My budgies?

Question

Can I bring my budgies to Canada from the US? My family and I will be visiting Canada from New York for 5 days, and I'm scared to leave my budgies (parakeets) alone for about a week. Will we have any problems if we bring our two budgies to Canada on the border? Will the border patrol charge a fee or take them away from us? They are my personal pets and I am not going to sell them.

I really love my budgies and I was just wondering if I can bring them to Canada for 5 days?

Thanks :)

Answer 1

They are not allowed in Canada due to a quarantine.  Just get someone to watch them.

Answer 2

Get someone you trust to take care of them while you're gone (leave written instructions!), and call that person every so often to check up on the budgies.  Calling really is helpful for peace of mind (and you can answer any questions the sitter has); just make sure the birds are healthy before you leave.

Answer 3

I think you could, but you will have to make a gazillion documents for your birds in order to insure that they wont be taken away at the border or something like that.  And it's gonna take a lot of money and time.  I'd suggest you give them to one of your close relatives to watch.  Or to a really responsible friend.  Do pay them, because in most cases people tend to take a better care of something if they're paid.

Answer 4

To ensure that you will be allowed to bring your pet bird back into the United

States from travel abroad, you will need to take the following steps before you

leave:

1. Obtain a valid permit from the Division of Management Authority. Applications

for permits must be received in that office at least 60 days in advance of

anticipated travel.

2. Have your permit validated by a Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife Inspector

before you leave the United States. (Instructions will be provided on the

permit.)

3. Take a copy of your validated permit with you. This copy must be presented

when you re-enter the United States with your pet.

4. Find out whether the country(ies) you plan to visit have additional import and

export requirements and restrictions. At a minimum, a re-export certificate

from the country(ies) visited will be required. The Division of Management

Authority can provide you with a contact address, phone or fax number for CITES

permits offices in other countries. There are no restrictions on the length of

time you may travel abroad or on the number of birds you may take with you.

Traveling to the United States with Your

Pet Bird

If your pet bird was acquired outside the United States or exported abroad from

the United States without a CITES permit, and you have resided outside the

United States constantly for 1 year, you may import a maximum of two pet birds

per person, per year, if all applicable requirements have been met prior to

their arrival in the United States.

Following are the steps you need to take before you leave for the United States:

1. Obtain a valid permit from the Division of Management Authority. Applications

for permits must be received in that office at least 60 days in advance of

anticipated travel.

2. Obtain documented evidence that you have resided outside the United States

continuously for a minimum of 1 year.

3. Obtain documented evidence that each bird was acquired legally.

4. Obtain all other necessary permits from the country(ies) of export, including

a CITES permit.

Note: The Act restricts the number of

pet birds individuals may import into the

United States annually. However, if your

bird is one of the following species you do

not need a WBCA permit to import your

pet .