Our winter packaging – safe, well thought-out & environmentally friendly

When winter knocks on the door, many customers ask themselves: How will my pets arrive safe and warm? Don’t worry – we have a well thought-out solution and offer you two different packaging options that you can easily choose from when shipping.

Styrofoam or CornPack? You decide!

1. the conventional variant: polystyrene box

Styrofoam is still a popular packaging for shipping live animals – it provides reliable insulation and effectively protects the animals from the cold. The disadvantage: Styrofoam is a plastic, has to be disposed of in the yellow bag and creates more packaging waste. For many, this is not a problem, but for some it is not the ideal solution.

2. the sustainable alternative: CornPack – made from real corn grits

Our second option is much more environmentally friendly – and clever at the same time: CornPack is made from inflated corn grits, is compostable and can even be reused after shipping.

If you have Isopods or millipedes in the terrarium, for example, you can simply add the material to the tank – the animals will nibble on it enthusiastically.

And if you haven’t ordered a soil police? No problem: CornPack can go straight into the compost – where it will decompose without any problems. This means that nothing is left over after shipping except good nutrients.

The CornPack Thermobox is 100% sustainable: the insulation material is made from puffed corn semolina, a waste material from the food industry, and is produced entirely without plastic or harmful substances. In addition, 100% less water and 90% less energy is needed to produce the material than in the production of polystyrene. In addition, CO2e emissions can be reduced by up to 56% compared to polystyrene.

Heat included – adapted to the weather conditions

To ensure that your animals travel safely even in freezing temperatures, we include a heat pack with every winter package. Depending on the outside temperature, we choose between a small or a large heat pack – for just the right amount of warmth on the way to you.

That’s because we don’t pack according to a set pattern, but always the way your animals need it. Incidentally, this applies to both types of packaging – whether Styrofoam or CornPack.


And now it’s your turn

During the ordering process, you can easily choose which packaging option you prefer. This allows you to decide how your parcel arrives – safely, in an appropriate manner and perhaps even with a small contribution to our environment.