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For jcoxci's bird, I was about to say "a Thai" .... until he told us what it is (LOL)
For shipping, I don't claim I know everything but since I ship about 100 birds each year, I do know enough about the following:
- For the rule: USPS requires the temp to no lower than 45F, no higher than 80F to accept shipping. That means both the origine location as well as the final destination and anywhere in the routing path.
- The PO requires us to use a USPS approved boxes. Use the box that has lots of holes will surely help (Contact me if you don't know which box to use.... I can't spell the name here as this may offend the manufacturer)
- In general: it is safe (for me) to send in March-April, sometimes in early May and to send again in Oct-Nov, sometimes in early Dec.
-For extreme cold place such as Alaska, the local PO up there doesn't want to accept before mid April ... so think about the timing before taking your birds to the Post Office, they may refuse and you will waste your trip.
- The above applies to shipping within US, Puerto Rico, Hawaii. Shipping internationally is a completete different game.
Some tricks about sending birds:
- You can instruct the PO to.... call you from the Main PO for pick up. This would save the bird 1/2 day of traveling (Hellbender may like this)
- You can request "signature waive", there is a slot for this on the Express Mail form.
- Before shipping: Give the birds vitamin prior to sending. Tie 1/2 an apple so he can chew on his time. This can help some hungry one
- Upon receiving: Feed and water them well. It is helpful to isolate them 1-2 days from others, not only to prevent any sickness from spreading out into your yard, but also keep their stress low and not scare of the new yard. Give them vitamin and antibiotic if possible,
- Don't force them to any activities for at least 10 days, so they can rebuild their strength, their confident and get used to the new food.
Here is some ideas that I have with my experience:
- There are more dead birds received in the summer than in the winter... cold is not that bad since the birds are warm in the inside of the box. But heat is the worst enemy. Stay away from June-Aug
- If the birds refuses to stay inside the box (i.e continue to screame, juggling), you're better off taking him out... staying long in there will build up the heat and soon we will have a dead one in the box.
- When received, shake the box lightly to check if the bird is alive. This is when we should notify the Postal employee and we can mark that on the signature delivery note. This will make it easy to claim the loss. They are to refund the shipping cost, not the cost of the bird.
Hellbender: the weather in March changes fast, spring break is next week. I would not worry about the cold any more in term of shipping.
All, feel free to ask me anything. I will be glad to help.
For shipping, I don't claim I know everything but since I ship about 100 birds each year, I do know enough about the following:
- For the rule: USPS requires the temp to no lower than 45F, no higher than 80F to accept shipping. That means both the origine location as well as the final destination and anywhere in the routing path.
- The PO requires us to use a USPS approved boxes. Use the box that has lots of holes will surely help (Contact me if you don't know which box to use.... I can't spell the name here as this may offend the manufacturer)
- In general: it is safe (for me) to send in March-April, sometimes in early May and to send again in Oct-Nov, sometimes in early Dec.
-For extreme cold place such as Alaska, the local PO up there doesn't want to accept before mid April ... so think about the timing before taking your birds to the Post Office, they may refuse and you will waste your trip.
- The above applies to shipping within US, Puerto Rico, Hawaii. Shipping internationally is a completete different game.
Some tricks about sending birds:
- You can instruct the PO to.... call you from the Main PO for pick up. This would save the bird 1/2 day of traveling (Hellbender may like this)
- You can request "signature waive", there is a slot for this on the Express Mail form.
- Before shipping: Give the birds vitamin prior to sending. Tie 1/2 an apple so he can chew on his time. This can help some hungry one
- Upon receiving: Feed and water them well. It is helpful to isolate them 1-2 days from others, not only to prevent any sickness from spreading out into your yard, but also keep their stress low and not scare of the new yard. Give them vitamin and antibiotic if possible,
- Don't force them to any activities for at least 10 days, so they can rebuild their strength, their confident and get used to the new food.
Here is some ideas that I have with my experience:
- There are more dead birds received in the summer than in the winter... cold is not that bad since the birds are warm in the inside of the box. But heat is the worst enemy. Stay away from June-Aug
- If the birds refuses to stay inside the box (i.e continue to screame, juggling), you're better off taking him out... staying long in there will build up the heat and soon we will have a dead one in the box.
- When received, shake the box lightly to check if the bird is alive. This is when we should notify the Postal employee and we can mark that on the signature delivery note. This will make it easy to claim the loss. They are to refund the shipping cost, not the cost of the bird.
Hellbender: the weather in March changes fast, spring break is next week. I would not worry about the cold any more in term of shipping.
All, feel free to ask me anything. I will be glad to help.
