Hamsters!!!!!
 

Hi to all you guys on our west island (ducks for cover) :rofl:

I was just wondering if there are hamsters in Australia? Here in NZ, you can have rabbits, guinea pigs, rats, mice, chinchillas, cats, dogs, budgies etc. as pets but NO hamsters :( So I was pondering on this yesterday & wondered if Oz is the same.

Please can you satisfy my curiosity :)

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:) Hello,
Here in Queensland, can't say I've noticed any hamsters either! No rabbits (QLD) we do have guinea pigs, rats, mice, chinchillas, cats/dogs & budgies etc.

Hoping that satisfied your curiosity lol :thumbup:

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there are no hamsters in oz they arent allowed to be imported as far as I am aware as they are rodents

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You've heard of Four and Twenty Pies I take it?

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Certainly illegal to keep them in Queensland :(

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Chinchillas? Really? They are banned in Oz, along with hamster and gerbils....
http://www.britzinoz.com/info/pets.htm

I have heard ozzies say thay have chinchillas, but they actually mean a type of cat. They look at me like I have two heads when I tell them about the chinchilla I used to have in the UK. Not to mention that they overheat just in the UK, I know people who's chins have died from heat, so I can't imagin they would do well in summer anyway.

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Yep. Australian chinchilla = Persian cat, i.e. absolutely no relation to the "real" chinchilla ;)

Here is the Australian chinchilla: http://www.catsofaustralia.com/chinc...escription.htm

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Many thanks for satisfying my curiosity. Such a shame, because they are such cute rodents :wub::wub::wub:

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Booo. I got excited then - I love 'real' chinchillas...


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Hola! Did someone call me?

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:lol::lol::lol:

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No. No dijo nada.

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What's that you say - Dorito's? Yum!

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Burritos - roast donkey.