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Travelling and Transporting

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I am moving home from university for the summer, and need to bring my snake on the 4 hour drive with me. How should I go about this? I am assuming leave him in his tank, and just keep the inside of the car warm enough for him? Any special concerns I should look out for?
 
Depending on how big your snake is I would either put them in a snake bag/pillow case or something that's small and dark. He should be fine (I've transported snakes from college to home which is anywhere between 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 hours depending on traffic) but make sure that he's not in direct sun so you don't bake him or in the blast of air conditioning. Depending on feeding I might skip a week just so that it doesn't stress your snake out more and possibly cause him to regurgitate. Just my .02

~Katie
 
I find the safest way to transport is to use a rigid, insulated cooler. Then you don't have to worry much if it suddenly gets a little too cold or too hot - takes a while to chill or heat when the lid is on. If it is a fairly large cooler, you don't need airholes, since you will probably check it each time you stop for gas or food. Also, with a strong cooler, you won't have to worry about something accidently falling on and crushing your snake. And you can add a heat pack or cool pack if needed. We use a cooler on wheels (with drilled airholes) to transport all of our deli cups of snakes to all of the expos - works great!
 
kathylove said:
I find the safest way to transport is to use a rigid, insulated cooler. Then you don't have to worry much if it suddenly gets a little too cold or too hot - takes a while to chill or heat when the lid is on. If it is a fairly large cooler, you don't need airholes, since you will probably check it each time you stop for gas or food. Also, with a strong cooler, you won't have to worry about something accidently falling on and crushing your snake. And you can add a heat pack or cool pack if needed. We use a cooler on wheels (with drilled airholes) to transport all of our deli cups of snakes to all of the expos - works great!
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Thats a good Idea Kathy
 
I use large polysterene boxes (the ones used to deliver tropical fish). I put a few air holes about 6 inches from the top and fill the box with screwed up newspaper so the snake feels safe.
 
I use a large styrofoam camping cooler like Kathy and then just put the snake in a tied pillow case. Never had an issue yet, and it gets COLD up here.
 
Come August, I have to move my babies 5 hours away. I plan on keeping them in suitable size plastic shoe boxes with locking lids. Hopefully all goes well!
 
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