Thank you guys for the help! I just wanted to give an update and let you know that I successfully shipped the tortoises using Ship Your Reptiles. I was hesitant to ship using Fedex, however I wasn't left with much of a choice because I couldn't get the tortoises on a Delta Flight. I ended up...
Thank you, this was very helpful. I still have about a month to sort this out but appreciate the suggestions you gave. I will most likely end up using Delta Dash and I was told that they do accept reptiles and cold blooded animals at the moment, however they will not take dogs.
Thanks! They are adult radiated tortoises, I just want to go with the safest option. I've shipped a lot of koi fish using delta cargo so I already have an shippers account however, I have never shipped tortoises this big.
I need to ship my tortoises which are about 15-20 pounds from Tucson to New York. I want to use delta cargo however there are no direct flights flights so I was wondering if it would be fine to put them on a flight with one stop? Also what method do you think is the safest way for me to pack the...
I have been looking for a while too. In all honesty, I emailed someone who I knew had a fair amount of tortoises. He and I were then abled to work out a deal for these guys.
Haven't posted here in a while, I have been pretty occupied by my fish but I am so excited by my new additions to the tortoise collection that I had to start a new thread. I bought 2.3 young adult Tuscan Western Hermanns, I am very excited to share them with you all. Last year they produced 15...
To begin turtles and koi do not mix well together, there are not many species of turtles that won't harm the koi. One mistake that many make is mixing a RES with a koi and they end up losing there beloved fish from fin damage and infection. I would not advise you keep the two together unless you...
Just a few koi.
This picture is from a Koi show in New Jersey, this fish took a prize at the show and the judges were extremely impressed with its quality.
Here is the rest of the herd. The large koi in the center is the biggest koi in New York by 3". This koi is 39" and it is extremely...