Well, of course you should! They don`t want customs officers to see you as an animal smuggler. There can be a lot of problems if they think you`re doing something illegal. First, they can take your pet away from you. Then you can pay a fine. Or, even worse, go to jail. So you don`t want to take risks. In the past, chinchillas occupied the coastal regions, hills and mountains of Chile, Peru, Argentina and Bolivia. Overexploitation caused the decline of these populations and as early as 1914, a scientist claimed that the species was threatened with extinction. Five years of fieldwork (published in 2007) in the province of Jujuy, Argentina, have not found a single specimen. Populations in Chile were considered extinct in 1953, but it was found that the animal inhabited an area in the Antofagasta region in the late 1900s and early 2000s. The animal may have been extinct in Bolivia and Peru, although a specimen found (in a restaurant in Cerro de Pasco) may have come from an indigenous population. [5] In the wild, chinchillas live in social groups that resemble colonies, but are correctly called herds.

Herd sizes can range from 14 to 100 members, which serves both social interaction and protection from predators. [9] They can reproduce at any time of the year. Their gestation period is 111 days, longer than most rodents. Due to this long pregnancy, chinchillas are born full of fur and eyes open. Litters are usually small, mainly two. [10] Good websites and sources: Japan and the International Wildlife Trade (2001) forests.org/archive/asia; Stage members.jcom.home.ne.jp beetle; Japanese beetle asahi-net.or.jp; Kids Web Japan on Stage Beetles web-japan.org/kidsweb/archives/cool; insect smuggling Thefreelibrary.com; Mushi King — King of the mushiking.com beetles; Cockfighting robot walyou.com/blog There is a sticky post: www.reddit.com/r/movingtojapan/comments/5d8l6j/bringing_pets_to_japan_a_basic_guide/. Listeriosis is not a typical chinchilla disease, but in group shelters it can spread as a disease of the digestive tract in a community. [23] Pasteurella can be contracted from food and then transferred to a group of chinchillas. [24] Symptoms include apathy, indigestion and fever. [25] Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections are widespread in the wild and can affect chinchillas like many other animals.

[26] They can lead to widespread deaths in chinchilla populations and spontaneous abortions in pregnant chinchillas. [26] The international trade in chinchilla furs dates back to the 16th century. Their coat is popular because of its extremely soft feel, which is caused by the germination of 60 hairs (on average) of each hair follicle. The color is usually very uniform, making it ideal for small clothes or lining larger clothes, although some large pieces can be made entirely from fur. A single continuous layer of chinchilla fur can require up to 150 layers, as chinchillas are relatively small. [13] Their use as fur led to the extinction of one species and put a lot of pressure on the other two species. Although it is illegal to hunt wild chinchillas, they are on the verge of extinction due to ongoing poaching. Domesticated chinchillas are always bred for fur. [14] Many illegally sold wild animals end up in Japan, as well as in the United States and Germany.

Individual lizards and other protected reptiles are sometimes sent from Australia to Japan, where they are sold on the black market for up to $5,000. Rare radiated turtles and kattas from Madagascar have been stolen from research centers and petting zoos in Japan and offered for sale in pet stores in the illegal animal market. Chinchillas are easily desperate, and if they are unhappy, they may have physical symptoms. [29] A common indicator of stress in chinchillas as a pet is chewing furs (or fur groomers), excessive grooming behavior that leads to uneven coat stains; Chinchillas can chew their own fur or that of their cages. [30] Chewing of fur can sometimes be mitigated by changes in the living environment, but some experts consider it to be genetically transmitted from parents to offspring. [31] Usually, chewing the fur itself is a mild symptom that does not cause physiological diseases. [32] Chinchillas belong to two species (Chinchilla chinchilla and Chinchilla lanigera)[3] of twilight rodents of the Parvorder Caviomorpha. They are slightly larger and more robust than ground squirrels and are native to the Andes in South America.

[4] They live in colonies called high-altitude “herds” up to 4,270 m (14,000 ft). Historically, chinchillas lived in an area that included parts of Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, and Chile, but today the colonies in the wild are known only in Chile. [5] Together with their parents, viscachas, they form the family Chinchillidae. They are also related to the chinchilla rat. The law does not contain any law relating to accommodation. If someone files a complaint about an animal shelter, an official can stop by for inspection, but it is unclear what procedures an investigation would follow. The very first and only case in which an established pet trading business was shut down by the government took place in 2015. The Papillon Tropical Fish store in Akishima had been in operation for more than 40 years and nearly 100 complaints were received by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Center, all of which expressed concerns about “unethical and unsanitary” practices, “stench and inhumane treatment,” says Maho Cavalier, a lawyer and animal protection lawyer for ALIVE. “They were ordered to suspend their activities for a month, but now they are back in business.” The two living species of chinchilla are chinchilla chinchilla[1][2] (formerly known as chinchilla brevicaudata) and chinchilla lanigera.

C. The chinchilla has a shorter tail, thicker neck and shoulders, and shorter ears than C. lanigera. The first species is currently threatened with extinction; The latter, although rare, can be found in nature. [8] Domesticated chinchillas are thought to belong to the species C. lanigera. In Japan, there is concern that imported pets, both legal and illegal, could cause diseases or pests that can affect people, animals and agriculture. One study found that 12 types of imported animals carried leptospira, a disease that causes fever, jaundice, blood in the urine and inflammation of the kidneys. Many animals in America wear Giardia. Some in Asia carry salmonella. In 2013, there was a change in the law stipulating that a person can be detained for destroying an animal without a valid reason. This change was publicly promoted under the slogan “A dog is for life”, and soon after, Tokyo Zero`s “No Kill” campaign took off.