Quote Originally Posted by rabernet
I don't believe that you'd find anyone that would ship a live rat, I don't even know if it's considered safe or not (for the rat). I'm sure it's done in the serious (as in breeding for pets or shows) rat breeder community, but I bet it's not a matter of shipping FedEx or UPS, but probably more likely Delta Dash.
Yeah, not something I plan on doing. My friend used to have her rats/mice delivered to her store by a breeder; he had these plastic containers with gridlike sides; not sure that they were chewproof, but then again this was just some guy driving them an hour or so..