If you are shipping during warm or cold weather, that smaller box is asking for trouble...

Let's say I wanted to ship 3...

i'll take a box, say 12" x 12" x 12", that is insulated/lined with styrofoam,
tape a heat pack to the bottom center of the box,
fill a few inches with styrofoam packing peanuts,
maybe lay a sheet of paper down so the neo's won't shift and settle directly on the heat pack,
place the neo's in their cups, stacked in the box,
fill rest of box with packing peanuts, close.



Some things to keep in mind...

The heat pack will take a little while to 'kick in'

If the box is picked up, it may ride in the back of the freezing/burning truck all day before reaching the depot/terminal

Many times packages will first ship to a centralized sorting facility... this means, be cautious of the temps at all locations..

Most times, the absolute coldest, most extreme part of the process is the flight in the plane, which is probably halfway along the 'shipping process'. Most times these packages are in cargo areas that are not climate controlled. In flight, these areas can reach below freezing.


and ALWAYS REMEMBER...

It is much better for the snake to be too cold than it is to be too hot!

Too cold leaves room for options... too hot fries them dead..



Hope that helps.. Joe
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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin

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• Shipping ? - senorsnake, Wed Jan 17 08:51:39 2007
• One more shipping Q - senorsnake, Wed Jan 17 09:08:58 2007
• RE: One more shipping Q - bcijoe, Wed Jan 17 09:34:18 2007
• Regarding pricing... - bcijoe, Wed Jan 17 09:42:26 2007
• Hey Joe..... - RuBeN14, Wed Jan 17 10:23:34 2007
• Hi Ruben, some updates... - bcijoe, Wed Jan 17 10:54:24 2007
• This time of year..... - drimes, Wed Jan 17 09:41:25 2007
• RE: This time of year..... - drimes, Wed Jan 17 09:55:32 2007
• Isn't that the truth!!! (Hi Kathy! ) - bcijoe, Wed Jan 17 10:15:36 2007
• Hey Joe....... Good to see you - drimes, Wed Jan 17 10:43:31 2007
• Life keeps jumpin' on me Kathy... lol - bcijoe, Wed Jan 17 10:56:20 2007
• RE: One more shipping Q - mike31, Wed Jan 17 09:45:14 2007
• Thanks everyone for all the advice! - senorsnake, Wed Jan 17 10:15:36 2007
• Personally it all revolves around the - scottbradley, Wed Jan 17 20:47:48 2007