Beware what I hear you ask!
The simple answer is the colder weather.
I was unlucky enough today to receive a DOA spiderling that had been shipped to me two days ago by RMSD but was not delivered until today. As the seller had not used any additional heat source nor any insulation material the spiderling I imagine froze to death on the wet tissue it was shipped with in the depot.
This has depressed me as I blame myself now for ordering it last week when the weather was better but the seller was unable to ship till this week.
I would therefore ask you to make sure that if you mail order any tarantulas that you make sure that they ship with a heat mat of at least 24 hours duration and that you ask the seller to not ship if the weather forecast is poor.
Lets try to keep our purchases alive and if in any doubt do not order!
Best Regards
Richard
The simple answer is the colder weather.
I was unlucky enough today to receive a DOA spiderling that had been shipped to me two days ago by RMSD but was not delivered until today. As the seller had not used any additional heat source nor any insulation material the spiderling I imagine froze to death on the wet tissue it was shipped with in the depot.
This has depressed me as I blame myself now for ordering it last week when the weather was better but the seller was unable to ship till this week.
I would therefore ask you to make sure that if you mail order any tarantulas that you make sure that they ship with a heat mat of at least 24 hours duration and that you ask the seller to not ship if the weather forecast is poor.
Lets try to keep our purchases alive and if in any doubt do not order!
Best Regards
Richard
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