Hi Greg,
I would use a mild heat pack far away from the gecko. Express mail is usually
kept in heated buildings according to my contacts, in the airplane they are in
the regular cargo hold, but that does not seem to have a great effect on my
shipping. With the heat pack the gecko will be fine up there anyway. You could
ask the Express mail folks if the geckos will be shipped ground or by air, I
would still use the heat pack though.
Julie B.
Greg Watkins-Colwell wrote:
> temp in CT will be in the high 60's lows at night dropping into the low
> 50's.
>
> In Dayton (arrival city) it will be highs in the mid 60's low in the 40's.
>
> Do I chance a heat pack? might it get too hot in the box?
>
> those temps are not really bad for the species (Gekko vittatus) that is...
> they can tolerate that for short periods. But the 40's seems to be pushing
> it. And if it's in the 40's on the ground, how cold is it up in the
> friendly skies (do they even put express mail in heated cargo
> compartments?).
>
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