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Traveling with my snakes

bryanb

bryanb

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Well Thursday night I am setting out on my 22 hour drive to Florida from Pensilvania. Any tips on the best way to move 4 corns and 2 six foot boas that far? And I may be driving irresistibly close to the breeder expo Friday night. Thoughts recommendations?
 
I have traveled a lot with my snakes. I put my small corns in deli containers and all my adult snakes in snake bags or pillowcases and put them all into a cooler. I put a thermometer in there to monitor temps and that's it. If you plan on using AC in your car you don't need a cold pack or anything in the cooler. I have never had issues with this method and I have traveled from CO to FL, FL to IL, IL to AZ and AZ to CA and many trips in between.
 
But don't ever leave them in your car without the AC running...

I pack mine like I'm going to ship them, and put a probed thermometer on the snake.

With big boas, I'd put them in bags in big coolers, and the corns in a smaller cooler, if you don't have shipping boxes. I actually would use cold packs, just in case. Or at least have them with you. You need a plan for if your car breaks down- that _has_ happened to me. I was on the turnpike (can't get off) and there was a crash, so they shut it down to get someone life-flighted out. And my thermostat was going out, so I couldn't run AC without the truck moving. But I put the animal in my drink cooler and everything was fine for the two hours I was stuck in 95F no shade.
 
I have a similar question....as far as the pillow case goes...anything in particular to look for? I'm thinking a light color would be better for the fabric.....can you (and/or should you wash a new pillowcase (for snake use only) in regular detergent? I've never traveled with mine...
 
The most important thing about any snake bag is make sure the corners are sewed tightly. Push hard with your finger. We had TWO incidents last year, here, with snakes that pushed out the corner and strangled.

You can buy nice snake bags from Superior Shipping Supplies.

The other thing is, Tie the knot tight. A snake can crawl through a loose knot.

And put in paper towels for "substrate" and in case of poop.
 
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