Bring them in safely.

A calm carrier, the right warmth and a few clues from home help us start the visit with more information and less stress.

Birds

Use a small travel carrier, not the home cage. Take out swings and toys, lay a towel on the carrier floor, and use a low perch only if your bird is steady.
Bring a photo of the cage and today’s cage paper folded into a zip bag. Do not clean the cage that morning.
In cold weather, warm the car before the bird goes in. Cover the carrier with a light towel and tuck a hand warmer wrapped in a sock against the outside of the carrier, never inside.
Never carry a bird outside on your shoulder. A startled bird can fly off in a parking lot.

Travel snakes in a tied pillowcase inside a plastic tub with air holes. Travel lizards and tortoises in a ventilated tub with a towel. Turtles travel dry, with a damp towel.
Warm the car to about 80°F. Put a wrapped heat pack at one end of the tub so the animal can move away from it.
Bring enclosure photos that show thermometer readings, the UVB bulb brand and the month it was last changed, plus a fresh dropping in a bag.