I agree I hate getting live animals shipped, A few weeks ago I ordered a couple of snakes from someone through the faunaclassifieds and he shipped them in a box without any air holes or markings on the box stating "Live Animals" so when I waited for the mailman in the hallway I saw him flipping the box around as if nothing important was in it. When I opened the box the snakes inside looked terrified, I'm glad to say that now they are doing well.