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Re: Ups live animal shipping help
Hi CJ,
I wish is could help.
Personally, I have never shipped a frog- I have only received them , both via FedEx and UPS.
My FedEx deliveries were all shipped/received via FedEx Priority Overnight .
So maybe look into FedEx - overnight as well as UPS!
Lynn
Current Collection
Dendrobates leucomelas - standard morph
Dendrobates auratus “Costa Rican Green Black"
Dendrobates auratus "Pena Blanca"
Dendrobates tinctorius “New River”
Dendrobates tinctorius "Green Sipaliwini"
Dendrobates tinctorius “Powder Blue"
Dendrobates tinctorius "French Guiana Dwarf Cobalt"
Phyllobates terribilis “Mint”
Phyllobates terribilis "Orange"
Phyllobates bicolor "Uraba"
Oophaga pumilio "Black Jeans"
Oophaga pumilio "Isla Popa"
Oophaga pumilio "Bastimentos"
Oophaga pumilio “Mimbitimbi”
Oophaga pumilio "Rio Colubre"
Oophaga pumilio "Red Frog Beach”
Oophaga pumilio "Rio Branco"
Oophaga pumilio “Valle del Rey”
Oophaga pumilio "BriBri"
Oophaga pumilio "El Dorado"
Oophaga pumilio "Cristobal"
Oophaga pumilio "Rambala"
Oophaga “Vicentei” (blue)
Oophaga sylvatica "Paru"
Oophaga sylvatica "Pata Blanca"
Oophaga histrionica “Redhead”
Oophaga histrionica "Blue"
Oophaga lehmanni "Red"
Oophaga histrionica "Tado"
Ranitomeya variabilis "Southern"
Ranitomeya imitator "Varadero"
Ranitomeya sirensis "Lower Ucayali"
Ranitomeya vanzolinii
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Re: Ups live animal shipping help
While I don't have experience shipping frogs, I do have quite a bit of experience shipping dwarf freshwater shrimp, some of which were more delicate than frogs to ship. It is a royal p.i.t.a. to ship live animals. A lot of things can go wrong g and end up costing you a small fortune. Lost packages, poor handling, ect. If my wife hadn't killed my shrimp population, I would have stopped shipping and only sold locally . If I had done that from the start, my wallet would have been a lot thicker....lol
1.0.0 Oophaga Pumilio 'Black Jeans'
0.0.10 Phyllobates Vittatus
0.0.3 Phyllobates Terribilis 'Mint'
0.0.3 Dendrobates Tinctorius 'Patricia'
0.0.5 Dendrobates Leucomelas
0.0.2 Dendrobates Tinctorius 'Powder Blue'
0.0.2 Ranitomeya Variabilis 'southern'
0.0.3 Epipedobates Anthonyi 'zarayunga'
1.2.0 Phyllobates bicolor
0.0.3 Dendrobates tinctorius 'azureus'
0.0.1 Avicularia Avicularia
0.0.1 Gramastola porteri
0.2.0 Canines
1.0.0 Tabby/Maine Coon Mix
2.1.0 Genetics Experiments
0.1.0 Bed Bully
Re: Ups live animal shipping help
it just dawned on me. the best person to speak to on the forum about shipping frogs is mike (mikesfrogs). he's been breeding, selling and shipping phatties for quite some time. I'm sure he could give you some insight into it.
1.0.0 Oophaga Pumilio 'Black Jeans'
0.0.10 Phyllobates Vittatus
0.0.3 Phyllobates Terribilis 'Mint'
0.0.3 Dendrobates Tinctorius 'Patricia'
0.0.5 Dendrobates Leucomelas
0.0.2 Dendrobates Tinctorius 'Powder Blue'
0.0.2 Ranitomeya Variabilis 'southern'
0.0.3 Epipedobates Anthonyi 'zarayunga'
1.2.0 Phyllobates bicolor
0.0.3 Dendrobates tinctorius 'azureus'
0.0.1 Avicularia Avicularia
0.0.1 Gramastola porteri
0.2.0 Canines
1.0.0 Tabby/Maine Coon Mix
2.1.0 Genetics Experiments
0.1.0 Bed Bully
Re: Ups live animal shipping help
Mike helped me with shipping when I needed to ship my pacman. I made sure there was moist paper towels in the plastic container and that it was packed snug with foam and newspaper. to keep the temp up I used a 10 hour hand warmer found in the camping section at walmart. I did not put the warmer directly under the plastic container. I put it more off to the side and put a layer of newspaper in between. Mike was fortunately close to me but not close enough to drive to.
You want to make sure you right "fragile" and "this side up" with an arrow. I was advised not to write "live animal" on the box.
The thing that makes this all successful is timing and communication. I was in constant contact with mike from the moment I left to UPS store and he sent me a text the first thing when he picked up the frog. I dropped the frog off at 5pm. you want to drop the frog off as late as possible since the warmers only last 10 hours.
Keep all your messages in case something goes wrong. take pictures. document everything.
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