosine heater in the middle of a small hallway, between my two snake rooms and keep it burning the whole time to keep them from freezing. I only slept a hour or two at a time because I was afraid the kerosine heater in such a small area was going to catch the walls on fire. I would let the walls cool down for a hour or two each time I had to take the heater outside for a refill.

Glad you got your power back and great video by the way.
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Randy Whittington

Glad everything worked out for you Rob. I am a little south of you and lost power for 6 days. Ice is gone, power is back, trees cleaned up for the most part, and now........ SNOW. Gotta love living in New England!

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Joe

Scary story. Glad to hear YOU and your snakes are O.K. I am in the process of installing a generator system now. Just plug it in and throw the switches you want to power. Your story just put the project up in priority.

Glad to hear everything made it, Rob. Man that must have been a looong 9 days.

Dave
DNS Reptiles

Glad evertthing survived. Here in SE Tx we lose power due to hurricanes. Cold isn't a problem. I was without power 19 days due to Ike, but the snakes had no problem. I couldn't take that cold....nevermind the snakes !

How in the world the milks OUTSIDE survived the ice storm without a generator huh??

lol true but the non N.American milks and than only types from N.States can't handle it.

np

I would think that only native milks from cold northern states could handle such cold .

I couldnt fathom the southern milks or milks from warm countries being able to handle such cold for any length of time.

Alot of the southern variants inhabit the cooler areas of their respective countries. I am sure the larger milks (Andean, Micro, Hondo, Gaigae)are built to handle extreme temps though likely not for such extended spells. I know most Hondo keepers dont put breeding adults down so far or for as long as their NA brethren but that doesnt mean that physiologically they cant handle it.