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[Nehushtan]

i've mentioned before that i am getting ready to drive cross-country with my snakes. i have a couple questions i could use advice on. the drive would start monday august 9, to arrive august 16.

1- one of my snakes shed today - i normally don't feed the day of shed, since i figure the skin is still fresh. if i feed tomorrow (aug 6), will that be enough time to digest without trouble before the drive? i worry about regurge.

2- one of my snakes is blue - i suspect he won't actually shed until next week, while on the road. should i just put something rough in the pillow case with him? or in the insulated box but outside the pillow case?

thanks in advance..

[sFlsniper]

what kind of animals?

1. no problem with digestion.

2. maybe you can put a plastic container with something in it- sphagnum moss??

good luck!

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[Sakara]

if it were me I wouldn't feed them at all... for like a week before the move at least... I dunno about you, but I'd like to NOT have a poo on that long of a drive, LOL!

My snakes will have gone 2-3 weeks without a meal as of this weekend when I feed them because we are on vacation and I wanted to limit the amount of poo Crystal would have to clean... And apparently even that wasn't enough because most of them made messes anyway -_-

and I wouldn't worry about the one in shed... Just mist him a couple times if you are worried about it....

BTW... that is a REALLY long time for a cross country drive, haha... my hubby's parents drove from northern PA to Phoenix and back up to Vegas in 2 1/2 days >.>

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[Rachel SS]

Don't feed, and it will be fine with shedding. Two of mine shed during my cross country trip in the pillow case. They'll rub against the pillowcase and shed just fine.

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[nitram]

i agree with everyone on not feeding.
how many snakes are you taking on this voyage?

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[Nehushtan]

two snakes. ball & king. 7 days is sort of long, but not really - we've done it before and are super careful/paranoid about temps etc - it's stressful on the animals, but they should be okay.

thx re: feeding & shedding. i won't feed until i get there -- how many days should i give it once i get there? i.e., how long do they need to settle in before i feed them again?

i might mist a bit on the road - the ball will shed, and he's always a little more of a problem since he won't have a good shed if the humidity is off

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[Rachel SS]

I'd give them a week, maybe two to settle in.

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[sFlsniper]

you can buy a converter pretty cheap these days if you want to power a heat source.

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