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Has something changed with UPS?

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Well I had a guy tell me that UPS is ok with shipping live reptiles now. All you need to do is put a "Live Reptiles" on the box and ship overnight. I called UPS, emailed UPS, and spoke to my friends UPS rep and all of them are saying it's not true. No live snakes can be shipped via UPS without a waiver and they are not giving out any waivers at this time.
Well a friend of mine got a box via UPS with "live reptiles" all over the box and they actually delivered it. He asked the driver and the driver said it's up to the hub it goes into? This answer seemed very strange.
Has anyone else heard of this?
 
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Hi,
:shrug01:Don't know about snakes, but i had a couple of Beardies shipped from NY to Va end of Feb. on outside of box was marked LIVE HARMLESS LIZARDS all over so they had to know what was being delivered.
cliff





tomb9712 said:
Well I had a guy tell me that UPS is ok with shipping live reptiles now. All you need to do is put a "Live Reptiles" on the box and ship overnight. I called UPS, emailed UPS, and spoke to my friends UPS rep and all of them are saying it's not true. No live snakes can be shipped via UPS without a waiver and they are not giving out any waivers at this time.
Well a friend of mine got a box via UPS with "live reptiles" all over the box and they actually delivered it. He asked the driver and the driver said it's up to the hub it goes into? This answer seemed very strange.
Has anyone else heard of this?
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UPS never had issues shipping live lizards, just not live snakes. The UPS store by me in particular seems to be up to date on this issue, since they always check the outside of my box for a contents label, and always ask exactly what it is I'm shipping out. I've been shipping UPS for 10 years and I've never been denied when I ship lizards, but then again, I've always been 100% up front with the staff, even to the point of not taping up the box until after the staff can see the lizards I'm sending out. I figure education is the best possible tool for the reptile trade, and showing them the insulation inside the box, the heat packs, and how secure everything is makes them feel that much more confident about shipping reptiles and that it's actually a pretty common occurrence.
 
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