Traveling with birds from the US -> Canada (and back)?

[aurelius]

Hey everyone,

I am in the U.S. and am looking at possibly moving to Canada (most likely Ontario) while I work towards a Master's degree. I am a dual citizen, if that changes anything.

I will be driving from the U.S. through Buffalo, NY to Ontario. I will be bringing my two budgies (Atticus and Aurelius) and cockatiel (Pepper).

I was wondering if anyone here has experience with traveling with birds to and from Canada. I looked up some of the requirements but it is not clear to me.

Do I need to fill out any forms? Letters from the vet? Certificate of clean health? The Canadian travel website I was looking at said the bird can't have been in contact with any other birds in the last 90 days. Understandable, but what about each other? Of course they'll have been in contact with each other. Is it any different bringing in one vs. three? I am worried about driving 14+ hours just to be turned around if I do things improperly. It's a bit early but I still want to know what the process looks like.

Thanks so much!

 

[Icey]

 

[Icey]

It goes on, but you can get the general information.
You can quarantine them together since they live together.
If you bought them from a pet store, try and find the receipts if you can. If not just fill out approximate dollar value, date (roughly) of sale,
and location or store location.
You will have to check with others regarding CITES and CFIA. It should be straight forward once you start the paperwork.
Good luck

 

[Sparkles99]

Welcome to Ontario from a fellow dual citizen! In addition to the awesome info Icey has provided, I’d contact the CFIA & Canadian Border Services directly to see if avian flu has changed anything. You may have recently heard about a cull. Best not take chances! I really don’t think CITES would figure here. Budgies & cockatiels are both sold on the open market here.

 

[Clueless]

Just fyi, AI is often incorrect with details. Please be careful and double check anything from AI.

I was in a seminar a while back that warned of these issues with AI. I've seen AI actually merge details of two different places into one.