Power outage; will my leopard gecko be alright?

[hhadesu]

Hello, I am new here so I apologize for anything that may be an invalid question.

So about four hours ago, our power went out due to wind. We don't think it will be fixed until about midnight (if we're lucky...)

I was just wondering; do you think my leopard gecko will be okay without heat for the night? Right now it is about 70 degrees in the house

 

[MistyBleil]

Your Leo should be fine for a few hours, as long as the temps don't drop drastically low... like under 60. I would NOT feed him tonight, just to be safe since he will be without belly heat. I would wrap a blanket or something around the enclosure to help keep the heat in. This reminds me that I need to pick up some of those Handwarmer?Hot Hand things before Winter really hits hard here. we lose power at least one time every winter and I don't want to be scared my leos are going to get sick.

 

[hhadesu]

Alright! I wrapped some cloth towels over the warm side of her enclosure so hopefully that will help... at the moment the ambient tempurature is 69 degrees and hopefully it will stay around there for tonight!

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

UniHeat heat packs for power outages

Hi ~

Welcome aboard!

Here's another idea for heat packs. UniHeat packs can be purchased that last from 30+ to 72+ hours. Excellent for power outages.

Click: Amazon.com: reptile heat packs

Maybe wrap them in a small towel or dry washcloth to moderate the heat some when placed inside an enclosure.

 

[hmarie186]

Your Leo should be fine for a few hours, as long as the temps don't drop drastically low... like under 60. I would NOT feed him tonight, just to be safe since he will be without belly heat. I would wrap a blanket or something around the enclosure to help keep the heat in. This reminds me that I need to pick up some of those Handwarmer?Hot Hand things before Winter really hits hard here. we lose power at least one time every winter and I don't want to be scared my leos are going to get sick.

You just reminded me!

 

[MistyBleil]

Hi ~

Here's another idea for heat packs. UniHeat packs can be purchased that last from 30+ to 72+ hours. Excellent for power outages.

Thank goodness for Elizabeth (Momma Gecko) and Amazon Prime. My poor geckos would be cold and exposed with out these two sources. :biggrin:

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Hi ~

Here's another idea for heat packs. UniHeat packs can be purchased that last from 30+ to 72+ hours. Excellent for power outages.

Thank goodness for Elizabeth (Momma Gecko) and Amazon Prime. My poor geckos would be cold and exposed with out these two sources. :biggrin:

You're welcome, , Misty!

The UniHeat heat packs are long lasting. I think the heat output is more moderate than Hot Hands.

 

[hmarie186]

I've read the uniheat gets up to 100F.

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

I've read the uniheat gets up to 100F.

In my experience that does not happen. I've used the 60 hours for shipping; now the 72 hours. Shipped 4 boxes in September/October 2013 using the 72 hours. All 7 geckos arrived in fine shape!

In October 2014 I shipped 2.0 two year old Oedura castelnaui overnight to Missouri via Reptiles Express. Both geckos arrived fine.

I enclosed a min-max Taylor digital thermometer while I traveled to the FedEx Ship Center in Portland in October 2014. Maximum temperature when I opened the box to remove the digital was in the 80s. That was 5 hours after activating the heat pack.

I use the 72 hour UniHeats all the time for shipping to provide extra insurance in case the geckos meet some delay. I activate the heat pack about 1/2 hour before sealing the 12 x 9 x 6 inch box. The usually unwrapped heat pack is placed right next to the deli cup or between two deli cups. The box has a single hole through both the cardboard and the styrofoam for a little ventilation. Top and bottom box flaps are sealed on each side with 2 strips of tape each rather than completing sealing off the flaps.

Before I shipped for the first time I ran tests in a cool interior room with the box sealed up as if to go (without the geckos). In a 24 hour period the temps inside the box only exceeded the room temps outside the box by ~10*F.