heat packs?

Okay.. have a question. what are the dangers that could happen with heat packs? please give as detailed an answer as possible. I plan on eventually breeding and am trying to learn as much as possible on all aspects of breeding, shipping offspring being one of them. thanx.

and if you can think of any other dangers during shipping please list them as well, thanx. :D

well i know that when adam shipped to me, the pack was at the bottom of everything cuase it was acutaly pretty hot. hot enough to where if the snake were to sit directly on top of it for quite some time, i could see it causeing some damage

I know they can get very hot, but I was wondering what kind of damage? dehydration, etc. but glad to know that the pack was at the bottom of everything. placement is a good thing to know. thanx.

and for shipping, i know that they dont let the snakes eat or drink for like a week priror to shipping so they dont expell anything during the ship

dehyration can be a problem as can over heating.

yeah they like water right after they are shipped thast for sure

there are also some heat packs that use oxygen for the chemical reaction (some of the hand warmer packs, I think). Because of this, you want to be sure and get one that is approved for reptile/animal shipping so that you don't use the oxygen in the box and cause harm to the snakes.

I have also seen shippers tape the heat pack to the box so that it can't move during shipping

thanx everyone. what can happen with overheating?

a lot of things, but mainly the worst is DEATH

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hahah. well you can buy them there

thanx for the links. good to know a few places to buy supplies when the time comes to ship snakes :D

Superiorenterprise Has a good article about how to ship reptiles. The other one im not sure on just thought id post them both.

thanx yeah i was reading the shipping tips on superior.

I don't plan on shipping anything anywhere I live in the middle of no where so I bought some of those heat packs in case the power goes out this winter. Does anyone have a picture of how the shipping boxes are set up? Or some other method of keeping the snake warm in an emergency with the heat pack?

If you use heat packs specifically designed for shipping animals, you should be fine and not have to worry about burning the animal. I always wrap the heat packs in several layers of newspaper so that there is no direct contact between the heat pack and the bag/deli cup.

And I won't feed before shipping, but I definitely don't not let them have water before shipping. Maybe others do it differently, but I always have water available up to the moment they go into the box.

typically, how many heat packs are used and what time length heat packs? do you use two of the same hour range, ie. two 20 hour ones, or 1 20 hour and 1 30 hour for different peak times?