Car Rides

Last weekened I took my BP to my parents' house that's only 3 minutes away for a visit. Tonight I'd like to take her to my friend's house for a visit, but it's about 15 minutes away. She did great on the previous quick ride. I just don't want her to get stressed or sick over it if they can. How much car riding is too much for a snake?

Just bag her, she'll be fine. I've taken my snakes on 1.5 hour drives to my friend's place to get sexed, and they never had a problem. Just keep the temperature in mind, and either bag them and then put them in a smallish tub, or have a friend in the car to hold them, so they don't slide around a lot.

And be sure to tie the bag, haha. Don't just give it a quick twist. My corn snake informed me she had escaped from her bag AND tub with lid by parascoping up next to me in the passanger seat. Cutest thing in life. But, we were on the highway and I had no where to pull over, so I had to wait for an exit then round her up and put her back.

Should be fine otherwise!

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Originally Posted by LotusCorvus

Just bag her, she'll be fine. I've taken my snakes on 1.5 hour drives to my friend's place to get sexed, and they never had a problem. Just keep the temperature in mind, and either bag them and then put them in a smallish tub, or have a friend in the car to hold them, so they don't slide around a lot.

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Do the tub AND a pillowcase ahaha thank god I did when I took my boy to the vet(45 mins away). He peed on the wayin >_>

I had to transport one for about 3.5 hours. I bagged here and put her in a 15 qt tub with a towel in it and then nested that in a larger box that had more towels around the tub. I left both the tub and box open. My thought was that even if I was involved in an accident, the impact would be absorbed in the various layers. She traveled just fine and didn't appear stessed at all.