Please Check Back January 5th, 2026 for Insurance Availability - Happy New Year!

Please Check Back January 5th, 2026 for Insurance Availability - Happy New Year!

No insurance will be available for live shipments until at least January 5th.

We at APS wish you and your family a very happy new year!

**2025 Holiday Live Shipping Blackout Dates November/December**

Due to the holiday surge of shipping Live Animal shipping is discouraged on the following days!

November 26th - Decmber 2nd.

December 18th - December 29th.

December 31st

Live and on-time arrival insurance will not be offered! Ground Dry Goods shipping is welcome.

We wish you a wonderful holiday season and look forward to serving your live shipping needs after the holiday rush.

If you ship from a UPS store, bring in this letter

Every UPS Store accepts live shipments.

In case the staff didn't read the email from corporate allowing non-venomous snakes, show them the "UPS Approval of Live Animal Shipping" letter.

You'll find another link on the right side of the page after you create your label.

Shipping a pet, or first time shipping live? Try our Shipping Linebacker by clicking the chat icon in the bottom right corner. Trained by our staff it's the 24 hr. a day resource to years of live animal shipping knowledge!

We have Heat packs & the new high quality Gel Phase packs, in stock 40, 60 and 72 hours. Need to ship a pet? Get packaging advice? Have a temperature question? Have a question about your label? We've uploaded some of the best live animal shipping knowledge into one place that you can use anytime! Try it out by clicking the chat icon in the lower right hand corner.