That's terrible. USPS sucks. I had a bad experience w/ some baby orchid plants recently so I sort of know how you feel. It always hurts a little more when they are animals though.
RIP little shrimpies - a mail order tale
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It might not be the duration of the shipment that causes the most problems when heat packs don't work quite right. It's the first 12-24 hours or so after they've been activated. Sometimes it flares up way too hot, too fast.. and then it cools down again to a more moderate warm temp level. All you can do is use extra insulation between the heat pack and the livestock inside (but still not too much) and hope for the best.
Packing peanuts is usually not enough to insulate it that is why I always wrap my heat packs in newspaper place them on the bottom with another layer of shreded or crumbled newspaper then the bag cradled in shreded paper.
Oh that's terrible 
That makes me nervous because I'm hoping to order some shrimp online in a month or so. I've never ordered any kind of live creatures online before and I'm really nervous about something like this happening. I hope you can get some sort of refund or something.
That makes me nervous because I'm hoping to order some shrimp online in a month or so. I've never ordered any kind of live creatures online before and I'm really nervous about something like this happening. I hope you can get some sort of refund or something.
The seller has been wonderful. She instantly refunded the entire cost of the purchase, which included snails and plants. I'm actually hoping she'll accept some of that back.
I've been told that shrimp ship very well. This seems like some sort of freak accident, or else poor handling by the postal service.
I've been told that shrimp ship very well. This seems like some sort of freak accident, or else poor handling by the postal service.
Freak accident indeed! Although I wouldn't be the first to complain about how poorly the USPS treats things. A word to the wise they will offer to sell you insurance but won't back up their claim later on down the road...at least when it comes to live animals, nice huh? I am glad to hear you were refunded, it should all work out in the end. Hopefully this doesn't discourage you from shrimp keeping.
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I definitly love the shrimpies. The only problem is I live in a shrimp desert. The only place I can find live fish around here is walmart, petsmart and jack's aquarium. All three pretty much cater only to what is most popular. I have ghost shrimp, which are neat, but I want cherries and I want 'em bad! Nobody sells them though. Jacks had them for a short time, but they were $5 a piece. Now they don't even carry them.
I was afraid to do live shipping, mostly for this very reason. I guess I'll let my tank settle in some and then do a reorder in a few weeks.
I definitly love the shrimpies. The only problem is I live in a shrimp desert. The only place I can find live fish around here is walmart, petsmart and jack's aquarium. All three pretty much cater only to what is most popular. I have ghost shrimp, which are neat, but I want cherries and I want 'em bad! Nobody sells them though. Jacks had them for a short time, but they were $5 a piece. Now they don't even carry them.
I was afraid to do live shipping, mostly for this very reason. I guess I'll let my tank settle in some and then do a reorder in a few weeks.
