# Pets & Domestic Animals **URL:** https://tw.forumosa.com/c/life/pets-other-animals/22.md [Latest](https://tw.forumosa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://tw.forumosa.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://tw.forumosa.com/tags.md) --- ## [About the Pets & Domestic Animals Forum](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/about-the-pets-domestic-animals-forum/28)
**Author:** [@system](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2001, 5:06am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/about-the-pets-domestic-animals-forum/28 "2001-09-16T05:06:00Z")
A community space for sharing experiences, advice, and resources about pets and domestic animals in Taiwan—whether you’re a devoted pet parent or just an animal lover. You can type http://pets.forumosa.com or http://anim… --- ## [What to do if you see animal abuse (new contact details)](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/what-to-do-if-you-see-animal-abuse-new-contact-details/33383)
**Author:** [@Stray\_Dog](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Stray_Dog)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2023, 9:00am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/what-to-do-if-you-see-animal-abuse-new-contact-details/33383 "2023-10-15T09:00:02Z")
Please, if you see anything that contravenes the Animal Protection Law, contact the Taipei Municipal Institute for Animal Health and report it. Get evidence and document what you see. Ask to speak to Amanda Han (tmiah033… --- ## [Pets info, pets problems, vets lists, Taiwan animals, etc](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/pets-info-pets-problems-vets-lists-taiwan-animals-etc/28563)
**Author:** [@bobepine](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/bobepine)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2008, 1:59pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/pets-info-pets-problems-vets-lists-taiwan-animals-etc/28563 "2008-07-09T13:59:06Z")
Welcome to the Pets & Other Animals forum! If you have questions regarding your pets or regarding animals in Taiwan, please familiarize yourself with the following topics. This thread is home to useful information abou… --- ## [Importing Pets into Taiwan (Paperwork, Quarantine, etc.)](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/importing-pets-into-taiwan-paperwork-quarantine-etc/383)
**Author:** [@goinabroad2](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/goinabroad2)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/importing-pets-into-taiwan-paperwork-quarantine-etc/383 "2021-03-03T20:59:03Z")
Hi! We will be moving to Taiwan shortly, and we're having a very difficult time finding out exactly what the deal is with bringing cats into the country. We understand that there is a 21 day quarantine period for pets … --- ## [Getting attacked by dogs](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/getting-attacked-by-dogs/17020)
**Author:** [@axiom](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/axiom)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/getting-attacked-by-dogs/17020 "2026-08-31T17:00:30Z")
Has anyone else ever been attacked by the stray dogs that roam the streets? I'm usually fine, but once I'm on my bike, the dogs just completely hate me. Usually all I have to do is stand up, yell, and/or throw my bike… --- ## [Cat problem - need some help here](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/cat-problem-need-some-help-here/22272)
**Author:** [@Tally](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Tally)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2026, 2:39pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/cat-problem-need-some-help-here/22272 "2026-08-28T14:39:26Z")
We love our cat... we really really do. But he's driving us nuts and I need some advice on how to handle this. Our cat is about 1 year old and we've had him since he was 3 months (found him on the street). This is the p… --- ## [Moving to Taiwan from USA with dog - Need Help Please](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/moving-to-taiwan-from-usa-with-dog-need-help-please/60870)
**Author:** [@shameonujason](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/shameonujason)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2026, 3:40am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/moving-to-taiwan-from-usa-with-dog-need-help-please/60870 "2026-07-16T03:40:37Z")
Hello All, My name is Jason, and I am new to this site. I started reading this site because its useful for my move to Taiwan this coming January. I have some questions that hopfully some of you can provide insight o… --- ## [Airline Approved Pet Crates](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/airline-approved-pet-crates/216257)
**Author:** [@GokuOkku](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/GokuOkku)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2026, 3:40am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/airline-approved-pet-crates/216257 "2026-07-16T03:40:30Z")
Anyone know where to buy Airline Approved Pet Crates in Taiwan? I’ve been looking everywhere and still can’t find it. The brand is Petmate Sky Kennel 28” or 200P, i need it to bring my cat with me to my country, the agen… --- ## [Pets in Taiwan other than dogs and cats](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/pets-in-taiwan-other-than-dogs-and-cats/218009)
**Author:** [@tango42](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tango42)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 6:33am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/pets-in-taiwan-other-than-dogs-and-cats/218009 "2026-04-28T06:33:32Z")
Saw a shop with chinchillas, hedgehogs, mice. I didn’t realize chinchillas jump around so much. --- ## [Cockroaches](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/cockroaches/26613)
