About taking pets to the US.

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Apr 21st 2009 | 5:01 am

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Manc

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Re: About taking pets to the US.

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Originally Posted by Teira

I'm moving in 3 years time and although I know it's a long time off my hamsters actually could live 4 1/2 years so I'm curious. Can you take hamsters/gerbils etc abroad with you when you move? What quarenteen checks do they have to have and how long are you seperated from them? You probably think I'm crazy but rehoming hamsters in this economy would prove to be quite difficult and I don't want to give them up if I can help it.
Thanks.

your animals probably have more right to live in the country than you do.

Apr 21st 2009 | 5:26 am

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chartreuse

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Re: About taking pets to the US.

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Maybe the chipmunk was a certified therapy animal.

A FA once tipped me off about that. She said "Once you say the words 'support animal' there's nothing I can do."

I didn't want to test it though...

Apr 21st 2009 | 5:29 am

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chartreuse

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Re: About taking pets to the US.

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your animals probably have more right to live in the country than you do.

It's true! I keep finding jobs that I'm barred from, on account of not being a USC, but my kitten became the feline equivalent of a citizen the instant we passed through customs.

Apr 21st 2009 | 7:05 am

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Re: About taking pets to the US.

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Originally Posted by chartreuse

It's true! I keep finding jobs that I'm barred from, on account of not being a USC, but my kitten became the feline equivalent of a citizen the instant we passed through customs.

Put the cat to work!

Apr 21st 2009 | 9:52 am

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Teira

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Re: About taking pets to the US.

well we all know who will be paying my bills 8 hamsters and 2 gerbils will be putting out the fires that your kitty makes

Apr 21st 2009 | 10:01 am

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Octang Frye

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Re: About taking pets to the US.

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Originally Posted by Teira

well we all know who will be paying my bills 8 hamsters and 2 gerbils will be putting out the fires that your kitty makes

Surely by the time you get here, your hamsters and gerbils will be long gone?

You could always ask Richard Gere.

Apr 21st 2009 | 10:50 am

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crg

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Re: About taking pets to the US.

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Originally Posted by Octang Frye

Surely by the time you get here, your hamsters and gerbils will be long gone?

You could always ask Richard Gere.

I thought about going there when I first read the thread and didn't

Here's a little karma for you.

Apr 21st 2009 | 11:27 am

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Teira

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Re: About taking pets to the US.

gerbils live 3-4 1/2 years. Robos live 4 years on average. So they would be old... the likely hood of all of them being around is unlikely but some of them could possibly be since I've had a syrian hamster (who live to about 2 1/2 years) lived 5 years. So it depends.