Hamsters!!!!!
Jul 3rd 2010, 11:38 pm
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Hamsters!!!!!
Hi to all you guys on our west island (ducks for cover) 
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
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
Jul 3rd 2010, 11:48 pm
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Re: Hamsters!!!!!
Hi to all you guys on our west island (ducks for cover)
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
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
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
Jul 4th 2010, 1:45 am
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Re: Hamsters!!!!!
there are no hamsters in oz they arent allowed to be imported as far as I am aware as they are rodents
Jul 4th 2010, 1:56 am
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Jul 4th 2010, 3:28 am
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Jul 4th 2010, 5:19 am
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Re: Hamsters!!!!!
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.
Jul 4th 2010, 8:59 am
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Re: Hamsters!!!!!
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.
http://www.britzinoz.com/info/pets.htm
I have heard ozzies say thay have chinchillas, but they actually mean a type of cat.
Here is the Australian chinchilla: http://www.catsofaustralia.com/chinc...escription.htm
Jul 4th 2010, 10:25 pm
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Re: Hamsters!!!!!
Many thanks for satisfying my curiosity. Such a shame, because they are such cute rodents 
Jul 4th 2010, 11:43 pm
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Re: Hamsters!!!!!
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
Here is the Australian chinchilla: http://www.catsofaustralia.com/chinc...escription.htm
Booo. I got excited then - I love 'real' chinchillas...
S
Jul 5th 2010, 12:47 pm
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Re: Hamsters!!!!!
Hola! Did someone call me?
Jul 5th 2010, 12:55 pm
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Jul 5th 2010, 1:03 pm
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Jul 5th 2010, 1:11 pm
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