Help Please.....Questions Regarding Shipping Frogs

[tonyball]

Hi everyone! I have no experience in shipping Dart Frogs and have had several members ask me if I would be willing to do so. I am willing to ship frogs but I could use some friendly advice from the experts here if you are willing to help.Please feel free to add any input you might have that could be beneficial and minimize any stress to the frogs. I am thankful for any help offered! I guess one of my biggest questions is: what are some of the preferred shipping methods used and what type of guarantees are offered to the buyer/s. Again thanks for your help and feel free to add any words of wisdom

[Mentat]

I've never shipped a frog; but these guys can probably get you a better idea: Ship Your Reptiles - Ship Live Reptiles Easily, Securely and Affordably . Definitely want the fastest FEDEX method (express overnight) and shipping to a hub is better when climate is too cold or hot. In my experience when shipping fish, you do not want to label the box specifying anything alive is inside. Strange humans have the tendency to shake boxes hard or worse when they read those signs .

As far as I know, no delivery system (USPS, UPS, or FEDEX) will insure live animals. The risk is with the sender and normal procedure is that sender will replace animal if it arrives dead (or dies within a certain pre determined period) when receiver was there to sign for animal upon delivery and reports it within one hour. The shipping charges for replacements are normally paid by the buyer. Hope this helps and good luck !