Hunterhound Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 Hi Back to the topic of importing semen....Has anyone used Sires on Ice to import semen from the US?? If so, have you used the semen & have you achieved a live litter? You can PM me if you would prefer any information remains confidential. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kustali Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 I found Jessica to be very efficiant and very communicative which really helps when you need to know what's going on with your stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunterhound Posted November 8, 2010 Author Share Posted November 8, 2010 HiBack to the topic of importing semen....Has anyone used Sires on Ice to import semen from the US?? If so, have you used the semen & have you achieved a live litter? You can PM me if you would prefer any information remains confidential. Cheers That of course is supposed to say Sires ON Ice....sorry for the typo!! :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kustali Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 Well they are in and on ice, hahaha! I hope you've got some helpful info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwaY Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 Can't say im impressed with the service to date!! 4/10 Quote given, I accept. 6/10 Jessica says will forward my details to US people to contact me. 26/10 I email Jessica, saying I have not heard from the US people yet. 27/10 Jessica says will chase it up. 28/10 Hear from US guy. 28/10 I email him the info he needs. As of today, i have had no reply nor has stud dog owner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunterhound Posted November 14, 2010 Author Share Posted November 14, 2010 Can't say im impressed with the service to date!!4/10 Quote given, I accept. 6/10 Jessica says will forward my details to US people to contact me. 26/10 I email Jessica, saying I have not heard from the US people yet. 27/10 Jessica says will chase it up. 28/10 Hear from US guy. 28/10 I email him the info he needs. As of today, i have had no reply nor has stud dog owner! Not good ....I will admit that tardy correspondence really shows me a lack of professionalism. I have made contact with Carl Pew, whom I suspecting is your contact also, but I will admit I am extremely sceptical at the thought of having semen collected & blood drawn in one state of the US & then having to ship to him to freeze & get the bloodwork processed in another state......my thought process would be that it is best to freeze as soon as possible, to increase your chance of good numbers post thaw?? If I choose to have it frozen by another repro vet then the charges increase dramatically. It's disappointing as i would like to have the semen come directly to Sydney (as Jessica seems quite switched on) but it's looking as if I will deal with Cryogenes & ICSB in the US. Downfall to this is increased cost & the semen flys in to Melbourne & stored briefly at Monash vet clinic...so it means another flight & expense!! I think they are the only two choices when it comes to group shipments from the US...I love to know if there may be another agent?? I need to use an agent as I would hate to stuff things up this end & AQIS discard the consignment...which they can do if you get the paperwork incorrect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverHaze Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 And yet our experience with Cryogenes & ICSB was an utter disaster! Lack of communication, an inability for the people over here to get things moving over there. Pain in the ass when you pay good money for someone else to do all the work for you - and you still end up stressed out of your head, and having to take action to get things moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunterhound Posted November 15, 2010 Author Share Posted November 15, 2010 And yet our experience with Cryogenes & ICSB was an utter disaster! Lack of communication, an inability for the people over here to get things moving over there.Pain in the ass when you pay good money for someone else to do all the work for you - and you still end up stressed out of your head, and having to take action to get things moving. I agree with your comment here......I have used Cryogenes in the past & was not impressed with the communication & the continual change of expected ETA's. The semen did eventually arrive...although months after the promised date!! I'm between a rock & a hard place here....this is why I was contemplating using Sires on Ice for this importation BUT I am very apprehensive with the US side of things with SOI. SilverHaze, can you tell me when you imported using ICSB?? Apparently the contact person at Grass Valley is now a different person to when I imported...and apparently is very good, her name is Bridgett. Do you know if it was Bridgett or Barb who was the ICSB contact?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverHaze Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 And yet our experience with Cryogenes & ICSB was an utter disaster! Lack of communication, an inability for the people over here to get things moving over there.Pain in the ass when you pay good money for someone else to do all the work for you - and you still end up stressed out of your head, and having to take action to get things moving. I agree with your comment here......I have used Cryogenes in the past & was not impressed with the communication & the continual change of expected ETA's. The semen did eventually arrive...although months after the promised date!! I'm between a rock & a hard place here....this is why I was contemplating using Sires on Ice for this importation BUT I am very apprehensive with the US side of things with SOI. SilverHaze, can you tell me when you imported using ICSB?? Apparently the contact person at Grass Valley is now a different person to when I imported...and apparently is very good, her name is Bridgett. Do you know if it was Bridgett or Barb who was the ICSB contact?? PM sent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverHaze Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Has anyone heard anything about these people? http://www.genemovers.com.au Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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