Once an order is placed it is a commitment to purchase. We cannot under any circumstances cancel a feeder insect, live reptile, amphibian, spider or scorpion order. Our workflow absolutely prohibits the ability to cancel so please make sure of what you are purchasing before you submit your order. Thank you.

Live animal orders placed Monday through Thursday by 12 PM EST ship the same day via UPS or Fedex Priority Overnight Delivery. We will do our best to ship live animal orders received after 12PM EST the same day. Live animal orders placed from Thursday after 12 PM EST though Sunday ship on the following Monday.

Depending on the notification you selected tracking numbers are emailed or sent via text (SMS) after 5PM EST on the day your order ships.

2024 Shipping Rates
Fedex & UPS Largest Shipping Rate Increase Ever! Those increased costs are an average of $14 per shipment for home deliveries on Overnight Priority Service. We are only passing on a $3 increase but please note we go beyond what most reptile companies offer using the highest end insulated boxes, heat packing (winter) or cool packing (summer) and even expensive tech cryo-paks when necessary and available. IMPORTANT: If you live in a rural area Fedex tacks on rural delivery fees and we reserve the right to contact you and give you options for shipping to your nearest Fedex Center or paying the additional rural delivery costs.
Live animal orders - $47.95 Fedex & UPS Overnight Priority Delivery + $12 Box & Packaging Fees (2024 $3 Total Increase)
Frozen Feeders - $39.95 Flat Rate (up to 100% fill of the box)
Live Insects - $15.95 for First Live Feeder Quantity and $7.95 For Additional Live Feeder Quantities

FC means Field Collected and CB means Captive Bred.

We recommend, once you receive the animal that you provide a minimum of 48 hours of acclimation into its new environment before attempting to feed. However, fresh water should always be available. Please make sure you are using proper types of prey items and proper sizes of them.

Due to the volume of animals we ship we do not keep date of birth information and in many cases we simply don't have this data.

Sorry, at this time we do not ship outside the contiguous 48 states.

Live animals, live feeders and frozen feeders cannot be shipped to Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico or outside the US.

You will receive a tracking number via email or text depending on how you registered your account.

Some items, due to size, weight or production schedules, ship separately. You will receive a separate tracking number for these items.

Live reptile and amphibian orders are covered under a Live Animal Policy which appears as a tab on every animal page on our website. We recommend you read it completely so that you are aware of all aspects of having a reptile or amphibian shipped to you.

Pictures shown on our website are a representation of the animal you will receive. As these are live animals there will be aesthetic variations. Due to a huge daily volume of requests for photos we offer photos only for animals over $500 and only when you are prepared to purchase that animal on the day of request.

Yes, for animals that can be sexed we offer that option right on the sales page. Please note some animals cannot be sexed.

Every page with an out of stock reptile, amphibian, scorpion or tarantula will show a "Notify When Available" button. Clicking this button will allow you to set a notification for text, FB messaging or email immediately upon it coming back into stock. We highly recommend using this service as animals that come back into stock tend to sell out quickly.

Live Feeders ship priority mail typically in 1 business day Monday to Friday and normally are received in 2 to 3 days after shipping unless you paid to upgrade them to Overnight Fedex Delivery.

While we use proper packaging methods and boxes for live insects there are no live arrival guarantees on any live feeder shipment that goes via priority mail. If you would like a guarantee we have an option to overnight deliver your insect shipment for $25, availabe on all live feeder pages.

Frozen feeders ship on Mondays, as follows: Orders placed Monday through Friday ship the following Monday; orders placed Saturday and Sunday ship Monday of the week after the next.

While we ship overnight to all 48 contiguous states we do not have a store open to the public.

Your email address is either listed with us as someone who has expressly shared this address for the purpose of receiving information in the future or you have registered or purchased from our company.

Each email sent contains an easy, automated way for you to cease receiving email from us, or to change your expressed interests. If you wish to make modifications, simply follow the instructions at the end of any email. If you have received unwanted, unsolicited email sent via this system or purporting to be sent via this system, please forward a copy of that email with your comments to Sales@BigApplePetSupply.com for review.