Ship Your Reptiles is now Fedex Certified.

[Powerspythons]

Well now I dont know what to think...I'm going to gather more intel on this obviously complicated topic and then keep my decision private...

[Robyn@SYR]

Once we go live you can watch, and judge, the success of others. You will also be able to verify, for yourself, the legitimacy of our site and account. Not with something we send you, but from FedEx employees directly. Soon. Soon.

[mainbutter]

Once we go live you can watch, and judge, the success of others. You will also be able to verify, for yourself, the legitimacy of our site and account. Not with something we send you, but from FedEx employees directly. Soon. Soon.

This.

We haven't even seen the FedEx service via SYR in action yet, so I'm completely reserving my judgement.

There is room in the economy for someone to make the shipping of live reptiles easier and safer for all involved. The herpetoculture hobby, and the ball python segment in particular, is dependent upon attracting more people to foster growth. Without that, the hobby will implode upon itself. Making shipping simple, safe, and economical will make the prospect of taking up the hobby a more viable option for many more people who might otherwise not consider it.

[Twisted Reptiles]

I agree with the others in the 'wait and see' approach, however I also agree with those who have reservations and a fear of what it could do to our ability to ship in general if something were to go horribly wrong.

This is not to say it would be the fault of SYR at all, not in the least. But there are any number of instances in ours and other industries that show where a few bad decisions by others can ruin it for the masses.

Going through the Fedex Certification process, while it was a wild goose chase at times, was reassuring. They know our business, we are accountable for our packages, and they are confident that we know how to provide appropriate packaging for our animals. If we don't hold up our end of the agreement, they pull our waiver. As others have pointed out, this isn't the case with third party shipping and the possibility that someone will use this privilege inappropriately due to either a lack of concern or a lack of education, does increase.

If someone went horribly wrong with SYR and Fedex, be it injury or whatever, could Fedex cease snake shipping altogether? Of course they could. Would they? That's another one of those wait and see and hope we never find out scenarios I suppose.

Robyn, I think we all recognize the hard work and dedication you guys have obviously put into this. If it works out, successfully, of course it is nothing but a huge benefit to the reptile community. I think it is only fair though that you recognize the our fears as well though. The possibility of having our last leg swept out from under us by something out of our control is not a pleasant thought. For breeders like ourselves, if we cannot ship, we cannot sell. Game over.