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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MassExodus" data-source="post: 66036" data-attributes="member: 4086"><p>I'm going to have to revise my opinion a bit Meludox..I got my slings today. It was 30 degrees last night, probably a few degrees cooler where they were coming from in east Texas..They were in the mail one night, and when I got them, the box was cold, and when i unwrapped them, there was a warm heatpack right up against them. The vials were already cool, almost cold..the spiders were kind of sluggish coming out, but not too bad, and they perked right up. I just got the feeling from the whole thing that if those spiders were delayed a day in the mail, they may not have made it. I could be wrong, but i won't be ordering any spiders in the winter months in the future. Perhaps 2 or even three heat packs would make it safer, I don't know, but I don't see the breeders doing that, it's like 5 bucks for the good ones i believe. I just won't be chancing it again, I'll wait next time.</p></blockquote><p></p>