Shipping ball python questions?

I'm looking into shipping ball pythons way in advance, and I can't seem to find fixed info on this. Noob questions.

For ball pythons ranging from hatchlings to 1000g, what size cloth bags, shipping box, and insulation foam thickness do you use? Any other things I should get besides these? At what bp size do you bump up all the shipping box/cloth size?

I'm looking at tsksupply right now. Is that the best site to get this stuff? Is there a better/cheaper one?

Is it more worthwhile to just get the "reptile shipping kits" on the site if I'm just going to ship something like 1~4 ball pythons in the future?

Also, does everyone use shipyourreptiles.com as the best way to ship? How quickly can I be certified to ship through here?

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Originally Posted by redshepherd

I'm looking into shipping ball pythons way in advance, and I can't seem to find fixed info on this. Noob questions.

For ball pythons ranging from hatchlings to 1000g, what size cloth bags, shipping box, and insulation foam thickness do you use? Any other things I should get besides these? At what bp size do you bump up all the shipping box/cloth size?

I'm looking at tsksupply right now. Is that the best site to get this stuff? Is there a better/cheaper one?

Is it more worthwhile to just get the "reptile shipping kits" on the site if I'm just going to ship something like 1~4 ball pythons in the future?

Also, does everyone use shipyourreptiles.com as the best way to ship? How quickly can I be certified to ship through here?

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For hatchlings and juvies up to about 900 grams I use 12x9x6 boxes with 3/4 inch insulation which is pretty much an industry standard now.

Larger animals 1000 grams and up or more than 3 hatchlings I use 16x12x8 Boxes with 3/4 inch insulation

For bags, hatchlings to juvies I use 8x12, bigger animals 16 x 22

For shipping supply your options are https://www.shipyourreptiles.com/products - http://www.tsksupply.com/ - http://www.superiorshippingsupplies.com/ - http://www.reptilesexpress.com/ (which I use since they are local to me and I just pickup what I need avoiding shipping charges)

I've only ever shipped a snake once so I don't have a lot of experience, but I had a good experience with shipyourreptiles.com. They don't charge as much for their supplies as tsksupply, they have discounts codes to save on shipping, and their service is good. The snake arrived at her destination safe and sound.

Thanks for the info guys, that clears things up!