Thanks DHL!!

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Originally Posted by snakeman

All the carriers have had problems don't think you are are going to get any better service with the other carriers.If they were packed better they probally would not have died.I always ship my garters in wet paper towells.Just in case this kind of thing happens.If you ship or receive enough garters it will happen eventually.I would request that they are shipped in wet paper towells and a cold or hot pack in bad temps.I learned the wet paper towell thing from felzer.Never lost a snake in transit.Even ones that were delayed up to five days.

The wet paper towels were used, but no cold pack. My understanding is the cold packs average effectiveness is about 48 hours. Wish it had been used, but with delivery time of six days I'm not at all sure it would have made any difference.