We lost our power last night so it got me thinking. What do you have to do or have on hand that's special because of your animals when you lose power? Do you have any future plans for you home because of your animals? What emergency plans do you have in place for them?

We keep peroxide around for the fish tanks and pond (battery back up pumps are on the list to get). In the winter we have a wood burner going in so no one freezes. We have plans to go solar as soon as possible so we don't lose power and it won't be a problem any more. Plus I hate the electric bill!! lol We also have plans for fresh water collection and gray water collection. We have several big gardens either in or going in, I have grapes, berries, vegis, melons, sunflowers, mushrooms, and fruit trees, mostly for the animals. We have a big turtle pond and special area going in just for them. I have an animal yard in the works (its a small area of plush grass totally fenced in) for the ferrets and such to play in. We have a dog fence going up with a new outside door which will give them the freedom to come and go by themselves. We're converting a small attic area (off our bedroom) into a cat play room. My big walk in storage closet is becoming a fox den eventually (before I bring home my fennec). My living room is getting set up for a tortoise, and we have lots of built in cages and such going in. We have an outdoor bunny coop going in and we have to rebuild the pigeon coop and we already built a pond in our office.
We've only had our house for a little over a year so we have alot to do but we bought it with all the plans for making our animals as comfortable as we are.