It seems you have problems mixing A with B, and are not sure if there is a C.

USPS, has not allowed the shipping snakes for decades, but has allowed lizards up until a few years ago. They contracted Fedex to do there overnight shipping, and Fedex did not allow live reptiles. They have since stopped using Fedex for overnight. I heard they are shipping lizards again.

In fact, there were certain routes that would still allow live reptiles even when they were using fedex, ones that did not have to be shipped on a fedex plane.

At that time, I switched from using USPS for shipping monitors, the subject of this forum, and started using UPS. UPS, has never been late one is all the time I have used them. USPS, were late with over 1/2 of the overnight shipments. UPS is far more expensive, but very good.

Lastly, all carriers have a liability limit. But all also allow for the purchase of extra insurance. All are only reponsible for getting your package there on time. As they do not check if your shipment was alive to start with, they surely cannot be responsible for it being alive when it gets there. But they are responsible for losing the package to the insured value.

I think you and others surely complicate matters. Most carriers are good at eliminating problems. And if you cannot figure out how to use them or which ones, then they did a good job. If you(potential shippers) cannot figure out, or which one will carry your goods, then most likely you have no idea how to pack your animals safely. A job well done on their part.

Many think their concern for the health of their monitors relates to proper shipping. This is in error, just like it is with keeping monitors. All the care and concern in the world does not relate to good husbandry, or good shipping, in fact, it often gets in the way. In both, experience is key.

Also, you seem to be like so many others who think they are smart. You use one event to judge a carrier on. You most likely do that with your captives as well. In both cases, that does not work. Accidents and exceptions can and do happen. I have been extremely fortunate, No carrier has ever lost a package, and only once did a carrier lose some monitors(died). That event was taken care of and the carrier did indeed pay for the animals lost.

This is over thousands of packages over decades.

Lastly, it is indeed the shippers responsibility to pack the reptiles for any event that will and can occur. Not the carrier.

As a shipper, I have lost sales to people who insisted on shipping in dangerous weather, to cold or to hot. I find that horrifying.

Also horrifying is the thought that you fellas complain for lack of knowledge in shipping. Consider, its only your responsibility to learn how, no one is responsible for teaching you. Its the real world after all, not grade school anymore. All the information is out there and availible for you to ship, you simply have to research. FR

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