Freebie: Polypterus Free to Good Home

Polypterus 10cm looking for a home in Pretoria Hatfield.

Contact privately for tel no.

Experienced homes preferably

 

Shucks that's too far! I keep 2 and wouldn't say no to a third

Depending on how long you can hold onto it postnet can work...

 

Postnet is too risky - better to use a courier that offers same-day delivery. Remember a live animal is being transported so ja better safe than sorry.

 

It would be too expensive then

Polypterus are tough, this one is small though

 

I don't want to risk it

 

Why you rehoming?

Not the end of the world, I already have 2 senegals

 

My friend bought him impulsively. We are both small scale hobbyists.

He started eating EVERYONE. They can't fit another tank in the apartment that would be big enough for him. I offered a 30 litre but they (his current "parents") reckon it's too small. She wanted to take him back to the petshop but I thought getting more experienced people to take him would be better for him. They love him and this is just in his best interest. Also they don't have a lid and I read recently they like to jump out...

Hope this explains your question.

 

Oh dear, impulsive buys are not very smart but I guess most of us learn it the hard way...

@Hendre beg your dad to get it couriered down. @Pierré Schoonraad: you've had success shipping live animals - same day service, right? What are usually the costs?

 

oh dear. it took me a year to find one

30 litre is WAY too small unfortunately

I'll see how my exam results look

 

He's in a 60 litre now but definitely needs bigger. He JUST ate her last "favourite trout fish" so his head is on the chopping block.

 

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The shrimp I send was next day delivery which didn't fo too bad. Not sure what the cost was as it wasn't for my account.

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I can take it, I can house it, I know what I'm doing with polypterus. Just need a way to get it down

 

Must be way cheaper buying a Senegal in CT that sending it by courier, these are not rare fish

 

About R120 each yeah

 

http://www.lonrhologistics.co.za/information/live-animals/

If you really want to maybe look at this?

 

Same day courier will be fine

 

They will charge you an arm and leg for transporting a live bichir. Someone inquired at another company to bring some whistling ducks from near me to CPT - I was shocked at the price quoted, I think over R5000 just for transporting two ducks.

 

I think the company is more for commercial transport

 

Did you even look at the link? It's not commercial transport - it's animal transport. If you move to another place like Namibia, you use them to take your dogs across the border or going overseas also applies. For that kind of service to take care of your animals while in transit, they will charge you a lot of money.