Quote Originally Posted by redtail9610 View Post
its not illegal to ship reptiles using ups. snakes are on the list of prohibited items on the "live animal" shipping list, which doesn't make sense since you can ship lizards, turtles, and fish. and when you search for reptile shipping sites, one example is http://www.reptilesexpress.com/ they use ups exclusively and will ship a snake for you. they have a ups truck right on their box! just as a side note as a ups store manager, i wouldn't use ups to ship anything let alone a reptile. drivers just dont care whats in your package. good luck cause dealing with those morons on the phone will cause more headaches than slamming your head against a brick wall.
This is no longer the case for either ReptilesExpress or ShipYourReptiles. UPS is quite stubborn about not shipping snakes regardless of the other reptiles they will allow. (The exception being for a few individuals who were grandfathered in sometime in the past)

I agree about not using UPS to ship any animals at all. I've heard too many horror stories. Of course there are plenty of successful stories...and any method of shipping has its risks....but it does seem like your risk for disaster increases significantly with UPS. About the only thing worse is USPS.