Alright Big Day, Big Day...

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Originally Posted by ECLARK

Chad, anyone that ships ball pythons in 8 degree weather is just plain nuts and has no regards for the well being of the ball python. :rainon:


But I do hope they arrive alive and wish you the best of luck. :)

It would be a good idea to have a vet. lined up that knows how to treat respiratory problems.:rainon:

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Oh I don't know about that. I would imagine if the person shipping packs the animal properly and knows what they are doing, it should be fine. Of course, I'd ony ask that of someone that I KNOW has tons of experience packing animals for all sorts of weather.

My biggest concern would be to watch for storms that may occur anywhere along the transfer route that could cause delays. Then it could get scary. But if the shipper keeps an eye on things like that, and adjusts the shipping schedule accordingly, it should be fine.

Ok well I got the second one! Problem is she is very cold. She is alive and moving around, but the insulation wasnt as good as the first one and shes pretty cold. I put her in her cage and shes got into her hide on the warm side to warm up...

My other girl was nice and warm when she showed up, very well done Steve :rockon:

I'll have to post the pics of the second when I get home from work.

Wishing you luck!!

Glad you like her.

Ed,
You can ship in cold weather as long as th ebox is insulated, heat packs are used, and you make sure transit time is minimal.

This girl got to him at 7:46am today. She started her journey at 4pm yesterday. Very minimal time to get to her new home. I ship using the first overnight option in cases of extreme cold/hot temps.

WOOT! Shes in there exploring her new cage now, so she must be pretty well warmed up. I think that vet idea may be a good one.

btw, very pretty lookin pied amy!

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Originally Posted by SPJ

Glad you like her.

Ed,
You can ship in cold weather as long as th ebox is insulated, heat packs are used, and you make sure transit time is minimal.

This girl got to him at 7:46am today. She started her journey at 4pm yesterday. Very minimal time to get to her new home. I ship using the first overnight option in cases of extreme cold/hot temps.

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Steve, I use heavy insulated boxes with 2 or 3, 40 hour heat packs.and also use early AM priority option. I draw a line at a certain point as to safe shipping with the thoughts of the animal being the most important thing. In my opinion 8 degrees is much to cold to ship a live snake. especially when the whole area has been hammered by a major snow storm and the possiblity of delays are great. you can not predict transit time under adverse conditions such as this. Once again the absolute most important thing is that live snake in the box! just my opinions. :)

While I do feel like proper packaging could make a great difference, I feel like better safe than sorry is appropriate when dealing with a live animal. Isn't that worth waiting an extra day or two? I'd certainly undertand if a breeder wanted to wait to ship me a snake due to weather.

The snakes well bieng is extremely important but I have enough confidence that no matter what the temps, it will arive safe and sound the way I pack. The insulation alone is 3/4 thick.

I would never ship anything (much less an expensive animal like this one) if I wasn't pretty sure that nothing would go wrong.

Maybe I have been lucky, but in almost 4 years of shipping I hae never had a DOA and only one box got routed wrong that took 2 days to arrive. The snake still made it to the destination without problems even with the delay.

congrats, i hope that last one will be alright :)

Congrats on the addition of two new snakes in one day! Must have been very exciting.