just one day-old chick of unknown sex goes for $199, plus shipping and handling
How is this done practically? Can a company like UPS move living animals or are there special regulations?
How is this done practically? Can a company like UPS move living animals or are there special regulations?
Some animals are mailable under proper conditions. See the specific
instructions as noted for the following kinds of animals:
* Live bees
* Live, day-old poultry
* Live adult fowl
* Live scorpions (only under limited circumstances)
* Other small, harmless, cold–blooded animals
The mailing of scorpions is limited by the restrictions in 18 U.S.C. 1716. Under this limitation, scorpions are mailable only when sent for the purposes of medical research use or the manufacture of antivenin.
They are usually a little stressed from the trip but a few hours in a refrigerator box (or the bathtub) under a heat lamp with access to fresh water and feed will put them at ease quickly.
Usually there's a minimum order because the body heat of two dozen chicks helps keep them warm.
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