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Sooo need a tad bit of help

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Yuka

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Alrighty I hate this n00b feeling but hey, we all started there.

Anywhoo, Toronto Reptile Expo on Sunday, gonna pick up my scale baby there but the thing is though, I'm at a loss for transportation. Could I stick her in a pillowcase and carry her in my backpack, could I put her in a large tupperware container with a heat pack, heck, can I pay for her first and pick her up before I go so I don't have to carry around a very angry snake for the duration of the expo? I caught wind of a lavender adult female and while I dunno if I can afford her,if I can I wanna snatch her up before someone else does but I don't wanna stress her out by carrying her with me. Thanks for any help!
 
Most snakes sold at expos are placed in a deli style container, even adults, for transportation home from the expo. Also it wouldn't hurt to ask the seller if they could mark the animal as sold and hold it for you while you wandered around. I think most will, as long as you have payed, they don't want to overly stress any more than you do.
 
It wouldn't hurt to bring a cooler with a heat pack. At a show, she will most likely be in a big deli. I guess I might bring a pillow case, just in case your car breaks down or somehting, you can put her inside your coat. Same reason when I travel with snakes in Florida, they are always packed like I'm shipping them- just in case. You want the temperature to be controlled. Here, it's more of a case of you don't want to cook them.
 
I got mine from a show. She came in a deli cup, but just in case, I brought a Tupperware container. It depends on how far away it is.
 
Thanks for all the help everyone!

I got myself a big tupperware container and some glove heatpacks for her and it worked like a charm! They were gonna give me a snake bag to put her in but when I said I had the container, they said it was better to use that instead. Good thing i got it! Lola's all settled in now, I'll take her out again for her first feeding with me and then after she's digested, I'll let her get to know me. :3
 
Yuka said:
Thanks for all the help everyone!

I got myself a big tupperware container and some glove heatpacks for her and it worked like a charm! They were gonna give me a snake bag to put her in but when I said I had the container, they said it was better to use that instead. Good thing i got it! Lola's all settled in now, I'll take her out again for her first feeding with me and then after she's digested, I'll let her get to know me. :3
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For future reference, those glove heat packs you get at sporting goods stores and such get VERY hot and can be dangerous to use with reptiles.

It might not be a bad idea to order some of the heat packs designed to use with reptiles, they're much safer for them.
 
I've heard of that happening with some brands but the ones I've used have never gotten that hot. They were warm to the touch instead of hot and were activated just before I left the expo so they didn't have enough time to even get hot. On top of that, not once did they come in direct contact with her as I had wrapped them in towels and the container was big enough that she could lie on the 'cool' side of the container.
 
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