Help allay my fears of getting a ball python shipped to me.

[Freakie_frog]

If your shipper does their job responsibly, uses proper materials and follows proper weather guidelines, there is no reason to expect anything less than a safe live arrival.

We did 50,000 shipments last year through our ShipYourReptiles.com site. DOA's and exceptions were less than one percent OF ONE PERCENT! That is a very low number : )

I agree with what Robyn said here..

I've gotten snakes every way you could think of from hand delivered to Delta Dash and it always comes down to the shipper's ability to properly package and schedule the animals trip. That's not to say that stuff doesn't happen but the chances can be greatly reduced by good shipping methods..

I've got maybe 90 out of the 100+ snakes in the collection shipped to me form every where from NH to NA and never had a problem, but then again the shippers were top notch and experienced..