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Possibility of shipping a glider to South Africa?
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02/07/10 12:41 PM
02/07/10 12:41 PM
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There are no White Faced Blonde, Ringtail Mosaic or White Faced Grey gliders in South Africa and we find them just too adorable. We are looking at the possibility to get one or two of these, definitely not for breeding purposes. What do you guys think? Will it be too stressful to fly a joey or two from America to South Africa? We think that the flight may be too stressful but would like more opinions. Another question: does anyone know how gliders ended up to come to South Africa?
Last edited by Bozeman; 02/07/10 01:25 PM. Reason: added second question...
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Re: Possibility of shipping a glider to South Africa?
[Re: Bozeman]
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02/07/10 01:23 PM
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I don't know how long such a flight would take. If it takes too long, I'd be afraid to ship a young joey. It would be ok for an adult if it was shipped in the morning so it would arrive before dinner time. I don't like shipping, but in your case, you wouldn't have a choice. I'd make sure to buy from a reputable breeder who has experience with shipping gliders. They'll be able to work with you and answer your questions.
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Re: Possibility of shipping a glider to South Africa?
[Re: suggiemom1980]
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02/07/10 01:28 PM
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Any suggestions to find a reputable glider breeder with possible international shipping experience?
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Re: Possibility of shipping a glider to South Africa?
[Re: Sabrina]
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02/07/10 03:34 PM
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Long flights and how many plane changes are the first concerns with shipping. Second is quarentine laws. If the glider (or any animal) had to be held in quarentine, most "good" breeders won't even consider shipping. I think your first step is to research quarentine laws. With everything I've read from your posts, I wouldn't have a problem adopting to you except for the shipping and potential quarentine.
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Re: Possibility of shipping a glider to South Africa?
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02/07/10 04:48 PM
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Our trip from Dulles in Virginia to Johannesburg in South Africa was 14 hrs. I'd say that was way too long for a suggie to be confined.
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Re: Possibility of shipping a glider to South Africa?
[Re: Srlb]
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02/07/10 09:50 PM
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I'm not too big on flying gliders to begin with, but that seems a little long to me. But I'm no expert either...
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Re: Possibility of shipping a glider to South Africa?
[Re: Bozeman]
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02/16/10 09:50 AM
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I also live in South-africa and have 2 normal grey gliders. I also love the different coloured ones, but have NO idea how to get them here...I have also wondered how they actually ended up in S.A if they didn't arrive via airplane
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Re: Possibility of shipping a glider to South Africa?
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02/16/10 11:31 AM
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It is possible to have a glider shipped overseas, in fact, someone just posted about their overseas trip with their gliders. You also have to think safety first! A flight to S.A. is much longer than any in-country flight, so you will have to provide adequate food, water, and space since your new glider(s) will be awake during some of the flight.
You can do it, it just takes a ton of effort on your behalf to make sure that it goes smoothly. There is no standard paperwork, no tried and true method, you will have to start from scratch and make sure to cover all of your bases.
Each country requires different paperwork and health certificates, check with your local government to find out where you can get more information.
Good luck!
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Re: Possibility of shipping a glider to South Africa?
[Re: oakley]
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02/16/10 11:43 AM
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It's possible, my boys Pompeii and Patron came from Italy! So I am sure you can ship overseas! You just need an International Health Certificate done since they will have a long trip!
Best of luck!
*Megan* Owned by: 4 suggies Sucre & Bijou Bubbles & Baby Girl Valley bulldog: Chassis American Bully: Dink Doberman: Sheba American Bully: Grady
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Re: Possibility of shipping a glider to South Africa?
[Re: rdobbie23]
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02/17/10 01:09 AM
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There are Gliders in SA. I can't remember where I saw the article, but we were just in Namibia and I was interested in finding out if anyone down that way had any. Someone had them, but that was in SA. Perhaps you can contact some vet or agency or someone that might steer you in the right direction to a breeder.
Donna & Bob, One Miniature American Eskimo dog, Chula; Six Gliders, Chip & Dale, Caspian & Ceridwen, Sasha & Stubby.
RIP Betty, my love.
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Re: Possibility of shipping a glider to South Africa?
[Re: Donnarae]
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03/07/10 11:37 AM
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Sure thing there are gliders in SA. We just launched our new SA specific sugar glider website at www.sugarglider.co.za to try to educate the SA glider owners. The hard work starts now. All for the good of the glider...
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