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Seeing DOA shipments due to hand warmers
Hand warmers are NOT shipping heat packs!
We have seen this grave mistake twice in the last week, folks using hand warmers instead of proper shipping heat packs. The results are DOAs. Very sad. And completely unnecessary.
Hand warmers get MUCH HOTTER than 40 hour heat packs, and they only last a few hours. That intense heat will cook a live animal in a shipping box. Worse is to see the overcompensation of using TWO hand warmers in a box. That only compounds the problem, making the interior of your box EVEN HOTTER, and harder to survive. The result is a partially cooked and decomposed animal in less than 24 hours.
You should only be using a 40 hour or longer heat pack for shipping live reptiles and amphibians. Proper shipping heat packs don't peak nearly as high as hand warmers, which can peak at 180F, and they last long enough for Overnight shipping.
We provide information on using heat packs and regulating the temperature of your shipping box at the ShipYourReptiles site. http://www.shipyourreptiles.com/en/g...s/#question-15
The right heat packs and shipping materials are easy to obtain. Taking short cuts and using hand warmers puts your animals' life in serious jeopardy. The information and products are out there, it is easy to make the right choice!
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Bluebonnet Herp (12-15-2013),carlisleishere (12-11-2013),Crazymonkee (12-11-2013),dr del (12-12-2013),Fidget (12-12-2013),GerianAmoure (09-11-2014),JLC (12-12-2013),Melody (12-11-2013),Mr Oni (12-12-2013),Poe (09-05-2014),satomi325 (12-12-2013),Schmee123 (12-12-2013),STjepkes (12-11-2013),tlich (12-12-2013),ViperSRT3g (12-12-2013),Wapadi (12-12-2013),Wes (12-12-2013)
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Thank you, Robyn. I've stickied this. This information cannot be repeated often enough!
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The Following User Says Thank You to JLC For This Useful Post:
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I never really understood the super hot hand warmers. Even when snowboarding in negative Farenheit weather those things get hot enough to burn a humans hand.
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