YigosFlower
New Member
I live in the midwest & recently due to weather our power has gone out a handful of times, got me to thinking.... I read a thread dating back to 2007 & wondered if there have been any 'advances' in what to do in case of an outage? Im going to assume no because there is only so much that can be done without power, but thought i'd ask.
My home does have two gas fire places & it does keep the house pretty warm, however im thinking about keeping my chameleon in my bedroom upstairs. Generally it does get cold in there regardless if the fire place is on, but we also have a space heater going given we have power. I would have to move his cage downstairs closer to the fire place, but being that they are gas i dont know if that would be a threat? My house is very open, so the rooms dont get THAT warm without the heat going too, he'd have to go in a pretty close range to the fire place to keep relatively warm. If its a short few hours we are without will providing heat be good enough or will the lights be a big issue? (granted i have a big picture window in my front living room by one of the fire places.)
What happens if my power is out for many hours, days, or weeks? What do i do about light & extra warmth? I believe we have a gas generator that could always come in handy, but i'd have to run some hella extension cords!
My mother in laws house generally will have power if ours doesnt because shes enough into the city, but would taking him & his cage to her place be a bad idea in the event? (for a longer term outage?) Rather than using a generator?
Second question,
How do you emergency travel with your cham? Im not ever going to take him out 'joy riding,' but in the event i need to get him somewhere that has power or the vet how do i go about that swiftly in the winter months?
My home does have two gas fire places & it does keep the house pretty warm, however im thinking about keeping my chameleon in my bedroom upstairs. Generally it does get cold in there regardless if the fire place is on, but we also have a space heater going given we have power. I would have to move his cage downstairs closer to the fire place, but being that they are gas i dont know if that would be a threat? My house is very open, so the rooms dont get THAT warm without the heat going too, he'd have to go in a pretty close range to the fire place to keep relatively warm. If its a short few hours we are without will providing heat be good enough or will the lights be a big issue? (granted i have a big picture window in my front living room by one of the fire places.)
What happens if my power is out for many hours, days, or weeks? What do i do about light & extra warmth? I believe we have a gas generator that could always come in handy, but i'd have to run some hella extension cords!
My mother in laws house generally will have power if ours doesnt because shes enough into the city, but would taking him & his cage to her place be a bad idea in the event? (for a longer term outage?) Rather than using a generator?
Second question,
How do you emergency travel with your cham? Im not ever going to take him out 'joy riding,' but in the event i need to get him somewhere that has power or the vet how do i go about that swiftly in the winter months?
