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how do you ship chameleons. i don't know where to ship or how. I'm scared my cham will sufficate if i put her in a box w/out holes but if i put holes n it I would be scared someone would be tempted to take it. HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPPP
PPPPPPPPLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEE
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1.2 veiled chameleons(Rocket, Jenevive, and Sally)
soon to get a leo.

chill fella...

First of all, you don't need to put holes in the shipping box. Boxes are not air tight so air will get in. Furthermore, if you put holes in it, that would defeat the purpose of the insulated boxes the first place, especialy since the weather is getting colder.

so don't worry, The chameleons won't suffocate. you should be more concern with keeping the right temperature in the box.
Link

okay.wut was the link for. what temp should i keep the box at for a veiled chameleon.
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1.2 veiled chameleons(Rocket, Jenevive, and Sally)
soon to get a leo.

also where is the best place to ship them that will let you ship them
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1.2 veiled chameleons(Rocket, Jenevive, and Sally)
soon to get a leo.

Put her in a deli container with some holes punched in the lid and around the top. Put a stick or two in with her so she has something to hold on to. Place the deli container in a box and pack around with crumpled newspaper. If you live or are shipping to a cold area, put a heat pack in the box above her. (Some places are already too cold to ship at all I think.) Print off some signs with a picture of a chameleon that say: LIVE, HARMLESS CHAMELEON, Handle with Care. Tape a couple of these to the SIDES of the box so they don't get covered by shipping labels. Be sure to ship her overnight so that she is delivered before noon the next day.
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~Melissa
1.0 Ambanja Panther (Diesel)
0.1 African Hegdehog (Kaimah)

>>how do you ship chameleons. i don't know where to ship or how. I'm scared my cham will sufficate if i put her in a box w/out holes but if i put holes n it I would be scared someone would be tempted to take it. HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPPP
>>PPPPPPPPLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEE
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>>1.2 veiled chameleons(Rocket, Jenevive, and Sally)
>>soon to get a leo.

Here are two links (first is the text, second, the pictorial guide):
www.chameleonnews.com/year2002/sept2002/shipping/shipping.html
www.chameleonnews.com/year2002/sept2002/shipping/shipping_pictorial.html
Regulations may have changed with some of the curiers however so you will want to contact the curiers to find out what their regulations are with shipping lizards. I know that many people get around these regulations by claiming them as live plants, etc., rather than a lizard but you should contact the companies and determine what their regulations are.
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Chris Anderson
parsonii_hoehnelii@hotmail.com
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