Ship Your Reptiles is now Fedex Certified.

[Wh00h0069]

I have a question about being certified individually.. Once you demonstrate you know how in order to have the certification, is there any way that they check periodically on your shipments to make sure you're following protocol? Because simply "demonstrating" it once doesn't mean it will happen every time. Someone could do it simply to get the certification, and then say to heck with it.

No, they don't, but at least they know that you know how to properly ship the snakes.

[ShortStack]

No, they don't, but at least they know that you know how to properly ship the snakes.

Right, which makes sense. I'm just saying that simply being individually certified doesn't necessarily mean someone will follow the rules any more than someone going through SYR. Either way, people will find a way to do what they want and possibly mess it up for everyone. I was just making sure that was how it worked before I totally replied because I didn't want to be wrong in how the process went, since I don't know anything about it.

[Robyn@SYR]

Being particular about details is a part of my job, and nature

Just to be CLEAR---

"Cobra" is NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT synonymous with "False Water Cobra"!!!!

Nobody EVER EVER EVER shipped a cobra with SYR : )

A false water cobra is "false", it is a water snake that MIMICS a cobra's neck to ward off predation. It is NOT a cobra, not at all.

A false water cobra is an inexpensive pet trade snake.

But to someone outside of the reptile world (and even to many inside) all they hear is the "cobra" part. Even in this thread, folks keep posting about shipping cobras.

THAT NEVER HAPPENED with SYR. And for us, that is a very important distinction

[Hypnotic Exotic]

Your rumor is only kinda true. Yes, someone shipped a false water cobra, yes, UPS freaked out about it. But that didn't get anything shut down. That part is not accurate.

That incident became part of an ongoing discussion, along with an unlabeled dry ice shipper (against policy) and a small mammal that got shipped (also against policy). Those are definite trouble spots. Those are the three unique trouble spots, of 50,000+ shipments, that we had to address.

They definitely raised issues. But folks ship crazy stuff with UPS and FedEx on their own every day, from every Kinko's and UPS Store. Drugs(!!) liquor, guns, fireworks, all kinds of crazy contraband. They do it with more frequency on their own, WITHOUT SYR, than our users do WITH SYR. Statistically, our users are extremely safe shippers, responsible shippers, and educated shippers. We have NEVER had any kind of crazy contraband shipped.

But those three issues together didn't cause a shut down either. It is a larger issue, including the third party issue, including overall snake phobia, including internal UPS communication issues. There is no sense in pointing fingers and placing individual blame, I want to move forward. The UPS conversation was long and drawn out, over many many months, with both sides trying to find a workable resolution. In the end, it is easier for them to say no, then yes.

Shoot, our FedEx conversation has taken 10 months, and we are close, but still not live : )

And regarding False Water Cobra shipper...

Mildly venomous, common pet trade animal, I was ignorant, I didn't know, come on I ship 35 packages a week, blah blah blah, he still got his account canceled immediately, and hasn't been back.

If you hear a "rumor" and wonder if it is true, if you need clarification on a confusing issue, ASK ME. You can email me directly, or give me a call.

Thanks!

Thanks for clearing this up. To be clear, I wasn't trying to further a rumor, I just wanted to know. I also don't mean to be an ass, I just have concerns like many here being that Fedex is now our only option. While we're on the subject of mildly venomous, what's the deal with hognose snakes? I can't seem to get a good answer on whether these are permitted or if people are just shipping them without specific permission. I don't deal with them right now but I've considered them.

[Powerspythons]

Has this gone through yet? Can SYR ship snakes yet? Has anyone done it? Is it going well? UPDATE US!!

[Wh00h0069]

Has this gone through yet? Can SYR ship snakes yet? Has anyone done it? Is it going well? UPDATE US!!

ShipYourReptiles's website has this posted on their main page, "We are back! After shipping more than 50,000 packages with UPS, we have completed our transition to FedEx. We are now ready to take care of all your non-venomous reptile shipping needs."

[Louis Kirkland]

Has this gone through yet? Can SYR ship snakes yet? Has anyone done it? Is it going well? UPDATE US!!

Yes, they are shipping snakes again.

We shipped an order to a customer last week through SYR. Everything went as smooth as silk and we will be using them again.