John, these are for you...Patches and Cleo

[cindy]

On November 2, 2009 I received a wonderful gift from John all the way from Louisiana, Patches and Cleo. They are now my oldest pair of zebras. They have parented many babies and done a great job.

They give me silvers, fawns lightbacks, fawn Isabel, grays.

[DanteD716]

I love the male! He looks like my uncle's largest boy, same eyebrows and everything!

[6finchfriends]

They are a treasure that's for sure! Beautiful and good parents. Can't ask for more.

[DanteD716]

Hmm, does John ship on a regular?

[cindy]

Not sure! PM him....during the winter months it is not a good idea to ship live birds USPS.

[DanteD716]

I will, and I'd wait until spring

[DanteD716]

Just pm'd him

[cindy]

Dante, when he ship to me they were sent out on the last truck out, loaded on the plane and delivered to the post office annex 5 minutes from my hous, I picked them up very early the next morning...a total of 8 hours. I would take longer to NY state. Some states allow shipping by USPS othere won't except them in or out... the way the rules are written by the main national post office they are not allowed to ship finches, canaries, parakeets through the postal system. You can however ship quail, ducks, turkeys.

Not sure it can still be done...Tampa's main post office no longer allows it. There was a major clamp down on this as of about 2 yrs ago. I was at one time allowed with the managers permission to ship to him and visa versa. My suggestion is to find stock near you or do the egg shipping.

[DanteD716]

Yeah, that may be best.

[cindy]

I can send you eggs from the pair, cheaper.....or shall I say cheeper!!!

[DanteD716]

Cindy, I really need tpnget you OB eggs

[kheather]

QUESTION...how do you ship eggs, curious about how that works..do you send them before they have started to incubate..how do you pack them...then what put them under fosters? I didn't know that was done.

[DanteD716]

You pack them carefully, put them in a box, use the same species or societies to foster, you do it before incubation starts

[cindy]

Right, you set up you fosters with a nest when I set mine up then I collect the first three to 4 eggs, pack them up good, ship priority mail or the cheapest/fastest way through UPS, as soon as you get them they go right under the fosters...you don't have to use societies you can use zebras...

[DanteD716]

Will zebras foster other species?