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- Low desert 50 mi SE of Palm Springs CA
The problems:
1. At least 9 hours without electricity (it just came on)
2. Since I got Chug as an adult, I do not have a table, lights, CHE.
3. Chug's fridge went from 42 deg to 55 deg.
4. We've been having an unusually cold winter and spring--it is too cold for him to move outside. (high 40's, low 50's night; high 60's, low 70's day).
The plan:
1. Leave the fridge off and let him slowly warm to house temp.
2. Then move him to a very large cardboard box. The box will only have underpads on the bottom, plus a dog crate hide with dirt in it. For a few days, just soak to rehydrate.
3. When fully awake, rig a regular bulb for daytime basking, and off at night.
4. Start feeding.
5. When weather warms, out to enclosure. This also gives newly planted seeds some time to sprout.
This isn't perfect, but will it work for 2 weeks or so? Once eating, he can have exercise time outside during warm afternoons. Gotta walk to poop! LOL!
1. At least 9 hours without electricity (it just came on)
2. Since I got Chug as an adult, I do not have a table, lights, CHE.
3. Chug's fridge went from 42 deg to 55 deg.
4. We've been having an unusually cold winter and spring--it is too cold for him to move outside. (high 40's, low 50's night; high 60's, low 70's day).
The plan:
1. Leave the fridge off and let him slowly warm to house temp.
2. Then move him to a very large cardboard box. The box will only have underpads on the bottom, plus a dog crate hide with dirt in it. For a few days, just soak to rehydrate.
3. When fully awake, rig a regular bulb for daytime basking, and off at night.
4. Start feeding.
5. When weather warms, out to enclosure. This also gives newly planted seeds some time to sprout.
This isn't perfect, but will it work for 2 weeks or so? Once eating, he can have exercise time outside during warm afternoons. Gotta walk to poop! LOL!