Question on transporting BPs

[-Achilles-]

Hey guys,

I'm going home for a month during Winter Break and I'm trying to figure out a good way to transport my BP. It'll be only about a 3 hour drive. I was planning on just putting my BP in a shoebox, and keep it on the floor of the passenger side with the heat on.

Is this a good enough method?

Thanks

[jjmitchell]

Depending on your heater and how cold it is outside i would be afraid of overheating.... I transported mine 12 hours home in steralite containers setting on the seat with a few heat packs everything went well....

[sho220]

I'd go with heat packs as well...

[Vader6]

Hey guys,

I'm going home for a month during Winter Break and I'm trying to figure out a good way to transport my BP. It'll be only about a 3 hour drive. I was planning on just putting my BP in a shoebox, and keep it on the floor of the passenger side with the heat on.

Is this a good enough method?

Thanks

Dude I'm doing the same thing. haha Def something I needed to know.

Something like this??
http://www.cvs.com/CVSApp/catalog/sh...ump&navCount=3

[Crawdad]

Reptile Basics sells reptile heat packs that only go to 100F for like $1.10 each. I ordered a few to keep for just this sort of occasion! I would be afraid the regular hand warmers will get too hot, they get pretty darn warm.

Edit: Yep, look on the CVS website's warning page: "Heat pack can reach up to 129 degrees F". You may be able to make it work fine by just taping it to the outside of the box, but be careful! It would be better to get one of the reptile packs.

If I were you guys and didn't have a heat back, I would just bring my thermometer with me and set the car heat so that it's in a safe range --- 85 or so. And definitely don't put it in the floor, that's where all the vibrations and noises will be.

[RichsBallPythons]

you best off going to Wal mart and buying a Styrofoam cooler, pillowcase and put the snake in the pillow case inside the cooler. Get a heat pack from the sporting goods department and tape that to the side towards the bottom of the cooler.

Do not put it on the floor and thats the clodest part of cars. Keep it on the seat.

[SGExotics]

I would add newspaper cushioning to the shoe box and put the snake in a pillow case with 1 or 2 crumpled paper towels in the pillow case, into the newspaper cushioned box... Make a secure nest out of the newspaper for the snake in the pillow case.. Then tape a heat pack to the lid of the shoe box and tape the box closed with some packing tape... Before you do all this you should add ventilation holes to the sides of the shoe box with a screw driver..

Basically package up the snake like it was being shipped, out of some easy materials for a short trip... (Obviously never ship an animal in a shoebox, but this will work for a short trip)... Also, pack an extra heat pack to tape to the lid of the box for your return home!

~Brandon

[j_h_smith]

Find snake bags for each of your snakes. Tie it up fairly tight, don't let them have too much room to move around. Set them in a box with a couple of holes in the sides of the box. Put a couple of heat packs in the box, I'd say 2 for every snake bag you have. Fold the box top up and head off to home. Basically, I'm telling you to send your snakes home just like you would ship them via commercial shipper. You can also add a thermometer inside the box and when you pull over, you can open the box to see what the temps are. Then adjust the temps in the box by adding a few more holes or adding a few heat packs.

Good Luck!
Jim Smith

[-Achilles-]

Alright thanks guys! I have a good idea of what I need to do now.