PONYEXPRESSTRANSPORTHorse and animal transportation

How much is it to ship your cat overseas?

We are relocating from California to Great Britain. Anyone have an estimate as to how much it will cost to transport our cat? Should we contact a pet transportation service to handle all the details?

I take it that you have already spoken with your vet about transporting your cat under the Pet Travel Scheme. If not, then upon arrival in the UK, your cat will be placed in quarantine for 6 months at your expense.

You can use the services of a pet transportation Company, but with the help of a good vet, you can also organise everything yourself. You need to plan well ahead, because a satisfactory rabies blood test result must be dated 6 months prior to the cat arriving in the UK.

DEFRA is the UK government body that handles all animal welfare matters. Below is a check list and fact sheet for
all the requirements for your cat to enter the UK

http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/quarantine/pets/noneuq&a.htm
http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/quarantine/factsheet/eufactsheet4a.pdf

Most dogs, cats and ferrets entering the UK by air will travel as cargo. This is usually how airlines prefer to transport animals and it also should mean a smooth and swift delivery of the animal to the Animal Reception Centre (ARC) on arrival at the UK airport. The cargo section of the plane where pets travel is a separate, heated area away from where luggage is stored. The pet carrier will need to be airline approved, , and should be large enough that she can lay down in comfort. Furrari make good ones with plastic food & water dishes which clip to the bars of the door. Line the box with several inches of shredded paper and an old towel, so that if she does get caught short, the paper will absorb any urine. If the box is large enough, she’ll be able to move away from the damp patch. Also put a sticker on the box with her name, your flight details and a note asking someone to offer her water upon arrival. My vet in the UK recommended against the use of any kind of sedative whatsoever. He explained to me that it can make the cat feel disorientated and that if there is any air turbulence during the flight, that my cat wouldn’t be able to steady herself in her box. (Some cats have been injured during flights because of this).

Call the airlines to find out the costs of transporting your cat by cargo and then you simply need to add on the cost of the pet carrier and your vet fees. You can then compare those costs against quotations from pet transportation Companies. Book the flight well in advance because there is usually a limit to the number of pets allowed to travel on board an aircraft.

When I moved from the UK to Cyprus, I used a pet transportation Company and their handling fees were not cheap. I even got charged £80 for simply having her box lifted onto the plane! When I moved from Cyprus to live in France for 8 months, I decided to handle everything myself and it cost me half the amount that I had previously paid.

Good luck.

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