Second try to GGA listserve:
Subj: Re: [gecko]Summer Shipping--international
Date: 7/24/03 12:22:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time
From: Elizabeth Freer
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Hi Neil,
Thanks, Julie, for all your shipping ideas!!!
Neil, I would like to add something that was recommended to me by a person who ships nationwide. This guy makes his own shipping containers from a product called Insulfoam which you can get at Home Depot in sheets. This material, he says, has an R factor of about 5.0, and insulates far better (hot or cold) than the typical pre-made boxes I have used. (I am currently still using boxes from Tech Pak.) I have not tried this yet, but Frank swears by Insulfoam!
Elizabeth
the great Pacific Northwest
Subj: Re: [gecko]Summer Shipping--international
Date: 7/24/03 11:09:30 AM Pacific Daylight Time
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Julie Bergman)
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Hi Neil,
I usually use newspaper (styrofoam retains heat more) and cool packs for
hot weather packing. I would use a large cool pack as the destination is
good and hot. Evaporative cooling works in your favor too, even if the
cool pack melts before the gex get there.
What kind of boxes do you use? Pre-made styrofoam insert or put it
together yourself? Pre-made inserts work better for these conditions. I
have double-walled the thinner do it yourself kind, however, this is
harder to make seal properly.
I would also dampen the gex's containers too, not too much though. It
sucks to get gex from people that are packed in a soaked container. I'm
sure the gex do not like the "dirty diaper" either! ;) I layer them up
with blue shop towels (heavy duty paper towel) so they can feel secure
and also are somewhat protected from impacts due to the curling up of
the paper towels. For Uros and Phelsuma I like to put sphagnum peat moss
(actually moss and not soil type stuff) on the very bottom of their
containers and make sure that is moistened. Paper towel strips are then
used in a curling manner and one strip is stuck in the lid that runs
down so they can have something stable to hang onto/hide behind.
Julie Bergman
http://www.geckoranch.com
GGA lifetime member
Neil A. Meister wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Does anyone have experience/tips for shipping geckos in hot weather?
> I've found a company that may be able to ship some animals to Daytona
> for me, but it will take 2 days given brokerage/inspection. I'm
> worried about heat in August. Being up North, I'm more used to dealing
> with cold.
>
> Thanks,
> Neil
