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In the middle of a power outage now and it's getting too cold for my baby leopard how do I keep her warm with no power?
 

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Can you still get warm water?
If not do you have a gas stove? You can warm water on that.
We don't have a gas stove but we might have warm water, if we do how do I keep her warm with it? Currently she's in her bath tub on a dry wash cloth with candles around it in my best attempt to keep her warm and it's warmer that it was in her enclosure.
 

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If the candles are working then continue. Just be so very careful they don't start a fire.
As for the warm water, you would have to keep soaking her and changing the water to keep it warm.
You could also fill a glass jar with hot water. Put lid on and put that next to the little box you have her in and then throw a towel over the jar and tort. No candles being covered though.
 

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If the candles are working then continue. Just be so very careful they don't start a fire.
As for the warm water, you would have to keep soaking her and changing the water to keep it warm.
You could also fill a glass jar with hot water. Put lid on and put that next to the little box you have her in and then throw a towel over the jar and tort. No candles being covered though.
Alright her enclosure was 69 and going down when I took her out it is now 73 where she decided to lay so it's better than her enclosure. She has a tiny water dish in there now since the power is supposed to be out for another hour or so. Thanks for the quick reply.
 

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She doesn't need water right now. I would just worry about keeping her warm.
Once the power does come back on crank her enclosure over all temp to 85. If all seems fine tomorrow, no runny nose or squeaks, you can lower it back to 80. If there is some discharge or noises then leave it at 85 for a week past all signs being cleared up.
 

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She doesn't need water right now. I would just worry about keeping her warm.
Once the power does come back on crank her enclosure over all temp to 85. If all seems fine tomorrow, no runny nose or squeaks, you can lower it back to 80. If there is some discharge or noises then leave it at 85 for a week past all signs being cleared up.
I have two heat lamps on all the time for her just to keep the enclosure temp about 81 or so I'm still unsure on how to get it to stay warm enough I'm not sure what else I can get to keep it warm enough for her (when power is working)
 

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I know it's supposed to be warming and have like super hot basking spots but she just moved into her bigger enclosure and it's still getting finalized I just have no idea what to add to keep the temperature hot enough without 24 hour two heat lamps that is kinda bright.
 

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I know it's supposed to be warming and have like super hot basking spots but she just moved into her bigger enclosure and it's still getting finalized I just have no idea what to add to keep the temperature hot enough without 24 hour two heat lamps that is kinda bright.
There should be no light at night. Ceramic heat emitters are used for night heat or radiant heat panels.
Make it a closed chamber like she needs with humidity at 80%, day and night temp 80 and basking 95-100.
Read the leopards caresheet and enclosed chamber threads.
 

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There should be no light at night. Ceramic heat emitters are used for night heat or radiant heat panels.
Make it a closed chamber like she needs with humidity at 80%, day and night temp 80 and basking 95-100.
Read the leopards caresheet and enclosed chamber threads.
Read through the leopard care sheet a few times just not sure how to keep it good for her I would usually have a blue night light for her that was a heat light on for night but since we got the new enclosure it was too big for it so I don't know how to put the heat sources where they need to be. Or where to get them from.
 

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Che from amazon or any local pet store. Get two. Same with thermostat for the che's
The fixtures for them from home depot metal shade with ceramic socket.
Post a picture of the enclosure and we can help.
 

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Could you heat a large flat stone or cast iron skillet by fire SAFELY then use the heated stone/skillet as a heat source under some towels or some such to radiate heat into the space without any direct contact? Pioneers used to do this with soapstone and special irons designed to warm beds prior to bedtime
 

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I have two heat lamps on all the time for her just to keep the enclosure temp about 81 or so I'm still unsure on how to get it to stay warm enough I'm not sure what else I can get to keep it warm enough for her (when power is working)
You need a large closed chamber. Open topped enclosure will not work. The colder the room temp is, the harder it will be.

Its explained here:
 

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It's gonna be tough, No Electricity, and No gas stove, Hum . . trying to think of alternatives. How bout the car heater?
 

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This is the inside from a while ago she has a hide now. I'll get one of the whole thing when I have power again though the room were in is now up to 80 with the help from the candles or at least where she is is up to a staggering 80.
Could you heat a large flat stone or cast iron skillet by fire SAFELY then use the heated stone/skillet as a heat source under some towels or some such to radiate heat into the space without any direct contact? Pioneers used to do this with soapstone and special irons designed to warm beds prior to bedtime
We have come up with a emergency plan my close friend lives in town so their power pretty much never goes so their gonna have a temporary set up for her at their place and we'll take her there in case of a bad outage like last night.
 

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It's gonna be tough, No Electricity, and No gas stove, Hum . . trying to think of alternatives. How bout the car heater?
That's what we did, we got in the car with her in her travel container, turned the heat all the way up and the heated seat and drove around a bit
 

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That's what we did, we got in the car with her in her travel container, turned the heat all the way up and the heated seat and drove around a bit
And put a soda bottle filled with water on the dash near the defroster to warm up water for later...
 
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