Syrian hamster for adoption - free to a good home

[targeter]

Well, we're getting up to that point in time where I move cross-country, leaving most of my possessions behind - in this case, including my darling hamster, Peach Fuzz. No, I can't bring her with me. Even if I could travel safely with her on the plane, the shock and noise of the travel would probably kill her

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[coanteen]

Awww :(

My ferret was ok with air travel, and I've seen a bunny travel in a little cat transport cage all the way from Korea. Maybe she's be ok?

[targeter]

I just checked the airplane regulations on traveling with pets, and they only allow cats & dogs, so that rules out that option. :(

[coanteen]

Transport her in your rectum!

Might be worth calling the airline. They didn't have ferrets listed when I travelled because I guess they're not as common.

Or the rectum!

[targeter]

Well, this particular airline has a vendetta against ferrets, rodents, spiders, and snakes, and calls them potential health and safety hazards, even when being used as 'emotional wellbeing/service animals'. So I'm guessing no.

And no. No rectum. This isn't a dwarf hamster we're talking about. She's not "accidentally sat on" size. :D

[zhukora1]

I've known people who have taken their hams on planes and had them be just fine. Granted, they carried the hamsters on their person (in pockets), so that's probably a lot different from pet freight, but just for what it's worth.

I've also taken my own hamsters road-tripping (transit to-from school and the like), and while some of them really didn't enjoy it (others couldn't have cared less), none of them were the worse for wear. I think hams are a lot sturdier that we sometimes give 'em credit for. ;)

[targeter]

Well, I just checked the regulations for the airline I'm using, and they say they only allow cats and dogs in the cabin, and that's for a fee of $75.

For a longer-lived animal, that might make sense, but I don't think it's worth trying to get special dispensation for a hamster, and I really think the trip would freak her out - it took her months to fully settle into her new home after the trip home from the shelter, but that was in a car, in a new cage, with new bedding, etc.

[seamoose]

I know a person who would be willing to take it in SCruz. It would actually be in the same house as me.

[targeter]

That sounds great. Email me (targeter AT livejournal DOT com is fine) and we'll discuss details.