Hi guys,

On Monday, March 18th, at around 5pm I will be wheels rolling from Buffalo Grove, IL to Brady, TX. I have taken a new job working for an ISP in Brady. I arrived without my animals in tow on the 28th of February and have spent the last few days getting the house in order here. We've ripped out all the old flooring and found beautiful hardwood underneath. Have scrubbed and prepped and insured that I have a good spot in the house that will hold a constant temperature for my snakes and rats.

Now, we're on to the fun part. I have 6 ball pythons currently that range from 150g to close to 300g, so all are very small. They live in a small AP rack currently, but I need to get them and their equipment down to Texas. My tentative plan is:

1) Purchase travel bags for each snake
2) Purchase some small low power space heaters
3) Bag snakes and place in cooler

My sister is caring for them presently, to help avoid a defecation on the road I've asked her to not feed them on Friday the 15th as I know they can all afford to skip a meal or two.

They'll ride in the cab of the truck with me. The rats will be in the back seat and the snakes in the front.

I have a few places I can stop if needed on my route down, but plan is to have them on heat packs for 18 hours in a cooler together and back in their tubs before 24 hours has elapsed.

I am going to put heat packs in the bottom, a towel on top of that, and then the snakes over the towel bagged up. I've got a battery operated digital thermometer to monitor temps inside the tub.

Advice? Thoughts? First time taking a snake this far, so am wanting to find anyone with more experience.

TIA!

Paul