How do you ship a Cham?

[BIGGUN]

So how do you all you individuals that ship do it? I see how the businesses do.

Kevin

 

[dodolah]

check this out:
http://www.chameleonnews.com/?page=article&id=20

and this:
http://www.melleridiscovery.com/index.html
click the tutorial. you'll see tips how to pack your chameleon safely.

 

[Fred]

I'm curious about the counter to counter at the airport thing mentioned? Anyone know about this? I would feel sooo much better about driving to the airport and picking my guy up as soon as he exited the plane from where ever rather than him get thrown on ups truck or otherwise, I've seen them people throw stuff around marked Fragile or live!!!!

 

[FiredUpAmbilobe]

From My Experience...

Panthers are always overnighted.. Mine always come in the smaller size usps flat rate boxes. They are shipped with a heat pad under them.. Mine were shipped in a small cotton sack with bout 1/2" styrofoam covering the walls of the box and shredded newspaper covering the cotton sack... There was a video on Youtube but I can't seem to find it.

 

[dodolah]

actually, all chameleons/ living things should be shipped overnight.
I can't imagine any breeder would want to risk their baby chameleons stuck in a box for more than that period of time.

 

[BIGGUN]

My understanding is that the counter to counter can be as fast as 8 hours for coast to coast.

???

Kevin

 

[blackbetty]

So USPS is allowed? I read their site and it says to use Fed ex or to contact ESO and be approved? A friend emailed me saying she is getting her chams via overnight USPS.. I dont know about her mail, but our carrier sucks and I would be scared it wouldnt be "priority"... I thought it was illegal to ship Live animals over a certain size? She is getting a Jackson juvi.

 

[laurie]

I get chameleons shipped into Montana all time, well not all time but a fair number of then. They have arrived UPS, Fedex and USPS. I have someone who is an expert at shipping chameleons. They are labeled fragile, pershable, protect form hot & cold. If asked they are orchids. Depending on the size the are in an appropriate size container, like a tupperware bowl with a stick hot glued neat the botton for the cham to sit on. Use the insulated boxes with small holes in them. If useing heat packs put paper in between the cham containers and the heat pack as we would not want a cham burned. I like UPS, in fact me USP driver always want to know if I am getting a reptile and comes in to watch me unpack them. He had never seen a live cham before me! (poor deprived kid) I know the UPS policy but have never had a problem. Also sane for FedEx but she just puts them inside the door & leaves. If I am expecting an animal I leave a note on the door and all three carriers will put my packages, animals, crickets, books, other junk inside out of the weather. One of the benefits of a small town. Just to keep them off guard the sign is up & the door unlocked even if I am home, I often stick my head out the door and yell thanks. I have yet to have a problem getting a reptile here except now when it is 8 degrees outside. No chams for a while. Hope this helps.

 

[ciafardo 4]

Laurie i like the orchid thing great idea to avoid crap i know we will get a bunch of do gooders who say oolllll your lieing but i dont think we will spend time behind bars besides they dont open the packages . Chameleon co puts the chams in brown paper bags completely filled with shreded paper then in the insulated box and so forth.

 

[laurie]

Laurie i like the orchid thing great idea to avoid crap i know we will get a bunch of do gooders who say oolllll your lieing but i dont think we will spend time behind bars besides they dont open the packages . Chameleon co puts the chams in brown paper bags completely filled with shreded paper then in the insulated box and so forth.

I know, I am bad. But hey I take really good care of my chameleons.

 

[blackbetty]

I didn't realize how many people used USPS.. I just never thought them to be reliable..well then again, Fed Ex isnt either..

 

[merumontanus]

shipyourreptiles.com

I have shipped chameleons using DHL, FedEx, UPS and Cargo, in order of reliability, with the latter being the most dependable (but also expensive).

I recently became aware of a very promising alternative:

SHIP YOUR REPTILES

I don't know if this company has been mentioned here before, but it is being operated by ProExotics, and has apparently reached not only an agreement with UPS to ship herps, but has also scored a significant exclusive shipping rate (with discounts of up to 30%).

The service is scheduled to launch on 16 March 2009, and if it really works as advertised, I know how I'll be shipping my deremensis this spring.

Cheers!

Fabián

 

[GooglezNvincent]

I use this type of method:

http://images.google.com/imgres?img...ev=/images?q=how+to+ship+reptiles&gbv=2&hl=en

 

[ciafardo 4]

MERUMONTANUS thank you so much for bringing that website to my attention this will be excellant man how perfect with this be