Shipping Rays

[Gr8KarmaSF]

Whats your experience?
Whats your procedures?
How many have you shipped in the past?
Or perhaps you received some rays from a really good shipper? What did you see that you liked?

Lets help people out who have never shipped before!

 

[JD7.62]

Ive shipped 6 or 7 rays. Some AP-AP some over night via USPS and Fed-ex.

AP-AP is the best by far. Usually by the time I pack the animal and by the time its dumped inthe tank is less then ten hours!

I purged the animals for at least five days. I use 4-5 box bags and zip tie each one individually. I also use very little water, maybe twice the depth of the ray if that makes sense and the rest is o2. I fill it up enough that the bag is tight against the lid so I dont really use packing material. Pretty simple really. If its cold use a couple of those 24-36 hour heat packs wrapped in newspaper taped to the underside of the lid.

 

[Gr8KarmaSF]

I fill it up enough that the bag is tight against the lid so I dont really use packing material.

Just curious why no packing material?

Does weather play any part in anybodys decision to ship?

 

[rook45]

Why is the heat pack always on the under side of the lid? Wouldn't it be more effective elsewhere in the box?

 

[JD7.62]

Just curious why no packing material?

Does weather play any part in anybodys decision to ship?

I put the bags in the stryo, then fill up with water then add o2 until the bags are flush against all sides of the stryo and the lid. IMO if you make room for packing material the bags will move. When you do it tight like I do, the bags wont move at all plus you get more o2 in there.

I will check the weather especially if doing AP-AP cause you dont want there to be a delay in a city where your box may have a lay over and miss its connecting flight in the next city.

 

[JD7.62]

Why is the heat pack always on the under side of the lid? Wouldn't it be more effective elsewhere in the box?

They dont really work if they get wet and you dont want it directly on the bag in case it gets really hot, but primarily its because they dont work well wet!

 

[Nic]

basically everything jd7.62 said.... but i have placed a few heat packs in sandwich bags wrapped in newspaper(just so it dont get too hot) under the ray for a few winter shipments....

 

[rook45]

basically everything jd7.62 said.... but i have placed a few heat packs in sandwich bags wrapped in newspaper(just so it dont get too hot) under the ray for a few winter shipments....

Wouldn't the sandwich bag prevent the pack from getting oxygen causing it to be ineffective.

 

[spotfin]

Wouldn't the sandwich bag prevent the pack from getting oxygen causing it to be ineffective.

I was thinking the same thing.

 

[Gr8KarmaSF]

Might prove to be an interesting experiment. Anybody care to try it?

One heat pack unwrapped and another wrapped, lets see which one lasts longer???