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Sneaking in a python by posing as a pregnant woman?

Kilala

Kilala

lemme go! I'm sleeping!
Does anyone think it would be possible to sneak a medium-sized python into a building (like a restaurant) if you don't want to leave the snake in the car? It would only be for like, an hour, and I'd put him in a pillowcase and wrap it up in a blanket so that my tummy wouldn't look bumpy.Would he get too hot? I could put something cool on my tummy as well (wrapped in a blanket) to keep him cool.

I thought this might work as I put him inside my shirt all the time when I'm reading a book, so I'm used to his movement. He actually likes it, he pretty much stays there except for the occasional shifting.

Please reply, I need an answer quickly!
 
After leaving a local show I met my family at McDonald's where my husband was doing a playdate with the kids. I took my snake in there in my backpack, put him down on the floor next to me and didn't think a thing about it. If you don't walk in with the "beady eyes" and looking all guilty, there shouldn't be a problem!
 
Hey I'd do it! Heck I have done it. I used to take my snakes to school with me all the time for a Biology class all the time when I was a freshman. Depending on how big it is, a lunch box works best. Then you can't really see them moving around.

But... Ummm... why would you be sneaking him into a restaurant again?
 
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I used to sneak Dillbird all over the place- movies, restaurants, all the attractions at Gatlinburg. Because he went through this phase when he couldn't fly, and he pulled all the feathers off the backs of his wings, and he was just- frantic all the time, so I brought him everywhere with me, he was never left alone. And I had a relative of a patient a few months ago who was walking all over the hospital with a dog in a purse, and no one ever caught on.
 
I've carried snakes almost everywhere (other than airports and such). I tried the pregant woman thing, but i guess I'm just too cute - I kept getting hit on! Teach me not to go in drag without a wedding ring! LOL.

Seriously, just put it in anything and go. Don't act nervous, and they'll almost always leave you alone: briefcase, purse, knapsack, etc. - OR - carry it inside in an insulated "shipping" box just marked "perishable." No live animal markings and not make it a BIG box. They probably won't ask ANYTHING (they never have me), but you could just tell them its chocolates from a friend in Belgium...and you don't want them to melt in the car. If it's too cold, tell them its homegrown lemons - that you LOVE - from family in south Florida and you don't want them to freeze in the car. Adjust contents to match the temps. LOL. OR, take my approach and say, "What color panties do you have on? If you think that's none of my business, then mind your own dang business, too."

usually, all questions stop when you ask someone about their panties - especially if they are male. :)
KJ
 
KJ... Lmao. :roflmao:

When Frosty was a youngster I used to put him in my sweatshirt pocket with my hands at both ends (he was a cruiser!) it worked for almost a year before he was big (and persistant) enough to poke his head out and give the old lady next to me a little tongue-flicker. I'm still not allowed in Cabella's. :rofl:
 
I've done this before. I picked up a blood python at a friends pet store and on the way home stop to get a bite to eat. It was winter and snowing out so he had to go in with me. No one even knew but me.
 
A friend of mine stopped at a little dinner 9Ok, it wasn't that fancy....lol) in west Texas a few years ago. We needed to collect some rattlesnakes for a researcher in FL. We had 4 or 5 in bags and each one was in a locked plastic box (or maybe it was the other way around - either way, they were double contained and one was a solid container). All were roughly subadults, and we had some atrox and scuts (if I remember correctly). All legal. Well, I'm not sure if hots were allowed in the dinner, but no GAME laws were broken.

Anyway, we sit down and start eating. In walks about 7 or 8 state biologists and maybe a warden in the mix. The sit a few booths down and the rattlesnakes get started. Buzzzzzzzzzz. Neither one of us was really worried, but my bud kinda looked and said something like "What do we do?" I got up and went talked to them. (I knew a couple of the guys.....lol.) After they told me a few choice places to hunt where I hadn't been before, I went sat back down.

If you ever make it to west Texas in the spring or summer (well, BEFORE they made road riding illegal, anyway!), watch close - every tired looking person in a restuarant likely has a snake or 20 stashed in something on them...and the store owners welcome them in. :)
 
After our herp meetings we all typically will walk into a local restaurant with our newly purchased animals from fellow members. We do it all the time. Just do not pull out your pet and you should be fine.
 
Am I the only person who doesn't think this is the wisest thing to do? Our hobby does not always get the much needed "good" publicity and instead the fear of snakes is perpetuated in the media. Do you think if the pregnant women is really not pregnant and instead has a snake hidden away and this is discovered it'll be good press? I doubt it.

I can see the headlines now....and I'm not too sure they would be a smiley bandaid over our already blackened herp hobby eye.

Don't get me wrong, either, I have had snakes in various places and I can understand situations where that may be necessary. However, I believe there is a difference of "have" to versus "want" to bring an animal into said scenarios. I say do not do it and find an alternate means to take care of said animal. If you MUST take the snake into someplace, at least use a backpack, purse, etc. which are less likely to cause attention and easier to place out of the way and less noticeable than a jiggling belly.
 
MohrSnakes said:
Am I the only person who doesn't think this is the wisest thing to do? Our hobby does not always get the much needed "good" publicity and instead the fear of snakes is perpetuated in the media. Do you think if the pregnant women is really not pregnant and instead has a snake hidden away and this is discovered it'll be good press? I doubt it.
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Post #2 was meant to be sarcastic but I guess it wasn't picked it up. Probably because I'm always serious and straight forward......;)
 
This woman hid fish in her clothing. Maybe she'll lend you her dress!

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There have been many times I have had to take snakes into a store or restaurant over the years. It is usually because I am shipping later in the day and have errands to run before going to FedEx. (We live way out in the boonies, and I don't like to go to FedEx until the heat of the day is gone so the snakes don't overheat on a Florida summer day). I generally just bring a large canvas tote bag and put the deli cups inside. Then I take them in with me to keep them from overheating in a vehicle. When I get to the FedEx parking lot, I put them in the appropriate boxes and tape them up. Nobody has ever noticed or cared what is in my bag. I put my purse inside the tote, so they just assume it is my purse (that would be more difficult for guys, lol!)

I always schedule my semi annual dentist appointments on shipping day to avoid 2 separate trips into town. I often just box the snakes up, but don't tape them all the way. That is because the first time the staff asked about the boxes and I told them what was inside, they all wanted to see the deli cups. Now they know what is in them, and always want to see, haha!
 
i have taken snakes into a restaurant, a best buy, and i think somewhere else.. we went to a show and realized we needed some stuff after.. if was a really hot day, so we put them in her purse so they wouldnt roast in my car and just walked about.. didnt get them out obviously..

we didnt plan it.. but as others have said if its somewhat necessary it can be pulled off
 
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