In August I am taking an adventure to live in Beijing for a year. My boyfriend and our pets are coming with us but we could use some advice, guidance... anything anyone could offer really. We are currently living in California and will be *hopefully* flying out of San Francisco. I have a ball python, he is about a year and a half old, his name is Banaunners and my boyfriend has a leopard gecko. Both pets are healthy but I'm more concerned about my python because there seems to be lots of redtape involving pythons. Any information is helpful.

Some things I've been thinking about is if shipping or traveling with our pets is best? Any suggestions on that also welcome.