shipping hot to cold?

[boutiquegecko]

I need to ship a leo and not sure what to use if anything in the box. It's hot here85-90 day/75 night and going to a 50-70 place. I'm sort of leaning toward heat pack since it's at least 70 at night here and will arrive in a much cooler area in the morning. Any suggestions? Should I just not use heat or cold pack?

 

[PaulSage]

Given the temps at the origin, I would not use a heat pack.

If you're dropping off the package (instead of having it picked up and potentially riding around inside the back of a hot delivery truck for a few hours) I would personally not use a heat pack or a cool pack. I don't feel that 50-70 degrees warrants a heat pack. Over-heating is far more dangerous than allowing a gecko to get a little cool.

 

[boutiquegecko]

Thanks Paul. I'm dropping off, so I figure he'll prob be shipping out soon after that? My first thought was to use nothing, but then I started thinking heat might be better, so that's why I asked. Now that I think about it, leos I get are generally on a cold pack since it's hot here and they're fine after they warm back up.