Flying back with reptiles?

When you ship Delta Dash you are basically booking a flight(on Delta) for your snake to be shipped through their cargo service. In theory you could book yourself the same flight(granted Delta Dash is availible in the cities you're traveling) and when you land go to the cargo pickup, which is usually another location near airport, and pick up the reptile. You need to be Delta certified to ship reptiles which is basically filling out a bunch of papers. I have shipped and recieved Delta Dash with sucess. Might be the way to go.