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Help! Need to leave the US for around 3 weeks, how to do with my snakes?
Hi guys! I need to leave the US for around 3 weeks probably in February, I have two lovely ball pythons and a baby Suriname boa, I have no friends who can take care of them. May I know what would be a good way to take care of them? I live in Fairfax, VA. They may be OK without food for 3 weeks, but they can't live without fresh water for 3 weeks. Is there any method I can use to leave them at home? Or may I know is anyone willing to help me taking care of them for around 3 weeks? I have their rats and substrates and will drive them to your places. I'm willing to pay. Thank you so much guys!
Last edited by alice40604345; 01-19-2020 at 10:16 PM.
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Maybe see if any of your local exotic vets would be willing to board them?
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Re: Help! Need to leave the US for around 3 weeks, how to do with my snakes?
Originally Posted by Luvyna
Maybe see if any of your local exotic vets would be willing to board them?
Thank you so much! I kind of worried because it seems a public places? And many sick snakes and other reptiles visit there everyday, I'm kind of worried about it.
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Re: Help! Need to leave the US for around 3 weeks, how to do with my snakes?
I had good luck using Rover to find a pet/house sitter. That may be an option if you can find someone comfortable with reptiles to come in once a day (or even every other) to check on the snakes.
BALL PYTHONS: 1.0 Pied/Clark, 1.0 Pastel Vanilla Super Stripe/Sunny, 0.1 Dragon Fly/Buffy, 0.1 Pastel Vanilla Yellow Belly/Cher, 0.1 BEL (Mojave Lesser)/Arya, 0.0.1 Normal/Norm, 0.1 Cinnamon Enchi/Peaches, 1.0 Cinnamon Calico/Yoshi, 0.1 Pewter Het Dreamsicle/Ariel
BOAS: 0.1 Dumeril's/Memphis, 0.1 BCL/Artemis, 1.0 BCO/Grimm, 0.1 Suriname BCC/Rhubarb
CORN SNAKES: 0.0.1/Mushu
MORELIA: 0.1 Bredli/Zelda, 0.1 Granite IJ/Bridget, 0.1 Caramel Diamond Jungle/Pixie
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Re: Help! Need to leave the US for around 3 weeks, how to do with my snakes?
Originally Posted by WhompingWillow
I had good luck using Rover to find a pet/house sitter. That may be an option if you can find someone comfortable with reptiles to come in once a day (or even every other) to check on the snakes.
Thank you so much for your help! Seems a great website! May I know do they have options that I leave my snakes at their places? Not very convenient to have someone come to my place Ah I just did a search, so should I just try to ask the people individually?
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Re: Help! Need to leave the US for around 3 weeks, how to do with my snakes?
That could be an option if you'd be comfortable moving your setups to someone else's home. Probably a bit cheaper as well. You can also search by distance to try to find someone close to you.
What I like about Rover is that you are able to message people individually (you can just plan out your message then copy and paste it to multiple people). I found someone who lived 3 miles away from me who was willing to just stay at our house (since we had reptiles, cats, dogs). I met her first to do an interview and make sure we both felt comfortable.
Not everyone is comfortable going that route, but I had success with it.
BALL PYTHONS: 1.0 Pied/Clark, 1.0 Pastel Vanilla Super Stripe/Sunny, 0.1 Dragon Fly/Buffy, 0.1 Pastel Vanilla Yellow Belly/Cher, 0.1 BEL (Mojave Lesser)/Arya, 0.0.1 Normal/Norm, 0.1 Cinnamon Enchi/Peaches, 1.0 Cinnamon Calico/Yoshi, 0.1 Pewter Het Dreamsicle/Ariel
BOAS: 0.1 Dumeril's/Memphis, 0.1 BCL/Artemis, 1.0 BCO/Grimm, 0.1 Suriname BCC/Rhubarb
CORN SNAKES: 0.0.1/Mushu
MORELIA: 0.1 Bredli/Zelda, 0.1 Granite IJ/Bridget, 0.1 Caramel Diamond Jungle/Pixie
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Re: Help! Need to leave the US for around 3 weeks, how to do with my snakes?
Originally Posted by WhompingWillow
That could be an option if you'd be comfortable moving your setups to someone else's home. Probably a bit cheaper as well. You can also search by distance to try to find someone close to you.
What I like about Rover is that you are able to message people individually (you can just plan out your message then copy and paste it to multiple people). I found someone who lived 3 miles away from me who was willing to just stay at our house (since we had reptiles, cats, dogs). I met her first to do an interview and make sure we both felt comfortable.
Not everyone is comfortable going that route, but I had success with it.
Thank you so much! I'll try to reach them! Ah I really hope to find someone from our forum, people here are true snakes lovers!
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I would ask at veterinarian offices (preferably exotics), maybe a vet tech would like to do a bit of "moonlighting" & babysit your snakes. They work in the day,
& certainly your snakes only need minor attention in the evenings. There are also herp societies & reptile rescues in your state, you might also check with them.
Good luck!
(I wouldn't be comfortable letting a stranger in my house to do this when I was away either-do your best to check references)
Last edited by Bogertophis; 01-19-2020 at 11:43 PM.
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Re: Help! Need to leave the US for around 3 weeks, how to do with my snakes?
Originally Posted by Bogertophis
I would ask at veterinarian offices (preferably exotics), maybe a vet tech would like to do a bit of "moonlighting" & babysit your snakes. They work in the day,
& certainly your snakes only need minor attention in the evenings. There are also herp societies & reptile rescues in your state, you might also check with them.
Good luck!
(I wouldn't be comfortable letting a stranger in my house to do this when I was away either-do your best to check references)
Thank you so much! I'll try that! I'm currently vary nervous, because if there's any visa delay, I may not be able to come back in 3 weeks......and my mom is trying to ask me to rehome my snakes because if she's really scared of them and she may come back with me... I just don't know what to do...I love them so much and really raise them from babies ...
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Re: Help! Need to leave the US for around 3 weeks, how to do with my snakes?
Do you have a friend that could pop in a couple times to give them water? If their temps are dialed in and controlled with a thermostat, they should be fine. And won’t need to be fed. They really just need a water refill.
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