Quote Originally Posted by blueguy View Post
Not more then 2-3 years ago around this time. A fairly big breeder did just that. He drove with his snakes from fla to mich? That killed a couple thousand dollars woth of animals.Anywho. Not good advise from a newbie to give to other Newbies! IMHO..
So because one person, who was a big breeder, which probably means he was moving hundreds if not thousands of animals, lost some animals, you are saying it is impossible to transport animals cross-country in a car?

I don't have hundreds of snakes or years and years of experience, but I do have a brain. It is not impossible to move 3 snakes cross-country in a car. Moving a small number makes it possible to monitor each one of them closely, so it would be extremely different than the big breeder moving their collection. I knew I didn't have the knowledge & experience to tell the OP the best way to do it, and made that clear in my post.

You also only quoted part of my post. I had also said that the best thing might be to leave them with someone in Florida who could ship them once the OP arrived in Oregon. So I was not advising that the OP should take them in the car. However, the possible problems with that can be huge, depending on whom the OP can leave the snakes with. They might not get well cared for during the time or so this person has them. They might not get packed properly. Maybe they'd never get shipped and the OP would never see them again. Etc. Etc.

So I still stand by my post that if leaving them in good hands in Florida to be shipped isn't a possibility, then they can go in the car.

I hoped that briefly discussing 2 possibilities (including brief mention of possible problems and where more research would be needed) would be useful to the OP in making the decision of how to deal with the situation. That's why I posted it.