Howdy all,

After seeing the pounding the east coast just got with snow, I figured I would get prepared "just in case" I have an outage. I live in a nice sized town, so I would not figure it would be out for that long.....but always want to be prepared.

The options I've looked at are:

- Putting blankets over the top of the viv. Apparently they retain heat well after power outages. So for a short term solution, it may work well.

- Possibly get those heat packs(24/48/80 hr), and then gather up your froggies....then you would place then in a box with a few of those packs? I doubt you could just put a pack into the viv....suppose that would not be the best idea....

- Getting a kerosene heater/propane heater. I've seen them around and seems it could be a nice option. Kerosene is alot more expensive than the "on top of the tank" propane heaters and last around 50 hours. Any experience with these?

- An obvious one, but wayyyyyy out of my price range would be a generator. In a perfect world I would have one, but forking out 200-1,000 on a generator is not an option....unless i win the lottery.....but then I'd move somewhere warmer....Anywho....lol

Basically, what do you all use and have on stand by in case of power outages?

Just a tid bitt you can always "rent" a generator as well.

The kerosene heater might be a good idea. You wouldn't have to heat the whole house just the room, the frogs are in so its not like they would have to run 24/7

I have a genny, but I think my second choice would have to be a kerosene heater.

Yeah, thats what I might look at then. Anyone have experience with the propane mounted heaters? They look as nice as the kerosene, but alot cheaper.....but again cheaper may mean other things too....

Thanks for the replies