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I'll by shipping some C. Orientalis eggs out to one of our friends here. I'll use the youngest eggs I see and ship them in an old plastic water bottle. Do I need to pack ice or bags of ice with the bottle I'll be shipping them in? I'm in FL and they're headed to the NE part of the US.
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Dana
 
Keep in mind that matter how much ice or cold packs you use, it will reach ambient temperature in about 24 hours. Also, any kind of ice or cold pack will greatly increase the shipping weight. So... cold packs might make sense if the temperature is hot in FL, but not hot on the receiving end. But most likely, there's no point.

Also note that actual water-ice isn't very efficient, and it runs the risk of leakage (which makes the USPO very unhappy). If you use anything, the "blue ice" cold packs would be better.
 
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