Ellenantula
Arachnoking
- Joined
- Sep 14, 2014
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I'm old school. Box should say "Handle with care: ceramic clown bank" on box. (NOT kidding -- it has happened) lolSo Sellers should Go all through animal control division To Ship Those tarantulas i don't get it? or just Simply Print on printed and stick it on the shipping box "Live Harmless Insects" Would be enough?
My cricket orders, with wire mesh sides on box and loud crickets sounds from within, were fairly obvious 'legal' shipments within USPS! lol
Seriously, I thought reptiles/Ts were legal to ship via FedEx. I have received some USPS T/roach deliveries via (can't name seller, but name begins with J) who shipped me all Ts and roaches with a mere "fragile" sticker on box (happened in 2014). I've learned more over time, and do not order from such dealers anymore. They put ME at risk since now I know I ordered them knowingly they'd go through reg post office. $15 USPS priority mail seemed a good price (prices may have increased since them). But I was a newbie and had no idea of laws. But ignorance of the law isn't a legal defense (if caught).
Anyhoo, the last few orders I did were through FedEx -- and with their high shipping costs, I ordered multiple Ts to justify high (but quicker) shipping costs (back in 2015).
If FedEx ISN'T legal anymore -- please advise.
I understand laws re: certain asian species not crossing state lines, but didn't realize it might occur with any T shipped via FedEx. I loved online T ordering to start my collection; but don't want to break the law or pay a fine (or g-d forbid have my new Ts confiscated).