A Good Day Gone Wrong...

[shadowx362]

O man I am so sorry for the losses . As Paul stated cold weather can be tricky.
Take it easy and hope this doesn't happen to you again.

 

[dmreptiles]

thats sucks

Thats sucks Mike .

 

[Zynx_Keekeio]

Oh NO!! I'm so sorry This is so terrible!

*pats on back*

I'm posting pictures of the lively two, soon. one dumped over it's water container and got everything in it's living qaurters soaked, I felt bad for having to take it out and have it go on another adventure in a deli cup while i fixed it's set up again and found a new water cotainer, one ryn can't tip over,lol

 

[DanTheFireman]

Cold weather shipping is quite tricky at time, don't beat yourself up bro.

Sorry to hear about your misfortune Mike. After literally hundreds of shipments we've had two geckos DOA, one five years ago and one this year where evidently UPS just left the box outside in the sun with no notification and the icepack wasn't enough.
One thing to please keep in mind, we've had some shipments get very cold, the worst case was five geckos lost for four days. That shipment went out when temps were mid-40s for two days, then dropped into the teens. We've never lost a gecko to cold.

 

[spykerherps]

I am so very sorry to hear about your loss. Most things in life are lessons to be learned you have learned and will move on with more knowledge for the future we to try to keep a small colony and to get attached to alot if not all of our hatchlings, so we take it hard when are babies are in the mail and are so very relieved when we get the word they made it safe. good luck to you and yours in the future.

 

[Sandra]

I'm so sorry to hear that... My geckos are somewhat like my children too, I'd feel horrible if I were to lose any of them.

In my (little) experience, they endure the cold way better than the heat... Some of my geckos were held at the airport's warehouse, with no heating at all (it would be around 65ºF, I guess), during a whole week...(That must have been the worse week in my life, I couldn't stop thinking about the poor things the whole time ). And all of them survived! If in doubt,I would go for less heat, not more.

By the way, congrats on that new little Bell!

 

[Untide]

If it gets too cold the geckos body will slow down and compensate for the lack of heat. Sucks that this happened, always sad to hear about shipping tragedy's. FedEX of UPS needs to make a more animal friendly shipping method. lol.

 

[Amber7399]

I just got online, and even though everyone else has given their condolences. i just wanted to say, I also am terriably, terriably sorry for you loss mike!..... chris as well

 

[eyelids]

Thanks again everybody for your condolences... This is such a great community!

It's been a terrible experience, but I've learned my lesson the hard way...

 

[GroovyGeckos.com]

Dude, so sorry to hear of the bad experience. As Paul stated, just ask, when in doubt. Ask any one of us, that have been doing this for awhile! Most of us, I`m sure, will have no problem helping you out.

It is not really very cold out right now, and you are almost always much better off if the geckos get too cold, as opposed to too warm. They are perfectly fine at temps around 50dg, as it can surely get that cold at night where they are from.

In the wild, I`m not sure they would ever experience the high temps we keep them at, because they would be asleep during the heat of the day, and out at night when it is much colder. They are really very tough critters, and do not need all the "babying" that we tend to give them. Just some things I try to keep in mind.

 

[dprince]

Mike, I am so sorry about your losses (and to the people who were to receive them, Haley and Chris.)

 

[rubym]

I am very sorry to hear about the babies. That is such a tragedy. It is so hard to loose one. I haven't tried to ship yet for this reason. I worry about everything that can go wrong. Don't be too hard on yourself. Best wishes.

 

[THE WHISPERER]

I am so sorry that this happend to you. I too have not shipped geckos yet,so as hard as it might have been for you to post this I would like to thank you for doing so. It will defenatly help myself and others from having to learn the hard way. Also PLEASE don't beat your self up over this, keep in mind this was not something that happend because of neglect. Once again I'm very sorry for your loss.

 

[nats]

I am so sorry to hear about your loss

I know I would be sick if it happened to me.

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

Mike, what a tragedy. I can only imagine how heartsick you are about this.

 

[GeckoStud]

I'm really sorry to hear that man...

 

[MSMD]

Mike, I am so sorry that this happened. I would like to tell you not to beat yourself up too much, but I know those of us that care so deeply for our pets tend to no matter how they are lost. We move forward, learning from these experiences and applying that knowledge to better care for those in the future. Life has it's ups and downs, and the ups are surely worth the downs.

Keep your chin up, Mike. We all know how much you love and care for your babies. (HUGS) Congrats on that new baby. I can't wait to see it! :yes: I never tire of seeing your beautiful Bells!

 

[LizMarie]

That really sucks. i wish it hadn't happened but it was just one of those things that you can't do anything but just see it as a learning experience. Don't bet yourself up about it too much because you have all those other beautiful geckos to take care of..

 

[Mel&Keith]

Sorry you guys (Mike and Chris) had to go through this. I'm going to put this in the shipping section so it can help other people who are looking for answers about how to ship.

 

[eyelids]

You're all so AWESOME and you've all helped so much... I cannot thank you enough...

Mel, good idea on the move!