Shipping blues......



Our local delta dash-delta air cargo guys got touchy about 10 years ago and wouldn't ship live. I, like many I'm sure, struggled with options until getting help from one of our very own Pituophis gurus. He turned me on to a rather easy protocol for becoming a fedEx certified live animal shipper. FedEx is interested in knowing that you are responsible in your packing technique and they also want you to sign paperwork absolving them responsibility if animals die during shipping. It was a quick and painless process!



You will have to drop off your shipment at a center that accepts live animals and you should carry your paperwork from FedEx when you go in because there is sometimes a disconnect between employees regarding policies.



Some FedEx employees won't be in the loop so you might initially get a bit of run around but just hang in and you will eventually talk to an informed person.



You need to get an account then send a mock up box to their testing center This is a box within a box. You will have better results if you take the time to attend to details like a detailed packing list of contents {This box contains five (5) live harmless reptiles including: 3 Pituophis m. melanoluecus, 2 P. sayi)...etc.} I used hot/cold packs, deli cups with air holes and bedding, bags with ties....etc. The only thing I didn't do was put the actual snakes in the box.



Takes less than a week and solves most of the shipping woes..........

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