Back to school, 4 hour drive with my BP

[jammers13]

Will it harm or stress my little buddy out if he's in the car for that long? I have the ability to keep his under tank heater on during the trip as well.
My main concern would be that he will be in a bouncy jeep wrangler, I don't to stress him out too much.

[trailblazer295]

I don't have much if any experience with snakes in that condition but is it possible to put the snake cage on the seat to soften the bumps? I would guess that anything that would soften the bumps, any buffer to absorb impact. Stress wise I don't know what it would be.

[Sir Hognose]

Maybe you should put him in a ventilated tupperware and load the cage in the back or at least the backseat? I thought Jeeps absorbed bumps with those
radi-cool suspension thingys(rights reserved and trademark too)

[Kaorte]

As long as the car is a good temp he'll be fine. I would put him in a snake bag and in a ventilated Tupperware. The bumps won't be ideal but it won't hurt him either. Just give him a week to settle in once you've arrived.

[Reed12321]

There's actually a sticky somewhere on this site about traveling with snakes and one of the rules that they really push is to not travel with your snake in the tank. The bumps could make it fall over and shatter the glass. What you should do is put him in a Tupperware that's big enough to fit him, and then get some hand warmers and wrap those in a few layers of paper towel. Throw those in the Tupperware with him and you'll be set.

I drive 4+ hours with 2 snakes and a cat in the car and they haven't had any issues. I also turn the heat up in the car to the point where It's a little uncomfortable, but it's to help the snakes stay comfortable.


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[Kaorte]

There's actually a sticky somewhere on this site about traveling with snakes and one of the rules that they really push is to not travel with your snake in the tank. The bumps could make it fall over and shatter the glass. What you should do is put him in a Tupperware that's big enough to fit him, and then get some hand warmers and wrap those in a few layers of paper towel. Throw those in the Tupperware with him and you'll be set.

I drive 4+ hours with 2 snakes and a cat in the car and they haven't had any issues. I also turn the heat up in the car to the point where It's a little uncomfortable, but it's to help the snakes stay comfortable.


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I wouldn't recommend the hand warmers unless your car is going to be below 70 degrees. If you can get your hands on an insulated box, the kind they ship snakes in, that would be perfect. Also the hand warmers get too hot in my opinion. The heat packs used to ship reptiles don't get nearly as hot and they last much longer.

Its a 4 hour ride. It'll be fine being a little cool for 4 hours. Lol

[JLC]

No no no....no hand warmers! For so many reasons.

Please read this:
http://thereptilereport.com/u-haulin-reptiles/

Critical info for carrying snakes long distances or short.