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What kind of sack/item do you use when shipping a snake, & why?

Similarly, how do you transport your snake to the vet?

I haven't shipped any snakes yet but on vet trips I put them in a snake bag on my lap and if it is cold I make sure that the car is warm before getting them into it and the heat is cranked.
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"Can't you just feed it vegetables"? No, no I can't you stupid hippie.

1) Small snake, deli cup! Big snake, snake bag!

2) Snake bag in a styro!

Newbie ?: deli cup? where do you buy these?

Snake bag: what is the preferred material or design on this?

I use pillow cases and luckily haven't had to transport anyone when the temperatures were below 70 outside. For the babies I will probably be getting a little snake bag from LLL so that they're not lost in the folds of a pillowcase.

~jenny
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1.4 normal ball pythons (Cindy, Darwin, Periscope, and dah bebbies)
0.2 rescue chinese water dragons (Yoni and Linga)
1.0 rex rat (Scurvy)
1.0 gerbil (Yerbul)
0.1 mice (Cute Girl Mousy)
0.1 bunny (Spazz)
0.0.5 tropical fish (tetras and a neon blue gourami)
2.2 great danes (Shasta, Odysseus, Merlot, and Watson)
1.0 fat fuzzy mutt (Smokey)
1.1 cats (Thidwick and Turtle)
3.0 horses (Buddy, Sam, and Scout)
1.0 goat (Billy Jack)
0.0.1 chupacabra (it ate our chickens)

jenny.thegreenes.org

I saw directions on a site that spelled out how to ship snakes. I forget the site, but they appeared to be pretty "official" at the time I read the instructions.

Does an official body exist to govern shipping snakes?

And if yes, does anyone have the link? Tx.

I personally prefer using snake bags to ship and transport my snakes - they are designed to breathe a bit better than the standard pillow case - and packed properly then snake doesn't slide around a bunch like if they are shipped in containers making for a less stressful trip. If it's cold and I need to take one of my snakes somewhere I'll stick the snake in a snake bag and put it in a critter cage with some newspaper and a heat pack.

In case you need it - this is a very good site with info for shipping snakes:
arbreptiles.com/shipping/index.shtml

Hope this helps.
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Tosha

At least now I know that a deli cup is the kind used to hold slaw & tuner salad, lol.

So, survey says muslin is best above the pillowcase idea?

Any other acceptable or NOT acceptable materials for the bag?

I use snake bags, pillowcases and I make bags when I run out of the first two items. I use a thin cotton or cotton/polyester blend fabric.
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2.1 Albino BP
0.4 100% Het Albino
2.1 100% het Caramel Albino BP
1.0 100% Het Clown
1.0 50% het clown
2.12 Normal BP
0.0.2 Western Hognose
alot of cornsnakes
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3.3 Russian Tortoise
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bunch of geckos
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