im moving with my bp's

[juddb]

i have a question. i will be moving from maine to florida, i was wondering if anyone had any advice, i will be keeping them in pillow cases in a box with heat packs under it, i know that part. if you have any other advice , that would be great. its gonna be a long drive... also another question i will be leaving on the 14th and my boy is in shed mode his skin is dull and his eyes are blue, what should i do ???

[TheAudOne]

What part of FL are you moving to? I'm in Lehigh Acres...it's near Fort Myers on the Gulf Coast.

[juddb]

mayport jacksonville area

[Lauren]

I moved from FL to missouri and from missouri back to FL (college). I found that i showed more signs of stress than my bps did... but for my piece of mind i looked in on them at gas stops and took them out at night and gave them water.

GOOD LUCK!!!

[Kizerk]

make sure after you moved in, give them some time to get use to surroundings

good luck

[Entropy]

I moved from IN to WA with a ton of snakes. Put them in snake bags and pillow cases. Put them in a few large tubs in the back seat on top of the luggage and took them into the hotels with me every night (talk about a lot of trips and some strange looks "ma'am, your pillowcase is moving"). It was a 35 hour trip and in the end I was more stressed then they were. Two had shed while in transit and four shed upon arrival. All ate the Friday after arrival (got here on a Sunday) none were worse for the wear.

[Jahbeard]

I move from Florida to North Carolina in May (04) and they rode in the back of my Dorango, about 14 hours, no muss, no fuss. It was tough getting them to say in the seat belts. lol

[hoo-t]

Biggest tip I can think of is don't put them on the floorboard of the car! I read an account of a breeder who was traveling home from a show. He had his snakes on the floorboard, apparently directly above the muffler. If I remember correctly, he lost nearly all of the snakes due to overheating.

Steve

[Entropy]

It was Bryan Kollwitz and the gentleman who is out of Chicago that lost all those snakes. Such a pity.

[juddb]

thanks everyone, should i not take them out of the bags at all the whole way or what?