Many rabbits die on planes, so it is not recommended unless you get your pet on a flight that is animal specific. Depending on where you are in FL, you might not even be able to find a flight to Ireland that allows pets, and even if you find one, you are even less likely to find one that allows animals as carry on. International animal travel is hard on the animal, and hard on finances. You cant smuggle an animal across boarders. You need a lot of vet visits and legal papers.

So what are you going to do?

Requirements for importing pet rodents and lagomorphs [rabbits] from EU Member States

You can bring a pet rodent or rabbit to Ireland from another EU country or from Andorra, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway, San Marino, Switzerland and the Vatican City State if:

<li style="margin: 4px 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("/media/agricultureie/styleassets/images/li_dot.gif&quot; text-align: justify;”>Your pet is accompanied on the journey by you or someone acting on your behalf,
<li style="margin: 4px 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("/media/agricultureie/styleassets/images/li_dot.gif&quot; text-align: justify;”>You fill in and email an advance notice form to livetrade@agriculture.gov.ie at least one working day before the arrival time of your pet in Ireland.

You can bring a pet rodent or rabbit to Ireland from certain countries outside the EU but you must apply for a licence by filling in and sending Application to Import Pet Birds into Ireland from a non-EU country application form to livetrade@agriculture.gov.ie You must submit this application at least 2 months before your date of travel to Ireland. The licence sets out the requirements for import which include a veterinary health certificate, and the animals must be transported in a container which complies with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Live Animal Regulations and must be secured with a seal or lock.

Application should be made in sufficient time to enable the pre-export requirements to be completed.

An advance notice of import is also required.

For any non-domestic rodent or rabbit kept as a pet which is listed on the CITES list of endangered species, you must check with the National Parks and Wildlife Service (www.npws.ie) if a CITES licence is required.

Enquiries to: livetrade@agriculture.gov.ie

https://www.agriculture.gov.ie/pets/bringingyourpetotherthanadogcatorferretintoireland/

Im also curious about this since I would like to move to australia from canada but Know that my buns are too dependant on me to be okay without me. I know that its legally possible I was just wondering if I were to have them in hand (They travel still and silently inside my sweater, people usually think I’m breast feeding) would they be okay during the flight with the pressure changes and such? they’re usually calm when they’re with me in cars and such they don’t care at all but I’m scared of their ears and the pressure and stuff. Let me know if you bring yours or if anyone knows how they manage in the cabin