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I'm going to the Hamburg, PA show next weekend, and hopefully I'll be getting some African House Snakes and possibly a Spotted Python. Unfortunetly, I might have to stop somewhere on the way home, and the snakes would have to sit in the parked car for about an hour, and I'm worried that it could get too hot or too cold in the car. The temps around here have been mid 60s to low 70s. Does anybody have any ideas on how to keep the snakes at a safe temp? One idea I have is to put them in a styrofoam ice chest with air holes cut in it and possibly put a heat pack or cold pack in it. Would this work?
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LONG LIVE METAL!!!!

MY COLLECTION:
1.0 '04 Columbian BCI
0.1 '05 Blood Python
1.2 Ball Pythons

MY WISHLIST (I turn 18 on June 16th ):
A Northern Blue-Tongue Skink
1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boas
1.1 Hogg Island Boas
1.0 Salmon BCI
0.2 Columbian BCI
1.1 Sumatran Short-Tail Pythons
1.1 Borneo Short-Tail Pythons
1.1 Dumerils Boas
1.1 Suriname BCC
1.2 Spotted Pythons
2.4 African House Snakes
2.4 Bearded Dragons
1.2 Rankins Dragons
2.6 Crested Geckos
1.1 purebred Dobermans
0.1 black German Shepherd
2 ferrets
A Senegal Parrot
A Sun Conure

Personally, I don't leave snakes in the car for more than a few minutes unless the conditions were absolutely ideal.

Where might you be stopping? My solution to this problem has always been a backpack or a duffel bag... That way you can take them with you most places and no one will notice. Most places, the worst that can happen if someone does is they ask you to leave...

>>Personally, I don't leave snakes in the car for more than a few minutes unless the conditions were absolutely ideal.
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>>Where might you be stopping? My solution to this problem has always been a backpack or a duffel bag... That way you can take them with you most places and no one will notice. Most places, the worst that can happen if someone does is they ask you to leave...

The why is a long story, but I'll be stopping at a large hunting, fishing and camping store near the show, so people will probably get suspicious if I carry a duffel bag around inside the store. Depending on the weather I might be wearing a sweatshirt or jacket, and since the snakes are pretty tiny I could probably find a way to carry them inside my sweatshirt or something.

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LONG LIVE METAL!!!!

MY COLLECTION:
1.0 '04 Columbian BCI
0.1 '05 Blood Python
1.2 Ball Pythons

MY WISHLIST (I turn 18 on June 16th ):
A Northern Blue-Tongue Skink
1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boas
1.1 Hogg Island Boas
1.0 Salmon BCI
0.2 Columbian BCI
1.1 Sumatran Short-Tail Pythons
1.1 Borneo Short-Tail Pythons
1.1 Dumerils Boas
1.1 Suriname BCC
1.2 Spotted Pythons
2.4 African House Snakes
2.4 Bearded Dragons
1.2 Rankins Dragons
2.6 Crested Geckos
1.1 purebred Dobermans
0.1 black German Shepherd
2 ferrets
A Senegal Parrot
A Sun Conure

Leaving in car should not be a big deal PROVIDING!!!!!!!!

1) it's not too hot
2) You park in shade
3) The babies are kept in insulated type container, styrofoam cooler, styrofoam lined shipping box etc.
4) Would be best in trunk, does not heat up as fast.
5) Make it a quick trip!!

We all ship hundreds, easily thousands collectively of shipments overnight through the various carriers, they don't take as good a care as you will and the snakes typically arrive fine.
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Thanks,

Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"

0.1 Wife (WC)
0.2 kids (CBB)
2.7 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (adult breeders)
2.5 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (sub-adult from 2004)
4.8 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (sub-adult from 2005)
2.1 Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 Het for Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 BCI "Elvira" normal from 1989
1.0 BCI Albino / het-anery
0.1 BCI Salmon / het-albino
0.1 BCI Anery / het-albino
0.1 BCI Salmon (possible super)
1.0 BCI Albino het stripe
1.0 BCI Salmon
0.1 BCI Ghost
0.1 BCI Super salmon, possible jungle
1.0 BCI Salmon, possible jungle
0.1 BCI Super Ghost

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Call the store in question and explain the situation. Maybe they will allow you to place the animals behind a counter while you shop if the animals are secured in an ice chest or something. Be sure to buy something if they accommodate you.

i have a ppouch that i can tie onto my belt loops on my pants, and my snake does just fine. mind you it's a small snake (baby corn ) and it's a small pouch. But nobody pays anymind about it.
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1.0.0 Bearded Dragon (Rex- "normal" orange fire)
1.0.0 Bearded Dragon (Glutany- German Giant Mix)
0.1.0 Okeetee Corn
0.2.0 Dwarf Hamsters
0.0.1 Rose Hair Tarantula
1.0.0 Boyfriend