I had a few questions about shipping reptiles =)
1) Where do you guys get the bags you put the snakes in and the heat/cold packs? I googled the heat packs and I know I can order them online, but is there a specific brand that is better than the others? Are they available at reptile stores or places such as walmart, home-depot, etc?
2) Do you get the boxes and Styrofoam inserts at the post office? If not, where?
3) I've seen on videos that a sheet is inserted in the box, listing the morph, age, when it ate, weight, what it eats, etc. Do you make your own, or is there a template I would be able to print out?
4) Do you get the shipping labels (that you tape to the top of the box) at the post office or online somewhere? I tried talking to someone at the post office and I kept getting transferred around (for close to half an hour) because no one knew anything about specifically shipping reptiles. They kept trying to tell me that I had to make my own shipping label, but I don't think they understood what I was asking...I even asked for a representative and the guy told me he wasn't the right person to ask. From what I understand, he's the person who's supposed to certify me when I do that next month, so shouldn't he know the answers to my questions?!
Sorry if some of these seem like common-sense answers, but I've tried just using my common sense before and I've really screwed stuff up. Go figure, lol. Shipping live reptiles is not something I want to be screwing up on.
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