**Author:** [@Em-dogz](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Em-dogz)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2026, 4:19am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/cockroaches/26613 "2026-03-27T04:19:42Z")
Kay I have a few little Q’s about how I am going to circumnavigate the problem of the infestators. And please, before this turns into a long list our “our most disgusting cockroach anecdotes” please weigh up the funnines… --- ## [Taiwan pet population increase](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-pet-population-increase/239470)
**Author:** [@slawa](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/slawa)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2026, 5:27am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-pet-population-increase/239470 "2026-01-13T05:27:25Z")
Continuing the discussion from Taiwan population decline: Fur babies need more hospitals in Taiwan. --- ## [Tommy's new cat?](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/tommys-new-cat/185492)
**Author:** [@tommy525](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tommy525)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2026, 8:26am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/tommys-new-cat/185492 "2026-01-09T08:26:52Z")
Bout two months ago driving into our complex saw a couple of kittens near the garbage. Counted 3 kittens and one cat perhaps also a kitten that was larger. They were scrummaging through the garbage bin to find food. … --- ## [Linkou free dog grooming](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/linkou-free-dog-grooming/255296)
**Author:** [@rinsky10](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/rinsky10)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/linkou-free-dog-grooming/255296 "2025-12-28T16:37:45Z")
Linkou Free in home service dog grooming & bathing I got Class C Skill Category of Pet Grooming. KCT Level C KGCT Level B Follow my schedule. Service area: near FU Ron扶輪 Park (within 10 minutes by scooter). Dog… --- ## [Virginia's drunk raccoon suspected in karate shop break-in](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/virginias-drunk-raccoon-suspected-in-karate-shop-break-in/255024)
**Author:** [@DKaoshuing](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/DKaoshuing)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2025, 6:41am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/virginias-drunk-raccoon-suspected-in-karate-shop-break-in/255024 "2025-12-13T06:41:07Z")
He/She drinks to much, maybe it thinks it is human. --- ## [Transporting my 2 dogs to Portugal](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/transporting-my-2-dogs-to-portugal/55408)
**Author:** [@mr\_boogie](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/mr_boogie)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2025, 7:03am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/transporting-my-2-dogs-to-portugal/55408 "2025-12-07T07:03:09Z")
I want to take my 2 westies when I go to Portugal to spend quite some time, but I am having trouble with the things needed to take them. According to what I saw, I cannot take them via HKG, so most of the airlines are th… --- ## [Bird feeder?](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/bird-feeder/254033)
**Author:** [@tigerninjaman](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tigerninjaman)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 1:47am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/bird-feeder/254033 "2025-10-14T01:47:58Z")
I’m not sure what forum to put this in since it’s not exactly ‘pets’ but also not ‘travel’. I have lots of birds coming by my garden lately and I’d like to set something up to attract more of them (and someday also get … --- ## [Is this spider poisonous?](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/is-this-spider-poisonous/58814)
**Author:** [@bob](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/bob)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2025, 10:24am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/is-this-spider-poisonous/58814 "2025-06-12T10:24:12Z")
\[image\] I really hope not because it is in my bedroom and I can't catch it. In fact I can't even find it now. I tried to throw a bowl over it with the plan of then slipping a peice of paper under and then moving it ou… --- ## [Dog Hotels](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/dog-hotels/85866)
**Author:** [@Ovechkin](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Ovechkin)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2019, 4:43am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/dog-hotels/85866 "2019-05-08T04:43:36Z")
Hi guys, Any recommendation on a dog hotel that doesnt keep your baby in a cage 24 hours? I'd like a place that really takes good care of the dogs in their care, any feedback would be great. Thanks! --- ## [Traveling around the island with a dog!](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/traveling-around-the-island-with-a-dog/247420)
**Author:** [@SJ](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/SJ)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2024, 8:20am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/traveling-around-the-island-with-a-dog/247420 "2024-12-25T08:20:59Z")
Hello again! I am looking for recommendations! I would like to rent a car and maybe go south or in the mountains with my dog this upcoming lunar year break. We wanna enjoy the outdoor essentially and I would rather go o… --- ## [Pet moving company recommendations?](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/pet-moving-company-recommendations/247099)
