Shipping Policy
Hi! We are a small company run by real humans. See below for info on when to expect your order, how we handle shipping delays or returns, etc.
Ordering live insects? Head over to our Live Insects Shipping Policy
Shipping Times
Most important: We do not guarantee delivery dates. The mail services we offer provide expected delivery dates, but are not guaranteed.
We prepare orders for shipment every evening Sunday - Friday for shipment the following day. This does mean that if you place an order Friday night, it likely won't ship out until Monday.
With that said, when you are choosing your shipping service please understand it will probably be one (or two, if over the weekend) added business day before your order reaches the carrier. So if you choose Priority Mail 3 Days, it may not arrive until 4 days later because of the time for filling the order and getting it into the mail.
Shipping Costs
Our online store will automatically calculate the shipping cost for your order. I have these set as low as I can for you guys. I know most of us are used to giant companies like Amazon offering free shipping, and unfortunately as a small company if we were to do that it would mean significantly raising our prices, because we don't get shipping labels for half as cheap as Amazon does! But whenever we are able to decrease our shipping rates, it'll be reflected in the calculated rates at checkout.
Shipping Delays or Issues
After we prepare your order for shipment, you will receive your tracking number by email or phone. Please check the tracking if you have any concerns about the timing or delivery of your shipment. After an order ships, the carrier (USPS or UPS) is responsible for getting it to you. I recommend reaching out to them and referencing your tracking number if you have trouble. You can let us know too, we just might not be able to do much! We'll help however we can.
Returns
If your product is damaged/broken, please let us know and we will make it right. Depending on the circumstances we will either ship you a replacement product or issue a refund. We want to know what went wrong so we can prevent it from happening again!
If you (or your hedgie) aren't happy with your product, let us know and we will confirm the return shipping address. Once the return arrives back to us we will issue your refund. I'm afraid we can't cover return shipping, but if you'd like us to provide a prepaid label we can do that. In that case we just deduct the return shipping from the refund total.
We do not accept returns or offer refunds on live insect purchases.
International Shipments
We will happily ship orders out of the US, but please keep in mind there may be import tax, duty fees, or other import restrictions on any of our products that would be considered animal feed or as containing animal products. We frequently ship to Canada but maybe 1 in 10 orders will get tagged with extra fees on import. We are not responsible for additional tax/duty fees on the shipment once it arrives at your border.
Not sure how bad international shipping will be? It will auto-calculate for you at the second page of checkout so you can see if works for you.
Thank you!
We SO appreciate you all and thank you for understanding that we aren't running an Amazon Fulfillment Center! We're just ordinary humans doing our best to make sure your orders get to you (and your hedgies) quickly, safely, and affordably. As a small business we can't perform at the same level as massive corporations, but we like to think our responsive customer service and dedication to quality can help make up for that. :)