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Next week I'm moving from Chicago to California. My stuff, including my frogs tank, is getting shipped, but I'm going by plane. Anyone have any advise for getting my frogs there? I thought about just trying to take them on the plane as a carry-on in tupper-ware containers (there's only 5 frogs), but I'm not sure if I want to run the risk of them not letting me through with them. I'm sure they wouldn't stop me if I just didn't say anything, but I don't know what it would do to my frogs to run them through the x-ray machine. I'm sure there's a way to ship them, but I don't know much about that as I bought my frogs at different shows. Any ideas or information for getting my little buddies out to California would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

shipping sounds like the way to go. when i received my frogs they were in deli cups with a fern branch or some other type of foilage. put the delis in a box using newspaper crumpled up to keep the cups from shifting and just overnight them to your new place. where in Cali you coming to, i'm in san francisco.

If I do go the shipping route does anyone have any tips for what company can ship live animals, and be trusted to get them there unharmed?

Airborne Express has been excellent in my experience. Ship them the same day you fly out yourself. State that it is a hold for pick-up. Then pick them up from the given location after you land so they won't be transferred to a truck and driven around for several hours to your new address. They need individual deli-cups with small hole in the lid, a little bit of water and either oak leaves or a few pieces of fresh foliage in each. This should be well padded in a styrofoam insultated box. You can add a pack of coolant gel, just refrigerated, but not frozen to stabilize the temperatures when shipping in summer. This box should fit within an outer cardboard box. It's a lot easier than chancing getting them through airport check hassle.
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Patty
Pahsimeroi, Idaho

4 D. auratus blue
3 D. galactonotus pumpkin orange splash back
5 D. imitator
4 D. leukomelas
4 D. pumilio Bastimentos
4 D. fantasticus pending

Thanks. Where do I find the syrofoam boxes? I don't remember seeing them anywhere. Does the shipper have them? I appreciate the responses.

>>Thanks. Where do I find the syrofoam boxes? I don't remember seeing them anywhere. Does the shipper have them? I appreciate the responses.

They are sold at grocery stores as cheap coolers. You can also sometimes get them at pet stores, since live fish are usually shipped in styrofoam. You can also just make one yourself by buying a panel of styrofoam ceiling insulation, and cutting it with an exacto knife to the size of the box you're shipping in.