**Author:** [@nz](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/nz)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2024, 10:22am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/pet-moving-company-recommendations/247099 "2024-12-14T10:22:12Z")
Hey all (@Icon?) I am starting to consider moving back to the US but I has cats. I’ve read in a few places that shipping cats cargo is fine/nothing to worry about and in others I’ve seen horror stories (thrown/smashed cr… --- ## [Spay/Neutering Feral Cats](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/spay-neutering-feral-cats/246088)
**Author:** [@Mr\_PBH](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Mr_PBH)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/spay-neutering-feral-cats/246088 "2024-11-13T00:14:04Z")
So, we have a few feral cats around the house. Houses here are few and far between so they are not anyone’s pets. Blue here has been around for three months and so has Toto; and I just saw Baby Blue this morning afte… --- ## [Animals Taiwan's Anti-Trap Campaign](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/animals-taiwans-anti-trap-campaign/52213)
**Author:** [@Fox](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Fox)\ **Replies:** 244\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2024, 11:53am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/animals-taiwans-anti-trap-campaign/52213 "2024-10-01T11:53:16Z")
I heard on the radio the other day that Animals Taiwan was running an anti-trap campaign. At first I thought OK sounds reasonable, but later after riding past packs of wild dogs in the mountains and seeing a huge pack of… --- ## [Alligators loose in Pingtung](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/alligators-loose-in-pingtung/60782)
**Author:** [@Icon](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Icon)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2024, 11:13am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/alligators-loose-in-pingtung/60782 "2024-09-24T11:13:32Z")
:astonished: Several alligators have been found in the rivers of Pingtung. Apparentl;y, they come from a nearby farm and got away during the typhoon floods. Now, I’ve heard of ducks or pigs getting out during floods, bu… --- ## [My Cats and Kittens](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/my-cats-and-kittens/243199)
**Author:** [@tommy525](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tommy525)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/my-cats-and-kittens/243199 "2024-09-21T19:34:34Z")
Of cats and Kittens the running saga of raising Savannah kittens in a house already with three adult cats Nobody needs five cats my friend says Quite right but yet here we are Poyay the big bully Tom cat was the main … --- ## [Dogs on Multiday Hiking Trips?](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/dogs-on-multiday-hiking-trips/226157)
**Author:** [@timengler](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/timengler)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/dogs-on-multiday-hiking-trips/226157 "2024-09-20T16:13:46Z")
Is it possible to take dogs with you on an multiday hiking trips on the mountain trails through Taiwan? Anything to look out for? Are there traps along those trails? --- ## [Outcry as Chinese engineers eat dogs in Zimbabwe](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/outcry-as-chinese-engineers-eat-dogs-in-zimbabwe/59902)
**Author:** [@cake](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/cake)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 11:49am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/outcry-as-chinese-engineers-eat-dogs-in-zimbabwe/59902 "2024-09-19T11:49:27Z")
\[quote\]Saturday, 31 July 2010 23:59 DOG-eating Chinese engineers have caused an uproar in Matabeleland South where they are installing transmitters. The behaviour of the Chinese who have a penchant for dog meat has uns… --- ## [Vets recommendation to export pet to Europe](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/vets-recommendation-to-export-pet-to-europe/244213)
**Author:** [@1waiguoren](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/1waiguoren)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/vets-recommendation-to-export-pet-to-europe/244213 "2024-09-16T16:18:52Z")
Hello, I need recommendations of vets that know how to export dogs to Europe, or a kind soul that has done it and can explain it to me. I am returning to my home country with 2 Taiwanese dogs, born and raised here. Due… --- ## [Why are there so many roaches](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-roaches/241428)
**Author:** [@uzumakiharuto](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/uzumakiharuto)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2024, 10:20am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-roaches/241428 "2024-08-14T10:20:57Z")
It was already quite a lot to see 3-4 roaches on a ~200m walk but today I was thinking “I often see roaches outside” and then seconds later I saw one, then two, then five… by the time I got to the store barely 200m away,… --- ## [Pet dialysis](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/pet-dialysis/242523)
**Author:** [@moonbase\_starbucks](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/moonbase_starbucks)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/pet-dialysis/242523 "2024-07-26T01:43:18Z")
My elderly dog is currently on an IV due to kidney failure in an animal hospital, and we’ve been told he either needs to be on dialysis for what remains of his life or he has a few days at most otherwise. I am open to d… --- ## [Pet GPS collars](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/pet-gps-collars/242324)
**Author:** [@Ngchen](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Ngchen)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2024, 4:47am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/pet-gps-collars/242324 "2024-07-19T04:47:13Z")
Does anyone have any recommendations for particular pet GPS collars? What are the prices? Are there subscription fees? Are there reasonable alternatives? Thanks. [Next page](https://tw.forumosa.com/c/life/pets-other-animals/22.md?page=1)