Hi all, Good news -- I just called USPS at the Portland Oregon airport, and they do take lizards as long as the animal is not over 20" long. You need to call first so USPS can make sure they have a plane going that can take them that day. And of course you need to take the package to the post office. But workable!!
I have shipped with them a few times (next day delivery) and had good results. The only thing they did was misroute a package once, and it got there a day late, but then they refunded the shipping charge. The gex were fine, fortunately. But I did decide to use longer-term heat packs. Melody Leann Christenson wrote: > > I just talked with Airborne yesterday. They definitely don't want anyone > (even people with a turtle account) to ship lizards. Apparently they are > doing a crackdown as a large snake recently escaped in one of the mail hubs. > > FedEx is also a no. > > UPS is not being easy about me starting a new account in our new > homestate -- three weeks and counting to get them to write up a contact > allowing me to ship geckos. I am on pins and needs waiting for them. > > Our options are slimming. > > Leann > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Melody Hartley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 1:07 AM > Subject: Re: [gecko]Shipping > > > Thanks Julie and Nathan for the info. Do you know if I can set up an > > account on their website, or do I need to call them? I have an Airborne > > account because they will take turtles, and UPS didn't used to -- I > > don't know about now. > > > > Melody > > > > > > -- > > HeartSong Sanctuary - Asian turtles, day geckos, and frogs > > http://home.netcom.com/~mhartley/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Global Gecko Association > > http://www.gekkota.com > > Classifieds > > http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi > > gecko mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko > > > > _______________________________________________ > Global Gecko Association > http://www.gekkota.com > Classifieds > http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi > gecko mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko -- HeartSong Sanctuary - Asian turtles, day geckos, and frogs http://home.netcom.com/~mhartley/ _______________________________________________ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi gecko mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko
