Hi,
I can not speak for anyone but myself.
I have been shipping gerbils for over 3 years now and I have never had to
lie.
My post office has been more than happy to ship my gerbils and they have the
utmost concern for them during their journey.
I use Express Mail and that method of shipping was recommended by my
Postmaster himself.
Once I had a package that was not delivered or handled properly and
unfortunately the gerbils arrived sick or dead.
My Postmaster was the first in line to launch an investigation and the
person responsible was in another state.
He had that person fired.
I am sorry that your post office workers were so horrible to you.
Evon
"Pineywoods Gerbils"
Conni Sowin wrote:
> I am interested to hear about people's shipping experiences even though
> I chose not to ship a gerbil.
>
> I visited good web sites and many on this list e-mailed me on shipping
> methods.
> Our post office made me feel uncomfortable shipping a gerbil.
> First of all, the United States PS will NOT ship a gerbil (or hamster,
> guinea pig, etc.).
>
> I approached them first saying that I'd like to ship a lizard. At
> first, they didn't want to ship that. Then they looked through
> documents and a handbook and said that they would need a complete
> detailed list of all the contents of the container. According to their
> rules, the lizard should not require any food or water in the container.
> There is also a regulation about the amount of weight the box could
> withstand.
>
> There were so many questions, that I didn't feel comfortable lying. I
> only wanted to ship a gerbil overnight. (Yes, if I got it to them by
> 4:00 PM it would arrive at the destination by noon the next day.)
>
> Sadly, but maybe it wasn't, this gerbil went to the pet store. At the
> pet store, they told me that they receive animals via UPS. I'm even
> more confused. :0
>
> We have another unexpected litter of six gerbils to give away soon, so
> I'm up for any new or additional information.
>
> ~~Conni~~
> in northern Illinois
