i have some animals from Brian Kaczmarczyk @ Reptile Deli. (he stopped breeding tho to expand his feeder biz.) anyway i put in an order with Brian and he was able to work with me to ship like 800 rats and mice. that's right - frozen rodents from New York all the way to across the country to Seattle in the dead of summer! Ding! Order Up!

my order came in 2 big boxes - the one that had more weight and content was battered a little by UPS during the 3 day shipping. i took a break from work, rushed home to unpack and put the rodents in the freezer. the outside of the box was warm as it was left in the sun by the UPS guy but it only took me 10 minutes to rush home. there were some softening tails, but the inside of the each box was insulated and cool and had 2 large chunks of dry ice. but the most important thing - everything was still frozen from the long trip. also the box had 2 broken ziplock bags as the frozen rats pierced and broke the plastic. that's fine - i just threw the rats into another bag for freezing. everything was in ziplock bags and labeled. the fuzzies were in sealed vacuumed bags. everything arrived frozen. amazing!

now i gotta chest freezer full of rats. yes!



i had a round of feeding with rats from Reptile Deli that same night. the owner, Brian is excellent with communication and service - whether on the phone or texting and emailing. Brian and Reptile Deli comes highly recommended!