Snake in a car ...

My snake has become quite the little traveler lately.

I have a 15qt tub with air holes drilled in that I use. I put a cloth on the bottom and one of her hides in with her. I then preheat the car and dress like it's the middle of summer. When walking to and from the car, I wrap the tub in a blanket. Exposure to the cold air can cause an RI, though that is what you are going to have checked out, but it certainly can't help. I usually leave the blanket loosely fluffed around the the tub so it feels more like a burrow.

I got some of those handwarmers for transporting mine :) Got microwaveable wheat filled ones...until I nearly burned down my other halfs mums house because I left it too long in the microwave and it started smouldering and smoking.

Whoops. Getting the Gel packs now, the ones where you snap the metal element inside and it heats up. Theyre pretty good wrapped in a towel/flannel, in a paper bag and under the substrate in the tub :)

EDIT - And really handy to have on particularly long journeys :) Microwaves are few and far between on the motorway ;)

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Originally Posted by Ashleigh91

Can only certain types of them be nuked? Playing with the idea of trying that with the big heat pack that came with him :P unless of course it will blow up my microwave :P

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If it's a chemical heat pad that gets "activated" when exposed to air, no.

But you can buy hot/cold packs for body aches that can be reheated.

Popcorn works because it stays warm and releases some humidity, too.

Plus it's cheap to replace and smells yummy.

LOL

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Originally Posted by CherryPython

I got some of those handwarmers for transporting mine :) Got microwaveable wheat filled ones...until I nearly burned down my other halfs mums house because I left it too long in the microwave and it started smouldering and smoking.

Whoops. Getting the Gel packs now, the ones where you snap the metal element inside and it heats up. Theyre pretty good wrapped in a towel/flannel, in a paper bag and under the substrate in the tub :)

EDIT - And really handy to have on particularly long journeys :) Microwaves are few and far between on the motorway ;)

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:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

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Originally Posted by Salamander

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

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Think it went something like...
Grant: "Is that heat pack on fire?"
Me: "Nahhh It's never been a problem bef-"
Grants Mum: "I can smell smoke..."
*sigh* "I'll check it..."
WHOOSH.
Me: :omg: "OHGAWWWD."

She forgave me...once the smell had gone.

i have one of those styrofoam coolers that i keep in my snake room so it stays warm. i drilled a few holes in the top and done..

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Originally Posted by Ashleigh91

Can only certain types of them be nuked? Playing with the idea of trying that with the big heat pack that came with him :P unless of course it will blow up my microwave :P

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You can't re-use a heat pack. The poster above you was talking about a home-made one that they made.