The good and the bad

[Kinra]

I finally made it from WI to NH on Saturday. I drove straight through and left Friday morning. I took all of my reptiles with me because I'm going to be here for 6 months. Things didn't go as well as they could have and I feel like a really crappy keeper right now, but I had to do what I had to do.

My dad was building me some temporary racks. They are made out of plywood -- none of the snakes can come into direct contact with the wood because they were built to still have the lids on the tubs, I know plywood is toxic for reptiles because of the sap/oil. The downside is he was only able to build the one to hold the 41qt tubs right now. We are going to be building the rest of them Monday and Tuesday after we both finish work.

So the good:
1.) Everyone made it here okay.
2.) My female that was due to lay today didn't lay during transit. I expect she will lay in the next day or two.

The bad:
1.) I only have 4 41qts and 4 28qts setup.
2.) All most all of my ball pythons are in one 41qt tub. I had to put the males in 1 41qt tub, the larger females in 1 41qt, my gravid female in her own tub, and the rest are all in the same 41qt. In the 28qts I have my BCIs in one each, my leos and my fat tail are all in one together and then my hog islands and kenyans are in a tub together. I super worried about the leos/fat tail and the mixed boa species.

I didn't want to leave the snakes in the pillow cases any longer. I feel horrible about having so many younger ball pythons crammed in the same tub together right now too. I'm going to working hard with my dad to get the racks finished. I already have tubs for everyone, I just need the heat tape I ordered to get here and something to put them on. The situation really sucks, but it's only for 3 days. I'm hoping everyone will pull through just fine.

[BFE Pets]

I feel your pain. i've been there. after my house burned down (gotta love idiot neighbors) I had 5 young bp's in one 10 gallon tank for almost a week. the only advice I can offer is that MDF/partical board from lowes or home depot isnt toxic to your animals and also normally cheaper than plywood. also laytex paint will seal in the sap from plywood if you want to go lid less. also you could put everyone in there rightful tubs stack them in a closet with a space heater. yes no belly heat but they wouldnt be getting stressed from being over crowded. good luck and hope everything works out for ya.