Bringing a pet rodent or rabbit from Great Britain
You can bring a pet rodent or rabbit to Ireland from Great Britain if
- your pet is accompanied by you or travels within 5 days of your travel or travels within 5 days of your travel and is accompanied by someone authorised on your behalf
- your pet complies with all the health requirements as set out in the National Health Certificate
National Health Certificate for the Movement of Pet Rabbits and Rodents from Great Britain: Download
- Your pet travels with the original signed veterinary health certificate, which must be produced on request on arrival into Ireland
- You must check with the National Parks and Wildlife Service Cites@housing.gov.ie if a CITES licence is required for your pet well in advance of any travel.
- You must provide advance notice of any movement, this can be arranged by emailing your advance notice form to the following points of entry before your travel plan is finalised:
- Dublin Airport petmove@agriculture.gov.ie
- Dublin Port dubport.petmove@agriculture.gov.ie
- Shannon Airport PetsShannon@agriculture.gov.ie
- Cork Airport corkpetmove@agriculture.gov.ie
- Ringaskiddy port, Cork corkpetmove@agriculture.gov.ie
- Rosslare Europort rosslare.europort@agriculture.gov.ie
If arriving into Dublin Port or Rosslare Port from Great Britain, please note special arrangements in the port may apply. Please follow the instructions given to you at the time.
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