how to keep our babys warm.

[Olea]

over here the electricity keeps going out. and our poor babys are cold.. we have no fireplace, just blankets to keep warm. do i snuggle them up with me? even though im just as cold as them..

 

[li]

You can use hot water bottles covered with a towel. We lose our power a lot due to snow. I used to have a power inverter with a deep cell battery. Would run all the tank lights for 24 hours. Make sure during this period you dont feed live food.

 

[Olea]

very clever idea, thank you!

 

[ladyknite]

I've dealt with power outages for different types of reasons thru the years, and found some very clever information and ideas which i implicated many times.

I've done the hot water bottle as lisa suggested.

I've also done a rice bag. It stays nice and warm also.

We've used propane heat to raise the ambient air temp, and although it's not sufficient for basking, it will prevent the body from getting too cold. (remember, they are cold blooded already) Colder isn't really good.

The one i like the best is wiring indoor flood lights to the car battery, boat battery or motorcycle battery. I've ran my set ups like this for the last 7 or 8 years during outages and had no issues. I do have a generator, however, it would take 3 generators to run all my caging efficiently in addition to my heat in the house so the humans don't freeze.

I looked around the net a bit for some good instructions, but wasn't able to find them. I did however, come across this link, which was similar to the first one I ever saw. http://www.ehow.com/how_7562234_connect-light-bulb-battery.html
It gives you the basics, then just apply the physics to equal out the wattage of bulb with proper wiring and a mount, and you should be good. I can probably help you out with questions once you establish your setup.