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

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

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

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

Certainly illegal to keep them in Queensland

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.

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

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

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


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