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Post by waterboysh on Feb 25, 2013 1:22:48 GMT -5
This may be a dumb question. Would it be safe to carry a small animal, like a mouse, in my trunk for a short ride? Basically I just need to know if it's to hot under there or if fumes from the engine will get in. I have a pet snake, and I really need to get him a mouse from the store so he can eat, and there just wont be a good time for a while for me to use my wife's car. The pet store is about 8 miles away. Should be about a 15 minute ride.
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Post by stiv625 on Feb 25, 2013 1:41:43 GMT -5
it does get pretty hot inside there with not much for ventilation but maybe you could help insulate it with a t-shirt or towel or something. I wouldn't carry a pet guinea pig in there, for example, but should easily be safe enough for a mouse to survive one time... particularly with that purpose in mind right?  If you're really concerned could you bring a small animal cage and hold it on the floorboard? |
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Post by Paladin on Feb 25, 2013 12:26:37 GMT -5
This may be a dumb question. Would it be safe to carry a small animal, like a mouse, in my trunk for a short ride? Basically I just need to know if it's to hot under there or if fumes from the engine will get in. I have a pet snake... The only dumb question is the one you don't ask. The underseat storage gets rather warm, but should not kill the mouse immediately. And even if it does arrive dead the snake will probably not mind. You probably should get a rear rack and tail box. Mine is a $25 www.amazon.com/Rubbermaid-1170-ActionPacker-Storage-8-Gallon/dp/B00002N9F9 a thin steel plate to reinforced the bottom drilled to bolts to the rack. |
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Post by inuyasha on Feb 25, 2013 12:46:20 GMT -5
This may be a dumb question. Would it be safe to carry a small animal, like a mouse, in my trunk for a short ride? Basically I just need to know if it's to hot under there or if fumes from the engine will get in. I have a pet snake... The only dumb question is the one you don't ask. The underseat storage gets rather warm, but should not kill the mouse immediately. And even if it does arrive dead the snake will probably not mind. You probably should get a rear rack and tail box. Mine is a $25 www.amazon.com/Rubbermaid-1170-ActionPacker-Storage-8-Gallon/dp/B00002N9F9 a thin steel plate to reinforced the bottom drilled to bolts to the rack. Hi That would be a painful and horrible way to go, quite cruel as well If you cannot travel and keep the mouse alive and comfortable before feeding it to the snake at least put it too sleep humanly before trying to bring it home Even if the mouse is going to become food theres no need to make the poor thing suffer needlessly before hand Take care and ride safely Yours Hank |
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Post by prodigit on Feb 25, 2013 12:50:50 GMT -5
Wow! That's a crazy idea!
I'd rather buy a rear trunk and transport it in there!
Not only does the underseat compartment have high heat that could kill any animal (except for maybe cold blooded animals like snakes, I don't know), but it also has the noise of the engine screaming in their ears (especially mice would get tortured from that noise).
There is enough air, as the seat compartment often does not close very well, which, if you're transporting small animals, could lead to them sneaking away between the seat bucket, and seat.
A rear trunk is the way to go! Otherwise, in a box on the floorboard.
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Post by wilds on Feb 25, 2013 13:18:42 GMT -5
Put the mouse in the pocket of your jacket. It will be safer there.
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Post by millsc on Feb 25, 2013 13:23:12 GMT -5
I carry stuff that i dont want broke, spilled or fragile between my feet on the floorboard.
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Post by scootnwinn on Feb 25, 2013 13:47:37 GMT -5
Put the mouse in the pocket of your jacket. It will be safer there. Yes that is the humane and accepted mouse transport... |
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Post by payneib on Feb 25, 2013 14:57:24 GMT -5
This may be a dumb question. Would it be safe to carry a small animal, like a mouse, in my trunk for a short ride? Basically I just need to know if it's to hot under there or if fumes from the engine will get in. I have a pet snake, and I really need to get him a mouse from the store so he can eat, and there just wont be a good time for a while for me to use my wife's car. The pet store is about 8 miles away. Should be about a 15 minute ride. What. The. bad word? Just don't do it. It's cruel and unnecessary. A back box at least, and even then.....no. Just get the bus, and put it safe in a box. Or better yet, get your wife to pick one up for you in the car. |
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Post by The_Magician on Feb 25, 2013 15:18:39 GMT -5
use a backpack and put your little friend in a ventilated container for the trip
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Post by Scooter Elements on Feb 25, 2013 15:19:17 GMT -5
it gets pretty hot in there. I put my snickers bar in there once (opened) and about a 10 minute ride i opened the underseat cover and chocolate sauce all over my stuff. I have seen people use a milk crate with a top on it and strap it to the luggage rack.
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Post by skuttadawg on Feb 25, 2013 16:38:16 GMT -5
Under the seat is cruel torture . I rescued a kitty who be abused by some wankers . I picked it up and put it in my coat and took it home with me . I likes to ride on my Echarm with me but hates my 2T . He is weird as he is not scared of dogs that bark he sniffs them .
So ether use a front pocket or get a pet carrier
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Post by waterboysh on Feb 25, 2013 17:15:03 GMT -5
The underseat storage gets rather warm, but should not kill the mouse immediately. And even if it does arrive dead the snake will probably not mind. Actually, my snake would mind a lot. Most snakes wont strike at dead food. You have to train them to do that. It seems like the general consensus is to not do it. I have a little plastic carrier with a lid that is vented that it'd be in. I guess putting that in a backpack would be an option. Putting him on my floorboard wouldn't work because mine has a hump in the middle. Only room for my feet on the sides. Putting it in a pocket would also be a horrible idea. It'd try to chew through the fabric most likely and mice can't seem to go 5 minutes without pooping and peeing everywhere. They are filthy little creatures. |
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Post by stiv625 on Feb 25, 2013 17:55:39 GMT -5
I still think you'd be able to get away with putting a shirt or towel down to help insulate heat and noise, esp if it's in a cage/container. Like I said I wouldn't transport a pet that way but the mouse will definitely still be alive, I understand the snake won't touch it if it isn't. Granted the mouse will probably be dazed and confused but it will definitely be able to survive that. No, it won't be traveling in lavish comfort but I don't consider that animal cruelty. Humans face a similar experience riding a Greyhound from Atlanta to Birmingham in July  |
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Post by meitianman on Feb 26, 2013 1:02:22 GMT -5
just put the little fella in a small box on the footboard, its out in the open and should be plenty of air. or just velcro it to a kite and pull it behind you on the way home.
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Post by musikron on Feb 26, 2013 12:46:23 GMT -5
I hope you wreck if you really do that. I am all for feeding the snake, but torturing the creature is just a dick move.
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Post by rockynv on Feb 26, 2013 13:25:37 GMT -5
Keep it in the package they give you at the pet store and bungie it to the seat behind you or onto the luggage rack. Under the seat is fine once an animal is made into a burger or a hotdog but not for the living.
I use the underseat storage for transporting hot foods and keeping them that way. It works grandly.
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If you're really concerned could you bring a small animal cage and hold it on the floorboard?
