BonnieH

Hi there

Does anyone know how much it would cost for your pet dog to be flown over to Aus from the UK?

Thanks

Bonnie

Bermudashorts

It depends upon what type of dog it is, or rather, how big the dog is as cost is very dependent upon size of container required.

I have two cats, which will require a reasonably large container and that will be about £2k, excluding quarantine station fees.

I got my quote from Airpets, fill in an inline form and they will get back to you within a day or two.

Nurse-Tom

Hi Bonnie,
We migrated from the UK to Oz in November last year. We have no children but 2 very large maincoon cats (10.5Kgs each) who are essentially our family! We used Airpets to organise the export. They were brilliant..... but not the cheapest. We chose them because we got a good feeling about them above the other agancies we contacted. They sorted flights, veterinary stuff and quarantine in Aus. There are only 3 quarantine stations here. We had to put the 'boys' in quarantine in Sydney but we have settled in Brisbane. After completing their 30 day jail term they flew from Sydney to Brisbane to meet us. We also flew down to visit them 4 times in Quarantine! We applied for our own australian import permits using DEFRA in the UK and organised vaccines and documents with our own vet. With everything included to give us piece of mind it cost us $6,500 and it was money well spent. It was incredibly stressful, but they love it here and they have kept us company during the lonely times. They coped amazingly well and I would encourage anyone who has reasonably fit, young and healthy animals as well as the financial resources to bring their pets with them.

Bernieboy

Holy Buddha,2k for a couple of moggies

Bernieboy

Holy Buddha AND jesus himself 6,500 quid,are you people nuts

Pollyana

For goodness sake don't YOU be tempted to get any pets to bring back with you

Bernieboy

First time i went to OZ i was worried cause someone told me i couldn't bring me nuts into the country

Bermudashorts

Moggies?!!

Billy and Edward come from very distinguished lines. They won't like being referred to as moggies you know.

Nurse-Tom

Not £..... $! Still not much better but hey, who else can you rely on to wreck the furniture and carpets while you're at work?

Pollyana

I dread to think what you did with them

Poor pussy cats, will they send him hate mail?
Must say I'm always stunned at the cost. I can understand why people pay it, but its sooooo expensie, isn't it.

Bermudashorts

Its possible, or worse. I have just found a picture of one of my boys online, pedigree name "Falabella Jack Sparrow". Mean looking guy isn't he?

http://www.falabellapersians.co.uk/BEGIN.htm

It is very expensive, but we could not bear the thought of re-homing them and also I think it will help us to have them around because they are a part of our family.

Billy lived in Bermuda with us for two years as well, he is going to be one of the best travelled cats in the world. It is particularly expensive if you come back to the UK and have not included one piece of paperwork because BA tell you it is not necessary. It cost us £20 AN HOUR whilst we tried to sort it out and we were still in Bermuda so was not easy.

Pollyana

Awwwwwww, he's gorgeous

Dreamy

For us, it just wasn't an option not to bring the doggies. It would have been like leaving one of the kids behind. Hmm... it would have been worse than leaving one of the teenagers behind

We were lucky that the only thing we had to pay for ourselves was to get the dogs out here, Himself's employer picked up all the other costs. Just as well - think it came to about GBP5k for the two of them.

BonnieH

Thanks everyone for your help....

That is mega bucks!!! but can totally understand why, as they are part of the family!!

Me and the OH were thinking about getting a dog over in the UK as our visas are taking forever.....but now that I know it's going to cost a lot of $$$ to ship them over there I may have wait a little longer for my basset hound and get one in oz instead. Wish this blummin visa would hurry up!!

Thanks again guys! x

Alfresco

It's cheaper to ship kids over.

Glad we don't have any pets.