Thought a new thread was in order.

Please don't laugh, we have a rabbit to go....9 years old, part of the deal to get buy-in from the kids, 3kg, can he go in my hand luggage. I'm not kidding!

I am serious, the rabbit is like a dog, it responds to being called, it licks the kids face, leaves the plants we dont want eating and weeds our patio. Better than a dog, i don't have to carry plastic bags to pick up the mess, no need to walk it, it has full run of the garden. Someone must have moved a rabbit to canada, I have checked with the canadian authorities, you can import a rabbit, just don't know how much it will cost.

http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/...gomorphe.shtml

The above link may be of some help although I've no idea of cost. We only brought a dog and cat over with us (although we did have a house-trained rabbit a few years back)!

We did in fact rehome a guinea pig before we left. Kind of glad we did as she died of old age just a few months after we arrived. That said, our dog was 11 when we moved and she's still going strong at 14.

I think it most unlikely that any carrier would allow the rabbit to travel as hand luggage although likely it could go as excess baggage as even smaller dogs can travel this way.

Best of luck.

Hi ,
We are moving to Victoria in January. Our cat is coming with us as excess luggage on air transat (Canadian affair) the cost is 130 pounds.
We had to phone Airtransat office in Montreal to book it because when we phoned the UK office , they kept telling us that they do not offer this service
Loetitia

Excellent, cats are about the same size as rabbits. £130 - small price to pay for family cohesion. Now what about the pet elephant! Kidding!

We are re-homing him. (The Elephant)

Hi

You need an import permit for pet rabbits and it will have to go into quarantine.

See: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/...gomorphe.shtml

Why do rabbits have to be quarantined when cats don't have to be?
That seems a bit hard on the rabbits

As I assume it is because of Myxomatosis, isn't there a blood test that could show the bunny is clear before they travel?

Blimey, I wonder how long he will be in quarantine! When I know, I will let you know. Cheers everyone.

Have you spoken to a vet in the UK? We had a rabbit when we moved and I talked to the vet about bringing him with us, as that was our first choice. The Vet basically said that it would be way too stressful for the rabbit and it may well die of stress during the flight. Based on that information we decided to rehome him and some friends of ours gave him a good couple of years before he died. That was only one vet's opinion and it is possible that another one will take a different view, but I think it is worth having the conversation.

Thanks for the post, your point is very valid. It is something that I will speak with the children about, they are old enough to understand, however with the need to get buy in from the kids, it is not something that I am prepared to die in a ditch for, not yet anyway...

If/when we are ready to go to canada, I will bring this up and hopefully they will see sense, in the meantime he might die, and we will prepare to take him with us if he is alive. Apart from a horrid hamster that bit everyone, it is the only pet they have had and he is super!

Do you say super in Canada? We should say it more often.

no we say supper so just slow roast the rabbit have it for supper

Rabbits don't usually live more than 10 years do they?

We left ours behind. We were also advised not to take them by the vet. There might be worry about Myxi, but I'm also not sure how a rabbit would react to a rabies shot, which would also be needed (at least it was when we came) to enter the country. They might have changed that now, but I'd still personally be wary about bringing them on a flight.

I was gong to say that, can't the rabbit just die of a "concrete brick to head" type incident a couple of weeks before you leave????

And yes they do say super in Canada - but not in a British way.

Things in Canada are "Super nice" or "he's a super awesome guy" - super nice tends to be the most used though.

Hi There,
We had two amazing house rabbits who lived to nearly age 13 - house trained & incredible in all ways. I had a spaniel as a child and the two rabbits were waaaaay smarter. I'm serious.
Anyway... we were looking into bringing them with us 3 years ago when we first applied to emigrate & we were told by our vet they would be fine on a plane as long as we brought a familiar blanket / toy etc - a bit like a baby...

Sadly they both passed away within a year of one another. So when we emigrated this June it was just us & our toddlers...
My point is - don't give up! I have a link about advice on rabbit travel to Canada somewhere & will try & post it - if I remember, there were no quarantine restrictions ...

PS So boring & predictable that posters talk about disposing of rabbits - soup / brick to the head etc etc. If you don't care about rabbits, don't answer the thread. It's simple. The OP does care. That's why they started the thread.

OK here's a link:
http://www.pettravel.com/
I e-mailed through the contact details & asked all my questions direct.
They were v helpful - although this was a couple of years ago...

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My point is - don't give up! I have a link about advice on rabbit travel to Canada somewhere & will try & post it - if I remember, there were no quarantine restrictions ...

I brought 2 house rabbits with me last year and they were both fine. PM me if you would like to know all the details - it's a complicated process and my answer will be lengthy! I'm so glad we brought them though. Sadly one has since died (about a year after we moved) but the other one is still going strong and she's almost 9 now.