QUOTE(Ohiki @ Mar 22 2011, 08:43 AM)
pet shop gp are always tiny... looks like malnutrition... they dont get vege/fruits... only cap-X pellet and some hays...also usually don't get enough gp milk from their mom and the breeder start to sell them...
if you compare them with the picture posted by home breeders you can see the difference.

Yup yup! Only the size will be adjusted for the local weather, no matter what temparature controlled room you put them in.
As long as our local breeders provision them a healthy (or designed) diet according to their [esp. early] growing months, haha, you can see their skeletal structure develops many times much more better: Meaning longer body, more 'baby fats' or meatier babies. That way, they can grow round and very much bigger when they reach maturity age (still growing).
Meanwhile, let the local breeders bear the importation and handling costs, since it will be way cheaper as they bring in for farm quantity numbers of breeding specific piggies.
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QUOTE(Ohiki @ Mar 24 2011, 09:19 AM)
I just got a reply from a breeder in Indonesia. The details about export guinea pigs from Indonesia to Malaysia is:
- Health certificate, farm office, export permit (300 USD)
- Quarantine release export + GOV HC (50 USD)
- AWB and Document handling charges (200 USD)
- Custom declaration (50 USD)
- Freight to Malaysia (170 USD/box 100x40x25cm/can contains 6 guinea pigs)
so the total cost for export only from Indonesia to Malaysia is 770 USD.
Really really beautiful pictures here - GuineaPigMall.
You can google it... I was curious how a sheba yak grow up look like and found this web site.
This is only Indonesia side... not sure our government want to impose any tax/permit/quarantine charges or not.....

For those in the trade, comparing European freighted livestocks (GPs) is at a fraction of that, say EUR100 only - "All-In". Hope it's good notes for your usage.
Only if your quantity is significantly "big" and not supported by our government initiative, then you might face some local consortium imposed barriers.