How to ship an axolotl abroad..??

[kaletsuki]

So I'm moving to Japan (in America rn) in less than a month for school. I'll be gone for a year and my mom will be taking care of my axolotl Honey. I'll miss him very much, and it sounds silly but he's helped me a lot mentally these past few months. I even teared up thinking about leaving him today.
Here's the deal though... If I like the country, I'm planning on living there for a few more years. I don't want to leave Honey with my mom for years. How would I go about sending him to Japan?? I still have months and months to figure it out, but is it even an option?

 

[michael]

The short answer is it is very difficult and expensive to ship axolotls to Japan. You would be better off buying a salamander there. You would need export paperwork, import paperwork, and a CITES permit to begin with. You might also need a vet certificate and quarantine. All of that would be very expensive.

 

[kaletsuki]

The short answer is it is very difficult and expensive to ship axolotls to Japan. You would be better off buying a salamander there. You would need export paperwork, import paperwork, and a CITES permit to begin with. You might also need a vet certificate and quarantine. All of that would be very expensive.

Thanks for the reply. To be honest, I really don't care about the difficulty or price. I found that for Japan, you don't need to quarantine amphibians but to be honest, that's the only useful info I've been able to find ahaaa

 

[michael]

It's been years since I exported any salamanders to Japan. I always used an import export company and regulations were difficult. I've never exported axolotls because on top of the normal permits you also need CITES paperwork that takes a long time to clear. Exporting salamanders from the U.S. is still permitted in 2022 but easiest if you go through an import export company. It might be possible to get a one time pet export/import permit but I doubt it.