I contacted the breeder as soon as I saw that it was delayed. Unfortunately, it had already been placed on the plane from Dallas to Memphis (after sitting in Dallas from 5 PM yesterday until 8 AM this morning) so it was too late for him to go retrieve it. It's sitting in Memphis right now and is not expected to leave until early morning. He placed 2 - 40 hr heat packs just before drop off at 4:45 yesterday so they will be totally inactive by morning. Right now it's basically looking like my Spotnose is almost certainly going to die sitting in the 20 degree holding yard either tonight or early tomorrow morning. I am hoping for the best but the outlook is bleek at this point.

It seems as though this "Fedex Certification" is merely a way of them fleecing customers.