Can I bring my hamster?

Life Pets & Domestic Animals
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Sorry, this may seem so petty, but I feel like I absolutely cannot leave my little dwarf hammy Kiwi in the States because he’s kind of hard to care for (he’s really crabby and bites easily) and I don’t want to donate him on Craigslist for fear of him becoming snake food. My parents won’t take care of him either.

I’m heading to Taiwan in a about 5 weeks.

Any advice? Is this even possible? Or are cats and dogs the only animals allowed into Taiwan and accepted provided the right paperwork, quarantine, etc.?

Thanks!

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That sounds imposable. You would need to get FULL rabies vacinatins and then leave him in Quarenteen for 2 to 6 months! (1 month, but only get in when they have room. The rest of the time is stuck n the baggage room at the airport.) They are only set up for dogs and some cats.

I had to leave my cat. To much trouble. :frowning:

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I’d bet you could just bring him in and play dumb. He’d fit into your carry on…in a small box or something. I’ve never had them check my bags…ever. And the majority of English Teachers I know look like drug dealers…and they don’t get searched either. Just stick it in a box…worst case scenario They ask you to quarantine it when it gets here.

There are other people on this forum who have flown with a cat as carry on in a box…so it’s not illegal to bring animals onto planes.

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Worst-case scenario they confiscate it and kill it.

My advice - find some other caring person to adopt it in the States.

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<== using utmost restraint in not going for the gerbil jokes.

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Yeah me too. I was going to suggest hiding it “somewhere” to sneak it into the country but I decided against it.

I really am trying to behave. :frowning:

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Small animals tend to die on aeroplanes. Most airlines won’t transport a rabbit, even in the cabin. That’s what BA and BM told me anyway.

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…Richard Gere…sorry…

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Yeah, but they run your hand baggage through an x-ray machine when you board.

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Yeah, but they run your hand baggage through an x-ray machine when you board.[/quote]

I forget about that at first. But like I said already it’s legal to bring animals onto planes…or so one would assume as there are other posts on here talking about bringing cats on planes as carry on.