You make some good points.
I still believe there are health pros and cons for each method , but I respect your opinion.
But protesters will take the selective bits they choose to harm us from either point.
Caveat, small animals like geckos and baby snakes are at more risk of cold temperatures or fluctuations due to their small size affecting the speed of temperature changes in their body faster.
(e.g it takes much less time to defrost or cook a sausage than a large piece of meat )
Maybe I should only consider my suggestion for adult ball pythons.
So who are they? sounds like a compromise I and maybe others would be interested in.
Im sure its ok to share resources here as long as we don’t advertise reptile breeders which would compromise morphmarket.
My discussion other about with the video from balls2you (also linked here) with the courier in the details was accepted so I thought it was OK.
@t_h_wyman or @eaglereptiles or @ any staff
As I am asking to share local resources in the OP, so we all know how far to go, please confirm the rules on that or deny. Am I right its just breeders we cant recommend or is it more complex.
I have read the forum rules but want to be clear on them, and also other posters may want clarification.
K and also for the other bits, that’s really helped clarify. thanks.
So @ghoulishcresties (with your cool cool name) sounds like you can post the name of the delivery service you prefer here to inform me and others of alternative options to our discussion, but without positive prejudice to them or negative to others.
Where as discussing the pros and cons of different styles of delivery systems is OK, (without promoting or dissing a particular company.) that’s ok. Ballance is the key.
Ok,
So the one I use is Animal courier (Steve), used for many years now, most of my animals are brought here or sent by him.
And also in the uk is Reptasia and Ridgeway Exotics, will be using Reptasia possibly next week as the do weekly runs I’ve just found out.
Always great to know a few
So I use Ridgeway courier & animal courier. Neither have surpassed 48 hours courier time (actually I don’t believe they surpassed 24 hours) but I would suggest you research The courier services for yourself.
I have used reptasia also but it was a while back and I can’t remember how long courier time was.
My only concern with any courier is contact, I don’t use Facebook (or anything similar) but a lot of them seem to use Facebook etc for contact and don’t provide alternative methods. Therefore I can’t use them.
I agree that adult reptiles might survive better in post then juveniles however, I think I will hold off with it for now and let others test it out for a while.
Can you pm me reptasias email please? I can’t find it on their fb page & they didn’t have this when I received my reptile through them (a few years ago now) but I’d definitely consider them again.
I have an email for Ridgeway which advertise 48 hours courier service.
I have phoned animal courier and specified I was looking for short courier time and agreed could be done within 48hours, it might depend On location and how busy they are!
Agreed, I want better more traceable contacts that facebook, besides i chose not to be on facebook. Luckily most of the ones I have used also provide a text so i have their phone number for an alternative contact.
Honestly, if I was going to be a courier, if I lived in Europe, I would use both MRC and texts to communicate with everyone, due to me being so active on here lol . And it would bring more people here even if only through a pm.
Tomek ( reptilehill on Instagram)
I live in Portsmouth and I have a medium size collection. This year I’ll be breeding 50-60 females. I’m into clown, pieds, monarch, DG, hypo, lav and Axanthic. Hoping to produce and reproduce some double recessives this year !
Wait, that is medium sized? Lol, I am going to have to rethink my terms. One day I hope to have 20-25 maybe more females but I am working with boas, so I bet that makes a difference.
@reptile_hill As the above, that’s not meidum, I am small with 6 females but growing . and i am down your way alot for work. So I will keep a look out for you
Better to be safe.
. But just don’t create posts with the sole purpose of promoting a resource above another.
. And it would bring more people here even if only through a pm.