Comments on: How to Ship Turtles

By: the creature

the creature — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:46:00 +0000

Turtles are easy movers. they don’t meow or squawk on the drive to the new place (like my cat and birds did). i haven’t flown with my turtle yet, but he’s moved with me twice. the first time he travelled in a coffee mug. the second time, he was in a large bucket (he’d outgrown the coffee mug)

By: amy

amy — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:08:01 +0000

Though I have never tried to send turtles anywhere, I did bring home 50+ baby guppies home on an airplane (in my check luggage… no liquids on board). I just put them into a Nalgene bottle and put that in a plastic bag, in case of leaks. They made it home and back to the dorm, sometimes more than once.

I also tried to send a guppy to a friend in Vermont in January through the US post office. It died.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:32:23 +0000

FedEx does ship turtles all the time. You may need to be a reseller of them though. I see them come through the FedEx system all the time, two or three times a week.

By: G

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:28:55 +0000

That’s interesting. I have seen people bring their dogs and cats onto the plane. I saw a lady bought a seat for her tiny dog. You would think it would be easy to bring on turtles. At least they don’t make noise like dogs.

By: CBD

CBD — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:34:29 +0000

I had a friend who wasn’t allowed to travel with turtles because of the salmonella threat. Sounds like a good idea to me…