Viability of cross country shipping?

[Oldegarlicshnapp]

I found a breeder with very good looking white shamos in the Japan Yahoo auction. It fits a standard to my liking.
Doing a Google search says shipping from Japan to Miami, FL may be from 18-25 days. I know eggs can survive some refrigeration and remain viable, but is the shipping going to screw me over?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

It will likely be longer because of the paperwork that has to be submitted from both sides

 

[SourRoses]

I found a breeder with very good looking white shamos in the Japan Yahoo auction. It fits a standard to my liking.
Doing a Google search says shipping from Japan to Miami, FL may be from 18-25 days. I know eggs can survive some refrigeration and remain viable, but is the shipping going to screw me over?

I would really question the shipping method because faster is certainly available.

I've imported a lot of Betta and Guppy fish from Thailand in the past and that takes about 24 hours by jet with the airport processing. For fish, a whole bunch of sellers get together and put their shipments into one big carton on scheduled days a few times each month. Since costs are pooled, the buyer only pays $5 shipping per fish for the international leg of the journey.

I doubt there's any such organized egg shipping arrangement, but you should definitely be able to talk to the seller about faster shipping speeds, albeit it will cost you more.
I'd be less worried about the age of the eggs and more concerned with how much gas exchange they were getting over a long period (depending on the packaging), and the accumulated jarring over a long period.

 

[Oldegarlicshnapp]

I've imported a lot of Betta and Guppy fish from Thailand in the past and that takes about 24 hours by jet with the airport processing.

Do you think it would be a safe idea to ask for a grown bird instead? I worry about whether it’ll starve, since I don’t know how the shipping of live animals works- especially cross country.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Do you think it would be a safe idea to ask for a grown bird instead? I worry about whether it’ll starve, since I don’t know how the shipping of live animals works- especially cross country.

If you do, you will have to pay a lot more for quarantine boarding