moving ducks from australia to the united states?

[justin22885]

i have a friend from australia who is wanting to move to the united states, she has 8 adult muscovy ducks she keeps as pets and eggs.. what would it take and what would it cost to move them from there to here?

 

[City farm]

Oh boy have no idea, have them call customs & local veterinarian ??
So glad you joined in..

Hope she can bring them!! We have 3 small Muscovy's.. You might want to post in the duck thread..

 

[ryanhodapp]

Did you search the web? I would try "importing ducks to USA"

 

[justin22885]

been searching that and asking all day, i was hoping maybe someone on here had to go through it already

 

[Kevin565]

https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/57/~/pets---birds.

With transportation costs she's probably looking at 2K easily.

 

[justin22885]

per bird?

 

[drumstick diva]

Maybe the birds wouldn't survive such a long flight. It would be much better if the birds were rehomed and not subjected to all that.

 

[Spartagon]

She shouldn't bother right now. We are having an avian flu epidemic that has caused millions upon millions of chickens in the Western states to be destroyed. So far our government has been able to contain the virus to the Western region. Water fowl are the number one carriers of this virus. I doubt customs will allow her ducks to come here now.

 

[drumstick diva]

You bring up a good point. I think imports and exports may be banned period for now. Even inside the USA I've heard you cannot send birds out if you live in a suspected virus area.