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by dakbpk on November 8, 2001
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I am an admirer
from a distance
and have been
facinated by
snakes but at the
same time deathly
afraid! This is one
of my favorite
websites and I
often wonder how
people ship HOT
snakes. I always
think of the movie
MAMBA where the
shipping company
mixed up the black
snake with the
mamba and it gets
loose in the
house. Any
response would
be helpful:)
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by vettesherps on November 8, 2001
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I to am curious. I have someone who would like to buy 2 of my copperheads. How do I ship them. Does UPS or or some one like that take them? IF you have to ship by air, I heard you have to be a verified shipper. Is that true? Need info!!!! Help!!!
Thanks,
vette
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by Mojo on November 8, 2001
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I work at UPS we dont ship live animals except for crickets and worms (all ive ever seen) but pls no hot snakes boxes break open all the time there.
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by Naja_oxiana on November 9, 2001
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I always recieved my snakes via Delta Dash, usually through Atlanta to Roanoke, Va.
All packages with venomous snakes must be a certain material, whith that material being a certain thickness. Air slits must be provided. The snakes must be double bagged sperately. I've heard that some airlines that will actually ship venomous are even stricter than that, but what I've mentioned should suffice.
One interesting little hiccup that I had was when I bought a Naja kaouthia from Hotlanta. Mike hadn't shipped any hots in a while and so Delta nolonger considered him a "frequent shipper". And so he had to make three shipments of non-venomous reptiles--I believe that this excluded nonvenomous snakes--before he could ship hots. Consequently, I had to wait a bit ont he cobra.
Hope this helps.
Cheers
Roger
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by sniper on November 10, 2001
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In the past I did ship with Delta but didn`t ship enough for "known shipper" status.
I have had very good luck with Northwest air cargo, They are half the price of Delta and very little hassel. They will want to see what`s in the box and as stated before the animals must be individualy bagged.
Be prepared to screw the lid down after they are inspected. If you call Northwest air cargo and tell them what you`re shipping (venomous reptiles) they will help ya out.
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Anonymous post on November 27, 2001
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They're generally shipped same-day air cargo, airport to airport. The packaging rules are a pain in the ass, but other than that it's just like any other animal cargo.
Regarding Delta, "known shipper" means they'll take your shipments without inspecting them. This is generally awarded after a reaonable number of inspected shipments.
But they refuse to inspect venomous shipments. Leaving someone who doesn't want to spend a few thousand dollars shipping anything else to establish their bona fides in a bit of a catch-22 since they started being stickier about the rules.
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