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I am shipping a few geckos out and the temperature where they are going is going to be about 80 degrees. Would you use a cold pack or do you think that will make it too cold? I am worried that it will be hot on the plane.

What do you think?

Thanks in advance!
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Jeanne

My three geckos came in on a day that was over 100 and the are all fine the females were in a truck maybe 2 hours tops and the male came with a ice pack all meletd he was in a truck 3 hours. I would just put a sing saying keep from extreme heat or cold and they will then keep in the right place in the cargo

. . . putting signs on packages mean nothing to people at UPS - Fed EX. They literally have millions of packages coming to them - when they get shipped - they are packed in these huge trucks - and the guys who unload them are forced to unload as fast as they can. They don't pay much attention to "fragile" - "this end up" - etc.

I still think that any gecko shipped in the heat and lives is LUCKY.

Just my opinion, though.
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Monte Meyer
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Mealworms . . . .you can't eat just one

Here's my opinion on this subject.

More reptiles are lost in shipping due to HEAT than cold. Heat is a huge killer.

Think it through - when will you be dropping it off - what is the wait time at the airport, etc. What's the weather on the other end of the transaction.

I guess I don't really ship much - if at all - during the summer. Personally, I'd wait until the end of August - then we start getting good shipping weather again.

I wish I could help you on the cold pack. I've become pretty good with the heat packs, being from MN - but cold packs scare me.

Good luck.

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Monte Meyer
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>>Here's my opinion on this subject.
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>>More reptiles are lost in shipping due to HEAT than cold. Heat is a huge killer.
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>>Think it through - when will you be dropping it off - what is the wait time at the airport, etc. What's the weather on the other end of the transaction.
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>>I guess I don't really ship much - if at all - during the summer. Personally, I'd wait until the end of August - then we start getting good shipping weather again.
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>>I wish I could help you on the cold pack. I've become pretty good with the heat packs, being from MN - but cold packs scare me.
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>>Good luck.
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>>Monte Meyer
>>Powergeckos[/url]
>>Email
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>>Mealworms . . . .you can't eat just one
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Josh
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I just sold the last of my normal offspring that was produced in my project - 6 of them for 50 bucks!!! Sold the male too for 20 bucks, because he made me mad (LOL).

Nothing happened - I am looking for another male.

I might have produced some, but had a massive incubator spike that killed about 50 eggs - ranging from mels - to double het PA's - Albinos and tangs. Don't ask how I feel about that!! (yuck).

Oh well, there's next year. I'm not going to let another male get near my melanistic females, until I find exactly the right one.

Thanks for asking
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Monte Meyer
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Mealworms . . . .you can't eat just one

>>I just sold the last of my normal offspring that was produced in my project - 6 of them for 50 bucks!!! Sold the male too for 20 bucks, because he made me mad (LOL).
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>>Nothing happened - I am looking for another male.
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>>I might have produced some, but had a massive incubator spike that killed about 50 eggs - ranging from mels - to double het PA's - Albinos and tangs. Don't ask how I feel about that!! (yuck).
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>>Oh well, there's next year. I'm not going to let another male get near my melanistic females, until I find exactly the right one.
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>>Thanks for asking
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>>Monte Meyer
>>Powergeckos[/url]
>>Email
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>>Mealworms . . . .you can't eat just one
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Josh
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With the temps only getting up to 80 you will not need a cool pack. Remember that they will only be in the box during the over night and early morning hours when the temps wont be over about 75 at most. I recently shipped out 3 packages to different parts of the country where the highs on the delivery day were forcasted to be over 100 degrees, with no cool packs. I simply addressed the packages to the Post Office (for two of them) an the UPS terminal for the third to be held for pick up. Put signs on the box saying "keep out of direct sunlight" and "keep at room temperature" and they should be fine.

Hope this helps you out, and if you have any other questions feel free to ask,
Uriah and Tina Walker
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The geckos made it safe and sound. No ice packs needed .

Thanks to all of you for your help! "

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Jeanne