General Care Discussion :: Turtle Transporting!

[Danielle182]

I'm going back to college and I need to bring my res with me. It takes 7 hours to get there and I was just wondering what the best way of getting him there safe would be. Thank you in advance!

[herpgirl1408]

well I once transported my turt across state in a plastic bucket (would not recommed). I'd recommend buying a plastic herp carrier at a pet store and putting an old towel in it and use that instead.

[Danielle182]

So should I put him in water?

[dumbork14]

nope, follow these: http://www.redearslider.com/transportation.html.
i have a plastic container and put some old towels in there whenever i bring my turt to the vet. also, bring a bottle of water to give to you turt to rehydrate.

[steve]

Keep him dry and as dark as possible. Prepare to clean out his box/container whenever you take breaks (there will be poop everywhere).

[CactusJohn5]

i moved from Cleveland Ohio to New Hampshire, 700 miles 13 hours. I took my 20 gallon aquarium, filled it with about 5 gallons of water, just enough for them to float in and buckeled it into the back seat of my car. They had 0 issues, then again, about 10 hour was NY throughway with only 1 stop for gas, and no other real stop and go issues.

They recommend to house in a box or plastic container, but i would think that would make them MORE suseptable to temp control issues, with water i was able to make sure it was around 75 for the whole trip.

A note, no matter how you transport, do not feed w/i 24 hours. Feed a nice sized meal about 30 hours before you go, then no more food, till about 12 hour after they settle in to thier new home. They get sick or go to the bathroom ALOT when moving (like steve mentioned).

I did cover it with a black beach towel! they seemed to have been sleeping for most of the ride (when ever i checked on them!)

[Danielle182]

So I bought a plastic carrying case. Should I put a towel or newspaper in there? Also how often should I mist him with water?

[darla1699]

sorry to butt in but I've been curious on how to position the towel. Is it in the bottom of the container? or if using tissue/paper, do i just scatter it around the container?

[steve]

I'd use both... but be prepared to change it out every couple of hours.

[darla1699]

ok. thanks Steve