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We just had a DOA male arrive at our door. After breeding him, he was not brought all the way up to optimum temperature, yet he was fed. With no hot spot in his cage to help him digest, the process took longer than expected, and because of it was shipped too soon. He regurgitated the rat in the box, and we assume he suffocated (as the liquid stoped fresh air from entering the bag.)

Take this as a warning, it is probably wise to avoid shipping until defecation occures at least once.

Regards,
Ronald & Jamie
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Clicky Clicky

with all due respect I think the thread should have been titled, "SHIPPING RIGHT AFTER EATING"! Although I have never shipped a Boa, I have shipped hundreds of colubrids that I have bred and sold over the years and one of my very first criterias for shipping is outside temps and number two is, when did the snake last eat. I think the fact that the snake wasnt warmed enough is irrelavant. More importantly, he was fed too closely to his shipping date. In my opinion, a more responsible breeder would have have postponed the shipping. Sorry you got burned. Not only is that a tough thing for you personally but It is also just plain bad press for the already very fickle shipping of live snakes industry. These companies need little excuse to pull the plug on the shipping of live snakes. I hope you got your money back. Just my opinion. Thanks for listening. Mike Panichi
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honesty is my only policy

yeah i know they are lookign to stop shipping snakes, thats why we are not reporting it to the shipping company.
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Clicky Clicky

I'd really have to disagree and say that the low temps probably had a very significant impact on the regurgitation. If the snake wasn't at a proper temperature after being fed, it wouldn't be able to properly digest it...add stress from shipping on top of that.

Just a thought.

Marcus

thats all fine and dandy but if you ship a snake(any snake)with a full stomach, I'd be willing to bet you would get a regurg every time regardless of temps it was kept at.
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honesty is my only policy