Shipping a grown tort

[EP429]

I'm working with someone on shipping a 6 year old redfoot, the first quote was through Shipyourreptiles.com which was $177.
I've never received a larger tort via shipping, I was wondering if this sounded about right? Shipping on my hatchling was $50 next day, just doesn't seem like $127 is a reasonable difference.

 

[yagyujubei]

Shipping, it seems has gone up recently, but that just seems unreasonable. It might be cheaper air freight like delta dash. I received a large (over 20#) tortoise shipped by delta a couple years ago, and it was $100.

I'm working with someone on shipping a 6 year old redfoot, the first quote was through Shipyourreptiles.com which was $177.
I've never received a larger tort via shipping, I was wondering if this sounded about right? Shipping on my hatchling was $50 next day, just doesn't seem like $127 is a reasonable difference.

 

[Eweezyfosheezy]

Shipping big tortoises is much more expensive because of the size of box and weight of the tortoise(s). How big is the box?

 

[Len B]

It may sound high but may not be, it all depends on the weight and box size. The last box of tortoises I got was a 12x12 cube that weighed 5 pounds,the actual shipping cost was $90. The shipper is a business, I believe they get a reduced rate because of the volume of packages they ship out.

 

[austinSOLO]

yeah if it is a lot bigger, and a animal, it will cost more

 

[Neal]

I've only used shipyourreptiles once, but I think they inflate their price a bit. I received two adult redfoots across the country for that amount using just FedEx...it's quite a process to be authorized to ship live animals through FedEx though.

 

[Lancecham]

I have been using Shipyourreptiles for several years. Their prices are very good compared to the regular FedEx rates.
The hefty price on the shipping is due to the box size and weight. It is expensive to ship a large tortoises through most carriers. As someone mentioned, the cheaper way to go on shipping a larger tortoise is somebody like Delta Dash.

 

[Islandsaints]

I had three Sulcata's shipped to me, the smallest was around 10 lbs the largest was close to 20 lbs, not including the dog crates they were sent in. They were sent by Southwest Airlines and it was 90.00 for all of them.

Tracy

 

[EricIvins]

Sounds like an inexperienced shipper to me.......However, shipping adult Tortoises is an expensive ordeal to begin with.......

The last Sulcata I had shipped across the country was 35lbs, and cost me $132 using my account........

 

[yagyujubei]

If you pm RENJ ( http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Racoons-on-Tortoise#axzz2100XwJJZ ), they just got a redfoot shipped coast to coast. Ask them what they paid, and who was the shipper.

 

[Nay]

I used USPS and couple times, as I know a few others that did and it seemed work out.

 

[Robyn@TRR]

Shipping rate depends on actual package weight, but also the dimensional size of the package. Large packages do indeed get exponentially more expensive to ship. You want to use the smallest box that you can, while still having proper insulation (at least 3/4") and proper spacing for the given species.

It is also more expensive to ship Cali to Miami, as opposed to Philly to NYC, of course.

Our Overnight rates at ShipYourReptiles are hard coded to start at 20% less than the FedEx rate.