Ship Your Own Reptiles question

[sho220]

I dont exactly understand what SYR is? I buy everything to ship a snake or lizard then pay them to ship it? why do I need them? can't I just use fedex?

Lance

To ship live reptiles via Fed Ex, you must be Fed Ex "certified". This means that you must register for an account at Fed Ex, and (going from memory here) send them a mock shipment...i.e. you pack up a box like you were shipping it to a customer and send it to Fed Ex to examine. They make sure you know what you're doing and give you an account number. After that, I think you're good to go.

SYR cuts out all the dealings with Fed Ex. You register with them (SYR), and use their account. You enter the shipping info and print out a shipping label from your printer and you're good to go. The SYR website also has all the rules and regulations that must be followed when shipping live reptiles. You can't just slap a "From: To:" label on it and send it out the door. The SYR website walks you through all that.

Whatever method you choose, please do it right. If you ship a reptile via Fed Ex without being certified and you get caught, the hammer drops on us all. Same with SYR. They provide a valuable service to the reptile community that lots of folks, myself included, greatly appreciate. Breaking the rules puts that in jeopardy...

And the most important thing: If you send a snake in a sock, make sure it's a clean sock.