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    Shipping from cold to warm climate. Heat or not?

    I have a buyer lined up for a trio of Macklot's pythons, but I generally don't ship this time of year so I have a few questions. Our temps here are leveling out at night at around 25 degrees, and he is in an area where the lows are around 65-70 degrees right now. How do I go about packaging to accommodate both temperature extremes? Obviously I think a heat pack would be needed up here, but an overnight shipment to 70 degree weather might get too warm.

    What do you think?

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    I would see if the buyer would wait till its warmer on ur side ... y take any chances
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    That's what I'm planning. He's willing to put down a small deposit and wait 30 days if necessary, but I don't know how much of a difference a month might make up here with the way our winter has been.

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    Re: Shipping from cold to warm climate. Heat or not?

    I'm not far from you and kind of in the same boat except I'm waiting to have one shipped in from southern CA, and I sent payment over a month ago. I've told the seller that I'm willing to wait as long as it takes for the weather to warm up. Unfortunately the ten-day forecast isn't looking at all promising.

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    Shipping from cold to warm climate. Heat or not?

    I would definitely have the snakes held at the FedEx ship center. They are usually brought in the office as soon as they arrive at the hub and don't sit in the wharehouse waiting to be loaded on a truck. Also this reduces risk of driver delays.

    Picking the perfect box size is important. Don't go too small and the snakes won't have to be super close to the heat pack. I would also suggest using Polyfill for packing material.


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