if there ever was a power cut how would i keep my reptiles warm?

Answer 1

Battery heating systems will run out of juice very quickly if you have much of a heating need, and I have never seen a good battery back-up heater on the market.

My plan involves several options:
- Oven-baked bricks wrapped in towels.
- Large jars of hot water (heated on my camping stove) to try to make a nice, warm, humid area.
- Moving at least some of my animals to large coolers that have been pre-warmed with hot bricks, and adding warmed bricks to maintain temps (I also have some probe thermometers I would use to monitor this).
- We have a small kerosene heater we would use in one room to keep one room warm for us and pets if necessary.
- I have a supply of chemical 'hand warmer packs' I use in a pinch or for transport- ideally in an insulated container.

Your best friends for this problem will be a cheap insulated cooler big enough and safe enough for your pet, a camping stove and fuel (to use outside), some bricks or rocks you can safely bake or boil, and checmical hot packs.

Answer 2

A few years ago there was a January ice storm a few hours east of where I live. People were without power for days and some for weeks, the water in their toilet bowls froze. After that looked into how I could keep my collection alive in such a case. I calculated how much wattage I could run and for how long on alternate sources.
As Madkins said the battery units will not buy you very much time especially if you are using lights. Heat pads use far less wattage then lights. Have an insulated box on hand and run the heat pad intermittently, enough to keep the container around 70 F. You can't try to provide optimal temps in those situations.

Answer 3

Unless you live at the North Pole, your reptiles can handle lower temps for a good while. They will go dormant & remain hidden. Cover their cage with warm blankets/quilts etc & make sure they have fresh water. As long as the temp doesn't get below 35 degrees for an extended period, they should be OK. Your power should be restored in a matter of days at the longest unless there's been some type of natural disaster, in which case, your reptiles should still survive unless it's another ice age.

Answer 4

You could 1 out of two things. One the battery plug does work with a supplement of heat for a bit of time. Two is that all reptiles all live in the wild. If you have an outside cage thing you could always put them out their unless they are completely foreign and have totally different weather then just go with the battery plug.

Answer 5

you could buy a back-up battry to plug all of you lights into, the same thing people use for their computers. There are batteries that you can use as your electric outlet, only when the power cuts out, the battery will automatically kick on without you losing power. look up some of the computer backup batteries.

Answer 6

when my uncle visits us he has a 3 hour drive at least. my uncle used to bring his pet snake along in canvas bag, and the closest thing to a heat lamp the snake had for about 2 days was the sun. i think your reptiles will be able to survive with out heat for a tiny bit withought dying or becoming seriously sick. if not, than try and find a batterry powered heat lamp or a generator.

Answer 7

get a backup battery type thing. something that charges through your normal electricity, then turns on when the power goes out so you can power your reptile stuff....

just go to a hardware store and ask them about it, they will have a solution.

Answer 8

I agree. Back up battery. Otherwise, holding them close to you and sharing body warmth maybe? When we had a power cut, i lit a candle and held it towards my snake cage.

Answer 9

I think they have those warming lights with a battery back-up.